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Traverse Lake Association allowed to place fishing-line recycling bins on Minnesota side
Summary
The board authorized the Traverse Lake Association to place monofilament fishing-line recycling bins at lake accesses on the Minnesota side, with the association responsible for ongoing maintenance; approval was unanimous 4-0.
Tony Frisch of the Traverse Lake Association asked the board for permission to install monofilament fishing-line recycling bins at public lake accesses across Lake Traverse. He noted that Berkley promotes and facilitates fishing-line recycling; the board voted unanimously to allow the containers on the Minnesota side and authorized the association to maintain them.
The authorization is limited to the Minnesota-side accesses and places maintenance responsibility with the association; no county funding or installation schedule was specified in the record.
