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County agrees to be fiscal agent for lake association—id to scale nanobubble project

Pine County Board of Commissioners · February 17, 2026
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Summary

Pine County authorized a resolution allowing a lake association to use the county as fiscal agent for a proposed $3 million LCCMR grant to expand a nanobubble system on Pokegama Lake. Presenters said the system showed immediate water-quality improvement in a pilot and would require a lake improvement district for long-term operations.

Pine County commissioners on Wednesday approved a resolution authorizing the county to serve as fiscal agent for a lake association applying for an LCCMR grant to expand a nanobubble water-quality system on Pokegama Lake.

Kathy Nielsen of the Bokegama Lake Association told the board the pilot in the North Bay produced "amazing visual results" and the association is requesting about $3,000,000 to purchase two large floating barges with equipment containers to treat the full lake. "We do not yet have the full scientific report," she said, but added the association expects the…

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