News

August 2023

We are excited to have a completed Tulaby Lake Action Plan, developed with the approval of and paid for by the Tulaby Lake Association.  Take a look at the document.  This Action Plan will be presented at the Annual Meeting on August 5th 2023.  We are looking forward to the comments, questions, and next-step suggestions by the members present.

February 2023

Below you can find an accumulation of documents, newsletters, and minutes from our membership meetings.  Exploring these documents will give you a great bit of information on Tulaby Lake and the people who have enjoyed and cared for the lake.

The lake association was established in 1975.  The founding members established an association committed to ensuring that the lake’s water quality and recreational enjoyment would be protected.  Every year dedicated volunteer lake residents have consistently collected water samples and brought them to RMB labs in Detroit Lakes. As a result Tulaby Lake has a rich and meaningful amount of data.  This data can be found at the RMB Lab website.

On the RMB Lakes Database page use the criteria query on the right to find Tulaby Lake (Mahnomen County). You can data as a summary or you can get rare data of each sample or reading in Tulaby since 2000.  Along with water quality characteristics you can view MN DNR Fisheries Report and the MN DNR Lake Level Report.

All the historical data became especially valuable when in 2010 Tulaby Lake was included on the Minnesota List of Impaired waters.  In 2011 professionals from the University of Minnesota, along with U of M students, and a local hydrologist, hosted by lake residents, spent many days at Tulaby to better get to know the lake, investigate the water quality, and explore the reasons for the high phosphorous and algae blooms. They also reviewed the water sample data.  As a result of their work a comprehensive report was written and presented to the lake association.  We have a link to that report on our website below.