Each spring, once the loons are nesting, we put us a sign at the boat landing and place buoys across the nesting bay to remind lake users about the loons. To provide the loons with a secure environment in which to produce and raise their family it is important that all lake residents, their visiting relatives and guests, respect the loons. Please remember to look for the loons when you are on the water, and give them plenty of room. If they call, dive suddenly, and or act agitated when you approach, you are too close and should move away.
The accompanying photos show some of what is done each spring by resident volunteers. In addition to the signs and buoys, each spring the platform is cleaned of debris, the anchors are tightened, the bushes trimmed, and new nesting material is placed. Volunteers also record information about the loons and report it each fall to loon experts in both Michigan and Wisconsin who are monitoring the loon population.
