Annual meetings of the
Gilbert Lake Association
The Annual Gilbert Lake Association Membership Meeting will be on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, starting at 7 pm at the Brainerd VFW, 309 South 6th Street in downtown Brainerd. BBQ wings will be available there from 4 to 7 pm. Please send or bring in your completed annual membership application with a check for $50 dues.
Wednesday, May 8, 2024: The Gilbert Lake Association Annual Membership Meeting was held at the Brainerd VFW. There were 36 Gilbert Lakers in attendance.
Jayden Jech, a loon specialist with the DNR, spoke about the Restoration of Common Loons in Minnesota project. High-speed boat traffic can damage nests and reduce loon population. Also, loons use pebbles in their stomachs to help digest food. If one of those pebbles is a lead fishing sinker, it will cause lead poisoning and the loon will die. There ae several man-made loon nests on Gilbert Lake. now. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/birds/commonloon.html
Jayden Jech, a loon specialist with the DNR, spoke about the Restoration of Common Loons in Minnesota project. High-speed boat traffic can damage nests and reduce loon population. Also, loons use pebbles in their stomachs to help digest food. If one of those pebbles is a lead fishing sinker, it will cause lead poisoning and the loon will die. There ae several man-made loon nests on Gilbert Lake. now. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/birds/commonloon.html
Photo by Paul Jacobson
Find out more about getting involved by emailing: [email protected] or call 218-203-4326.
Gilbert Lake Association President Colin Ryan led the meeting. One of the issues discussed was wave action from high-speed boats causing shore erosion. It was pointed out that we share the lake and we should be courteous to others. Parents should instruct their children accordingly.
May 16, 2023: The Gilbert Lake Association annual meeting was well attended at the Brainerd VFW. Annual association membership dues were paid. The meeting was run by Association President Colin Ryan.
The water level is 1175.5 feet above mean sea level. This is the same as 2014 and is 2.8 feet below average. The recorded high was 179.8 feet in 2020. More on the Facts page, when the DNR makes the statistics available.
Volunteers will be needed to help move a bog at Gilbert Three on or about May 30th.
The water level is 1175.5 feet above mean sea level. This is the same as 2014 and is 2.8 feet below average. The recorded high was 179.8 feet in 2020. More on the Facts page, when the DNR makes the statistics available.
Volunteers will be needed to help move a bog at Gilbert Three on or about May 30th.
Jerry Sinner told the group of an article that appeared in the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer magazine urging everyone to stay 150 or more feet from shore when creating large wakes.
Andy Rangen
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May 12, 2022: The Gilbert Lake Association held its annual membership meeting at the Brainerd VFW. Some 26 people were present to vote Colin Ryan in as the new President, replacing Todd Froemming, who was President, but is now Vice President.
Mark and Kathy Hegstrom read a letter from their grandchild Austin Vold.
Gilbert Lake Association Webmaster Mark Persons was there to show the new mobile-friendly website.
