Wildlife Day

This is turning into wildlife day. Here's a trail cam picture that Jan and Leo dropped off this morning. They had seen this bobcat hanging around the house and it finally walked in front of the camera.

Wolf Pics

I hope these pictures are clear enough. Couldn't believe this guy was walking down the driveway and I managed to get some pictures. It's a little scary to look out your kitchen window and see a wolf.

UPDATE: I've sent an email to the Timber Wolf  Alliance in Manitowish Waters to see if someone will look at the pictures. In some pictures, it looks like a coyote. In others, it looks like a wolf. I'll let you know what I find out.

Thursday -- The wolf biologists from the TWA would only say the animal is "wolf like". My pictures weren't quite clear enough so they would need additional information to be more concise. The sighting is being reported to the DNR.

 

Birch Lake Sweatshirts

The Birch Lake T-shirt sale went over so well the Association decided to do sweatshirts with the same logo.  Samples were available at the fall picnic. Colors are red with white logo or a black logo, navy with a white logo and grey with a black logo.  Logos on the sweatshirts will be on the front and back (like the T-shirts).

Hoodies are also available in navy or grey with a small logo on the left side.   Both sweatshirts and hoodies are $30.00 each. (2xl or larger are $32.00).  You may order all sizes in any color.  The deadline for orders to be delivered at the annual meeting (May 26) is April 1, 2012. Payment is due when you pick up your sweatshirts.  

Orders placed at the picnic or in the fall will be ready and available at the upcoming Ice Party. Contact Sherry ahead of time or at the party to arrange delivery. You can contact Sherry by e-mail at bswerch(at)centurylink(dot)net or at the address in the directory. And thanks to Kathy for making the orders forms for this project. 

Looking forward to more orders! 

Newsletter Editor Needed

The Birch Lake Association is looking for a new newsletter editor. We are seeking someone who is interested in what is happening on our lake and in our association. Anyone who uses a simple word processing program can put together the newsletter; no fancy publishing skills are required.

The Association sends out three or four newsletters each year with news of association business and activities, and often includes items of interest to the members and information on how we can preserve and improve the health of our precious lake resource.

One or two of the newsletters are sent in hard copy format to all property owners and the other copies are sent only to members, either in electronic format or as a paper copy.

If you have any interest in helping the association with this task, please contact Dorla at dittz.geo(at)gmail.com and she'll forward your name to me for more information.

Carolyn