Thank you to everyone who attended the 2026 Annual Membership Meeting!
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Join us in caring for our lake! We’re organizing a community cleanup event on May 30th, and we’d love your help in keeping our shoreline and surrounding areas clean and beautiful. Whether you can spare an hour or the whole morning, every bit makes a difference. Bring your family, neighbors, and friends—together we can make a lasting impact on our lake community. More details to follow—we hope to see you there!
Sign up here: Long Lake Cleanup Upcoming Event Information!
Please be advised of the recent Fox Waterway Agency press release regarding localized flooding. While Long Lake is already at flood levels, conditions may worsen as the Fox River and Chain O’Lakes continue to rise. This surge may back up into Long Lake, further increasing water levels. Please secure belongings and take appropriate precautions. Note: Long Lake is not expected to reach 2017 levels nor is the Chain O'Lakes. The Fox Waterway Agency provided the following clarification to the press release. The lower Fox River is expected to surpass 2017 Flood levels. The Chain is currently anticipated to reach 7.3 this week based on the current forecast according to the IDNR. The Chain hit a high of 8.03 in 2017. Let's hope we don't hit that level on the Lakes at this time, or any other time.  This Fall the fish stocking plan continued with extended growth walleye ranging in size from 6 to 8", northern pike ranging in size from 10-12” and pure musky ranging in size from 10-12”. The stocking was done with continued recommendations from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for a lake of our size and structure. Medium to large size fingerlings are stocked due to their better survival rates and the goal of providing a better fishery.
Thank you again for all the local support. Special thanks to Mike Pierce – Director of Fish Stocking for the Fox River Valley Musky Chapter 39 fish donation Friday, May 12th at 7PM Jerry’s Parkway By The Lake 25212 W. Lake Shore Drive Ingleside, IL 60041 Please mail your registration form and dues to LLISA PO Box 175 Ingleside, IL 60041 www.llisa.org 
 On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, the United States Geological Survey was on Long Lake conducting a water monitoring research program. Grant Benjamin will be presenting more information, regarding the water monitoring program, at our annual meeting on Friday, May 13th at 7pm at Jerry’s Parkway By The Lake. We hope to see you there! The full description of the program is below. US Geological Survey - Remote Water Monitoring The USGS has launched a 10-year national research program called the Next Generation Water Observing System (NGWOS). This program is selecting a limited number of watersheds across the US for intense application of new remote sensor technologies to improve real-time watershed monitoring and modeling, with a focus on nutrient pollution and harmful algal blooms (HABs). The Illinois River basin is one of just three watersheds nationwide selected for the project thus far, and the work on this basin is led by a team from the USGS Upper Midwest Water Sciences Center. We first learned about this effort last fall when attending a meeting of the Flint Creek Spring Creek Watersheds Partnership. At that meeting, Jim Duncker from USGS spoke about the NGWOS in the Illinois River. At the end of that presentation, he provided contact information, so (of course) we contacted him, since our watershed is in the Illinois River basin.. After initial contact, we hosted a Zoom meeting with five members of the USGS research team, and convinced them that our lake and watershed (along with our motivated volunteer community) would be an ideal partner to include in their project. Following more Zoom meetings and information exchange, the USGS team has now scheduled a field staff training April 25 - 28 on Long Lake. They will be bringing floating Algae Tracker sensor sondes (see attachment), airborne drones equipped with multi-spectral sensors, and have also included LANDSAT 8 and Sentinel 2 satellite imaging of Long Lake this year. |
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