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MORE ABOUT THE TENMILE LAKES ASSOCIATION

LAKESIDE, OREGON - OREGON COAST
OUR MISSION
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The Mission of the TLA is to Preserve, Protect, and Promote Tenmile Lakes and its Waters and Watershed.

 

FOCUS AREA

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The Areas of Focus are the Lakes and Streams Making Up the Tenmile Lakes Watershed. The Locations Consist of North and South Tenmile Lakes, Tenmile and Eel Creek, Eel and Hall Lakes, and Any Other Body of Water or Stream within the Tenmile Lakes Watershed.

 

OUR CONCERNS

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Tenmile Lakes and its Waters are Declining in Quantity and Quality for Public/Private/ Commercial Use and Recreation.  Solutions Must be Found to Reverse this Declining Trend for this Very Important Natural Resource that is Vitally Important to the Residents and Communities of North Coos County as well as all Commercial, Private, and Public Interests and Uses.

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ADVOCACY

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The TLA is working to be an Active Advocate for the Improvement in the Quantity and Quality of Tenmile Lakes and its Waters/Watershed with All Public Agencies: Including Local Governments, Coos and Douglas Counties, State of Oregon, USA and Native Americans, and any Other Groups of Interested Parties and Public Policy Making/Political Bodies.

 
Lyndon B. Johnson

"If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them something more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it."

 

PO BOX 600, LAKESIDE, OR 97449

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1-541-759-3312

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TLA PROJECTS

• Earth Day Clean-Up of Tenmile Lakes (North & South)
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• Weed Control – environmentally friendly weed abatement
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• Partnering with the Tenmile Lakes Basin Partnership to help achieve their goals as well as ours.
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• Working with partners for dredging and silt removal in the canal between North and South Tenmile Lakes to improve fish passage, water quality, and recreational opportunities.
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• Community Projects - working with partners to create and maintain community projects. Examples include the County Park in Lakeside, the public boat ramp, and Wulfy Beach. 
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• Developing a directory of lake property owners for the safety of lake properties.
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• City of Lakeside partnership to work on improving lake levels. 
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• Partnerships to improve fishing on Tenmile Lakes. 
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PROJECTS

PARTNERS

Together we can make a difference!

Tenmile Lakes Basin Partnership
Private Industrial Timber
Elliot State Forest
City of Lakeside
Lakeside Water District
Coos County Commissioners 
Confederated Tribes of Coos, Umpqua, and Siuslaw
Agricultural Entities
Commercial Fishing
S.T.E.P. (Salmon Trout Enhancement Program) Eel/Tenmile
Tenmile BASS Club
Audobon Society
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon Department of State Lands
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
Coos County Parks
Coos Bay Yacht Club
Lakeside Revitalization Partnership
 
 
 
PARTNERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS - TENMILE LAKES ASSOCCIATION

PRESIDENT – Alan Whitney
VICE PRESIDENT – Gerry Ewing
SECRETARY – Cathy Reiss
TREASURER – Debbie Newman
MEMBER AT LARGE – Shane Anderson
BOARD
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