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Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) information booth at Lake Calhoun.The information booths support AIS education and outreach efforts and enable the MPRB to have a consistent staff presence within the regional park system.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) will open its public boat launches and begin aquatic invasive species (AIS) inspections at Lake Calhoun, Lake Harriet and Lake Nokomis at 6 am on Monday, May 1. AIS inspectors will staff blue information booths at each public boat launch during boat launch hours.
In 2017, boat launches will be open with AIS inspectors on duty:
- May 1 through September 17: daily from 6 am–10 pm with boaters encouraged to launch watercraft before 9 pm
- September 18 (two weeks after Labor Day) through October 9 (Columbus Day): daily from 6 am–9 pm with boaters encouraged to launch watercraft before 8 pm
- October 10 through November 5 (daylight savings day): daily from 7 am–8 pm. On call inspections only.*
- November 6 through December 1: daily from 8 am–6 pm. On call inspections only.*
*A phone number will be posted at the launches for boaters to call for an inspection. After inspection, the launch will be opened to allow the boater onto the lake. Boaters must call to be let off the lake following a post-inspection.
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