Lake Minnetonka ZEBRA MUSSEL RESEARCH Volunteer Dive...9/13/10 & 9/14/10

[bombollis]

Yea sorry for the short notice guys.  I'm with you on the work front as well, but like so many things in life this is last minute.

The reason this dive has to be during the week is mainly for boat traffic reasons.  As many Lake Minnetonka divers know the weekend traffic on the lake gets a little silly and can be a pain for divers.

The reason for the 15' max depth is that the zebra muscles are only found in depths up to 12'.

This dive is to get a much needed baseline of the ZM infestation at this point in time.  The information gathered from these dives can be used to help other infected and non infected lakes prevent and control the spread of these little guys.

Most everything for this dive is donated (including boats, transportation, barge, lunch, time etc) so it wont be a "waste" of public funding!

As a local diver and boater I am concerned about the future quality of our lakes, and am more than willing to donate a few hours of my time to dive for the cause.  Not to mention the good PR it brings for us divers.

Also I have nothing to do with the DNR, I'm just a concerned diver who was asked to find some good volunteers.

thanks

Chris