From Stu

Stu here, one of the new folks on Red Shirt Lake. At the picnic last summer folks were talking about how Big Lake and Lake Lucille have been closed to swimming because of hydro carbon contamination. The question came up of Red Shirt Lakes status on this question. Some folks thought it would never happen at RSL and others said it will probably be unavoidable. Being someone who likes to swim in the lake I became concerned about hydro carbons in the water, especially after seeing two fuel spills this summer in RSL. The following pictures are from the spills that I noticed. No names will be mentioned. DNR want $200 to test for hydro carbons. I hope that fuel spills and what we can do about them will be discussed at the next home owner meeting. Please forward this email to other folks in the RSL community. And by the way when and where is the RSL owners association meeting? Stu 337-5127 Hope to see you at the home owners meeting.
Picture 1 Bear punctured fuel container. Occured about 150 yards from shore on land.
Picture 2 oil from boat engine flows into RSL about August 07.
Picture 3 Oil on water from picture 2 spill. Covered about 40 square feet at least.
Picture 4 A swamped boat with engine partly submerged. The fuel tank leaked and the person who bailed it out noticed a strong fuel smell. This boat sat in the water for days like this. RSL had no known system or plan for storage and removal of contaminated water.