Nina Kelly

HB 1301 raises the annual individual mooring fee from $25 to $50 on lakes with mooring programs. Half of that fee ($25) would go directly to the Cyanobacteria Mitigation Loan and Grant Fund, raising about $80,000 per year—a modest but helpful boost. While created in 2023, this fund has already helped a handful of lake and watershed associations fight back against harmful cyanobacteria blooms. But it is now nearly depleted—even as more lakes are affected each year—and there is no sustainable funding source to replenish it.