Since the completion of the Summer Edition of this Newsletter, The TMLA Board of Directors has met three times: on July 15, August 19, and September 16. The following actions have been taken by the Board in the course of these meetings:

1. Approved a contract fee for the Watershed Coordinator position of $2,100 per quarter, (a five percent increase).

2. Approved establishment of a TMLA website under development by Geoff Cox and Jon Brandt. The Executive Committee will oversee the content of the site, to ensure that it is timely and appropriate.

3. Authorized a Task Group (Gail Becher, Phoebe Alden, Sarah Cox, and Willa Martin) to proceed with development of a TMLA handbook in the form of a letter-size 3-ring notebook, including a free-standing letter-size directory, hole-punched.

4. Approved funding of $7,185 for the schedule of research projects recommended by the Environment and Ecology Committee (E&EC) for calendar year 2001.

5. Amended and approved the TMLA Budget for 2000-2001 proposed by the Treasurer.

6. Rejected a request by the North TML Sanitary Sewer District for a funding subsidy of its annual operations, noting that "every shore-land owner has the responsibility to maintain a septic system in good working order and meeting all regulatory requirements."

7. Referred to E&EC a petition to remove no-wake buoys from the entrance to Kenfield Bay, for further study. A letter was sent to the petitioners. (See the Environment and Ecology Page.)

8. Approved a proposal to pursue grant funding for an experimental project using permeable roadbed materials in a roadbed separating a swamp from the lake, in order to filter swamp runoff rather than sending runoff directly into the lake through a culvert.

9. Amended and approved the TMLA Long Range Management Plan (which will be included in the new handbook). Of listed goals, approved the following top priorities:

1. Pursuit by Water Level Committee of joint funding and implementation of the hydrological study of the Upper Boy River Watershed.
2. Pursuit by the Fisheries Committee of involvement of DNR's Fisheries Division in the improvement of fishing in TML.
3. Increased involvement by the Watershed Coordinator and member volunteers in implementation of E&EC research program and related efforts to improve lake water clarity and purity.
4. Support the Handbook Task Group in preparation of a new directory and TMLA Handbook, for presentation at the 2001 Annual Meeting.