Lake Singletary Watershed Association

Dedicated to the Preservation and Protection of Lake Singletary and its Watershed.

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Welcome to Lake Singletary Watershed Association

Welcome to the The Lake Singletary Watershed Association. We are a volunteer organization dedicated to the preservation of our beautiful lake.

Greetings from the LSWA! We hope you had a terrific end to your summer season. We were very lucky with a "Goldilocks" summer - not to hot, not too cold, and the water was just right. Now that winter is upon us, we can think back to memories of the 4th of July Parade, the Rafting party, AND the LSWA Golf Outing! From all of us here at the LSWA, have a great holiday season and a joyous new year. Please contact us with any questions or suggestions. Thanks again for your continued support!

Paul Kawolis

President

Lake Singletary Watershed Association

Lake Drawdown Complete!

Late Spring Lake Survey Results

Solitude Lake management services has conducted an early season assessment of both native and invasive species. Treatment isn’t needed at current levels, but Solitude will conduct another survey in mid July to see where we stand. Click below to see the current results:

- - - - Native
      - Invasive

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LSWA Members Facebook Group – Click here to stay connected in our member Facebook group!

Robert McCracken joins LSWA Board of Directors

We are please to announce that Robert “Bart” McCracken has joined the LSWA board! Bart and his family have moved to the Linder’s house in the SW cove across from Gull Island.

Lake Singletary Watershed Golf Tournament – September 14

The 2024 LSWA golf tournament was held at Highfields Golf and Country Club on September 14. Congrats to all who played and stayed!

For details, click HERE

Earth Day Clean Up 4-20 2024

The annual Lake Singletary Earth Day Cleanup was unfortunately canceled due to safety concerns. Fortunately, you can always help in many ways:

Retire your Styrofoam billets! The blue floatation billets were very popular 20-30 years ago, but now they are starting to degrade. Muskrats and other critters just love, love, love the soft foam and chew into to make nests and dens. These little bites are mistaken poison for fish, and more importantly float up on shore where they last forever. There are literally thousands of these bite-size contaminants all around our lake this spring. Please recognize this and upgrade your floatation. The ecosystem will appreciate it! Thanks
Consider watering lawns with lake water as a replacement for commercial fertilizer – lake water has many vital nutrients and some people have reported good results. Even small amounts of commercial fertilizer leaching in the lake promotes rapid weed and algae growth.
If you choose to fertilize, always use low phosphorous options – they are more expensive than regular options initially, but pays us back in many ways – including less need for reactive treatments to the watershed.
Never point grass clippings or leaf blowers towards the lake – that too accelerates invasive species, weeds and algae.
Control your wake when lake levels are high. There is danger of septic leaching and damage to shoreline ecosystems.
Dim the lights. The lake provides a natural mirror which sends flood and ornamental light further than you might think. Please consider your neighbor across the lake when placing lights. Point lights downward when possible to avoid light pollution.