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  • Next Beach Clean Up - Saturday August 20th
     Next Beach Clean Up - Saturday August 20th MonDog has a monthly beach clean up the third Saturday of the month, 9 am until noon.We try to cleaning up the Dog Beach, boat launch, and surrounding areas, and taking care of some maintenance issues. The more volunteers we have, the more we can accomplish. Bring a shovel, rake, or bucket and scooper and help clean off the ramp, rock walls, or dig out the gated beach entrance. Or just come on down and help…


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  • Next Beach Clean Up - Saturday July 15th
    Next Beach Clean Up - Saturday July 15th MonDog has a monthly beach clean up the third Saturday of the month, 9 am until noon.We try to cleaning up the Dog Beach, boat launch, and surrounding areas, and taking care of some maintenance issues. The more volunteers we have, the more we can accomplish. Bring a shovel, rake, or bucket and scooper and help clean off the ramp, rock walls, or dig out the gated beach entrance. Or just come on down and help…


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  • Next Beach Clean Up - Saturday June 18th
    Next Beach Clean Up - Saturday June 18th MonDog has a monthly beach clean up the third Saturday of the month, 9 am until noon.We try to cleaning up the Dog Beach, boat launch, and surrounding areas, and taking care of some maintenance issues. The more volunteers we have, the more we can accomplish. Bring a shovel, rake, or bucket and scooper and help clean off the ramp, rock walls, or dig out the gated beach entrance. Or just come on down and help…


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  • Next Beach Clean Up - Saturday May 21st
    Next Beach Clean Up - Saturday May 21st MonDog has a monthly beach clean up the third Saturday of the month, 9 am until 11.We try to cleaning up the Dog Beach, boat launch, and surrounding areas, and taking care of some maintenance issues. The more volunteers we have, the more we can accomplish. Bring a shovel, rake, or bucket and scooper and help clean off the ramp, rock walls, or dig out the gated beach entrance. Or just come on down and help…


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  • Bark in the Park 2011, Saturday, May 7
    A sure sign summer is just around the corner is The Anti-Cruelty Society's big yearly fund raiser.  Bark in the Park is a 5K/3.1 mile walk—with or without your dog to raise funds and awareness for The Anti-Cruelty Society. The event takes place at Montrose Beach in the big grassy area in front of the big boathouse, from 8 am till noon. The 5k walk starts at 9 am, and usually passes in front of…


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  • Earth Day Clean Up 4/16/11
      Every year Mondog participates in Friends of the Parks Earth Day Clean Up as our first scheduled clean up of the year. This years clean up is on Saturday, April 16 2011, 9 a.m. – Noon.  Please join us for a morning of cleaning, shoveling, and maintience as we prepare for the summer season. Bring a shovel, rake, or bucket and scooper and help clean off the ramp, rock walls, or dig out the gated…


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  • Preview of Survey Comments
    Response to the survey has been good so far. There's a good variety of people responding, and there's been a lot of interesting and insightful comments. It's interesting to see that over 80% of respondents say they purchased DFA tags last year, but when you look around the beach, maybe 25% of people have tags. So it looks like we have a lot more people to reach with our survey:)Here's a random sampling of comments…


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  • Our Changing Shore Line
    Our Changing Shore Line Seasoned beach regulars know the lake is constantly in flux. The Dog Beach is a natural area subject to storms and snow and the tides. Every year the shore line changes, the sand bar moves, and the beach gets more sand. Typically we gain more space as the water lever lowers and more sand is washed ashore. Our fences have been extended every year for the last 5 years. 2010 was different. Overall the shoreline…


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