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NOTICE:  The County Commissioners opened the Cut River Dam September 8, 2008, to facilitate lowering Higgins Lake to the legal winter level.  The dam opening was accomplished in measured stages to minimize impact to the Cut River. 

Due to the severe shoreline erosion that occurred around the lake in Spring of 2008, the HLPOA initiated proceedings to amend the legal winter level down an additional six inches.  Early in 2009, the legal winter level was amended down three inches.  The actual lake level at the end of November was three inches below winter legal level, and in December, as it usually does, the lake level rose to a level above the previous legal winter level.  It is hoped that a lower winter level will prevent the severe ice push and erosion in the spring that Higgins Lake property owners have been experiencing. 

A lake level committee consisting of the County Commissioners, HLPOA, HLIB, DEQ, DNR, Fisheries, USGS, and other interested agencies will continue to study this important erosion issue and make recommendations to protect the lake.

Click on the lake level link below to view current lake levels. 

Click here to see "A Homeowner's Guide to Higgins Lake," a colorful, easy-to-read booklet  released by Huron Pines.  The guide gives history and information about the lake, lists threats tot he lake and provides recommendations for managing and improving the lake's water quality as set forth in the official management plan.  Thanks to the Roscommon County Community Foundation and the Higgins Lake Foundation for partnering with Huron Pines to produce this guide. 

Visit the Huron Pines website at www.huronpines.org 

Check out this awesome aerial photo of the ice starting to crack at Higgins Lake on April 14, 2008.  Thank you to Gerald Doutt for permission to post his photo to our website.  (Please be advised that you will be moving to another website, even though the hlpoa window remains active, and we are not responsible for any other videos that are on this other site.)  Thank you.

Here is a photo of Detroit Point on a warm summer day in 2007.

Did you know you can check the water level of Higgins Lake through a link on the HLPOA website?  Click on Links (above)

Here is a photo of the well-known Rainbow chugging along the shore near Pine Bluffs.  What a beautiful craft this is!!!  

The Fall-Winter Newsletter has been sent out -- read about the lake level, legislation news, invasive species control, water testing and much, much more.  

HLPOA member enjoying a nice sail on a beautiful summer day in front of Flag Point.  

Fall 2008/Winter 2009 Waterlines Newsletter - click here   

Spring Summer 2008 - Newsletter - click here

Fall 2007 - Winter 2008 Waterlines Newsletter - click here

Spring Summer 2007 Waterlines Newsletter - click here

Fall 2006 Waterlines Newsletter - (click here)

Spring 2006 Newsletter - click here

Quick Links to Michigan House of Representatives:  district map  List All Representatives

Quick Links to Michigan Senators:  district map Find your Senator

Additional info at www.mi.gov -- click on legislature

Quick Links to New Content:  Fall 2005 Waterlines, President's Corner. Current News, Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM) Update 

Current Lake Level Check:  Higgins Lake Level Chart   Note: The summer legal level for Higgins Lake is 5.37. The winter legal level is set at 4.87. These levels were set by the Michigan Circuit Court in 1982.

Historical Lake Level Chart: Historical Lake Level Chart 

Cut River Dam Configuration: