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Tumwater updates Barnes Lake management plan; steering committee additions and targeted vegetation treatments planned
Summary
City staff briefed the Public Works Committee May 8 on Barnes Lake Management District activities for 2025, including new steering committee applicants, water-quality monitoring upgrades, a planned fluridone treatment this year (subject to management approval), boat-launch permitting and a Sept. 10 lake walkabout.
City staff gave the Tumwater Public Works Committee an informational update on Barnes Lake Management District activities on May 8, 2025, covering monitoring upgrades, vegetation-control plans and near-term maintenance and outreach events.
The report described routine and special treatments to control invasive aquatic plants, upgrades to monitoring equipment and community outreach plans, including a Sept. 10 lake walkabout for steering-committee members and residents.
David (first name only in the transcript), a staff member reporting for the Barnes Lake Management District, told the committee the district is beginning its 2025 work plan. He said two new steering committee applications are in process: Sherry McCafferty from the Northeast neighborhood (Daisy Lane) and Matt Brownell from the West neighborhood…
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