 The 30 Lakes Watershed District in Crow Inn County will no longer be addressing lake quality concerns after being formally terminated in October. Our Logan Gaye has more on the reasoning behind the termination. The 30 Lakes Watershed District has been addressing the lake water quality concerns since 1971. The Watershed District basically starts around North Long Lake and it goes up to County Road 11 north of Pelican and then it goes off to the east over towards Horseshoe Lake and then it goes over towards 371 on the other side and picks up Hartley Lake. Recently a petition was filed with the Board of Water and Soil Resources by Crow Inn County to terminate the 30 Lakes Watershed District on behalf of 1,100 residents. They went through a petition and we sent out as a watershed to all the resident property owners in the district and said do you support the termination of the district and 35% of the residents supported that termination. And furthermore the 30 Lakes Watershed District only included 7% of Crow Inn County. Yet 93% of the county received the same benefits without paying additional taxes. 7% of Crow Inn County was in the Watershed District and so those group of folks had an additional tax upon themselves while not really getting any other services at the other 93% of the county was already receiving so they were taxed at a higher rate. The 30 Lakes Watershed District was officially terminated on October 27th. The reason for the termination is to remove an unnecessary layer of government. The purpose of it was being filled by other groups the county the city the dnr and those groups and so the watershed felt that it was time to look at if the watershed residents within the watershed felt that the watershed was still needed or not. Those involved in the decision believe this was a step in the right direction. It's been a very positive I think for the citizens of the 30 Lakes Watershed District in Crow Inn County. As I said it was a chance for them to have a say in reducing their property taxes. And Brainerd Logan Gay Lakeland News. The 30 Lakes Watershed District has not taxed property owners since 2012. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.