Our mission is to develop, within the control of the association and its members, the lake resources for the betterment of sport fishing and recreational activities and for the enhancement of the surrounding citizens and communities.
News and Events
2010 Annual Meeting Scheduled for August 28th.... The BDLIA will hold its annual meeting at the Conservation Club on County G on Saturday, the 28th of August. A continental breakfast will be held from 8:30 am to 9:00 and the meeting will run from 9:00 to 11:00. We are still arranging for guest speakers so keep checking this site for details.
A major part of the meeting will be the election of board members. We currently have three vacancies and seven additional seats will be up for re-election. This is your chance to get involved. The board meets once a month for several hours so it's not as time consuming as a part-time job. We're looking for creative minds, new ideas and people that are concerned about the future of Beaver Dam Lake. We urge you to consider this opportunity to help make a difference in the quality of our lake.
2010 Fundraiser Held March 23rd.... The 14th annual BDLIA Fundraiser Banquet was held March 23rd at the Bayside Supper Club with over 225 people in attendance. A great time was had by all and over $11,000 in merchandise, services and cash prizes were awarded. We would like to thank all of you that attended as well as our numerous patrons at the Presidential & Director, Supporter, Donor, and Contributor levels, for your generous support.
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Walleye Hatchery a Success..... The hatchery was up and running this spring for the 11th time in 13 years (we were shut down for 2 years because of the VHS virus problem) and, tho it's difficult to accurately determine the number of fry released in the lake, we are relatively certain we incubated around 6 million eggs and estimate a 50% successful hatch rate. Netting produced good numbers of adult walleyes for milking and the DNR reported excellent numbers of both gamefish and panfish during their early spring survey.
2010 Wisconsin Outdoor Education Expo...... On May 12th the BDLIA's portable hatchery was put on display at the Wisconsin Outdoor Education Expo held at the Dodge County Fairgrounds on May 13th and 14th. The expo, open to middle schoolers, has been held in Dodge County since 2006 and has attracted over 18,000 students. Activities included archery, wildlife and conservbation heritage enrichment, team building, firearm safety, fishing, sporting dog demonstrations, ATV safety, and trail recreation. The hatchery generated a lot of interest and kids were really impressed when they got to examine walleye fry under the microscope. The BDLIA would like to thank Jerry and Nikki Hupf, Jeff Schulz, Nanch Schraufnagel, Dick Emerson, and Bill Boettge for helping make this a successful event.
Conservation Internship Program... The BDLIA has agreed to help support this year's Conservation Internship Program in Dodge County. The program is sponsored by the partner agencies US Department of Agriculture and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The purpose of the program is to contact landowners within the Beaver Dam Lake and Sinnissippi Lake watersheds to monitor compliance with conservation practices and to encourage their participation in federal conservation programs. Both Beaver Dam and Sinissippi have been placed on the federal 303(d) list of impaired waters due to sediment and nutrient pollution and agricultural field runoff accounts for the majority of our non-point pollution. The intern, a student from UW Oshkosh, started May 24th and at the end of the summer will provide us with a report of his findings.
