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LATEST NEWS
Take a Moment to Thank Rep Schuette!
Please reach out to Rep Schuette to thank him for ensuring Michigan's new budget included a $9.8 million allocation for FLTF "dam...
Oct 8, 2025


Sanford Lake Habitat Fundraising and Naming Opportunity
The Sanford Lake Association is continuing their fundraising efforts for fish habitat enhancement before the lake returns and fish...
Sep 29, 2025
Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) Work on Sanford Requires Extended Hours
Crews are beginning to place roller compacted concrete along the Sanford Dam embankment for the auxiliary spillway. This activity...
Sep 18, 2025
Golf Cart Winner Announced!
Congratulations Greg Crawford on winning our golf cart raffle! Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets for our raffle! The raffle...
Sep 16, 2025
Sanford Founder's Day Celebration
The Sanford Historical Society is holding Founder's Day on Saturday, September 6 To view the flyer and see the schedule of events, click...
Aug 21, 2025
Newsweek Article on Dam Failures
Newsweek published an article titled "Michigan Homes Were Swallowed by a Dam -- There's No Sign of Compensation" on August 18, 2025. ...
Aug 18, 2025
FLTF Asks Property Owners to Mow First 40' of Bottomlands in Front of Their Property
Addressing bottomland vegetation and debris on Secord, Smallwood and Sanford lakes by the end of the fall of 2025 will help with the...
Aug 12, 2025
SLA Annual Members Meeting & Potluck Picnic
Join us and your lake neighbors on Tuesday, August 12 at 6:00 PM at the Village of Sanford Ball Park - Large Pavilion for our annual...
Jul 29, 2025
Golf Cart Raffle to Support SLA's Effort to Restore Fish Habitat on Sanford Lake
Visit our online store to purchase your raffle tickets for a 2020 EZ Go Elite, factory refurbished Golf Cart with a lithium battery with...
Jul 13, 2025
Mid-Michigan SCI Hosts Event to Benefit SLA's Mission to Restore Fish Habitats on Sanford Lake
Mid-Michigan SCI will host Boomstick Bingo Night on Friday, August 1 at 5:00PM in the Great Hall on Bay City Rd in Midland. Half of the...
Jun 18, 2025
Special Meeting and Vote to Update By-laws
Special Meeting and Voting Announcement A special meeting for current members of the Sanford Lake Association has been scheduled for ...
Jun 1, 2025
State of MI will face homeowner claims for dam failure
As reported in the Lansing Morning Star and other news outlets, the Michigan Court of Claims has denied the State of Michigan's motion...
May 21, 2025
BIG NEWS! SC denies HCA
The words we've all been waiting for from the Supreme Court (excerpt from full document ): "On order of the Court, the motion for...
Apr 11, 2025
Judge throws out HCA lawsuits against Midland and Gladwin counties and FLTF; All four dams have necessary permits!
US District Judge Matthew Leitman dismissed two lawsuits filed by Heron Cove Association against Gladwin and Midland counties and the...
Mar 24, 2025
Amicus brief submitted by lake associations and accepted by Supreme Court
On March 5, the 4 Lake Associations (Secord, Smallwood, Wixom, Sanford) filed an amicus brief with the Michigan Supreme Court to provide...
Mar 10, 2025
FLTF files motion to expedite review and a brief in opposition to HCA latest appeal
On March 3, the FLTF filed a brief in opposition to HCA's application for leave to appeal. The brief can be found here . On the same...
Mar 5, 2025
Heron Cove Assoc. Files with MI Supreme Court
Lawyers for the Heron Cove Association have filed an application for Leave to Appeal with the Michigan Supreme Court, challenging the ...
Feb 23, 2025
FLTF News
If you missed the Four Lakes Task Force webinar on January 22, you can view it at this link . Construction status at each dam was...
Feb 5, 2025
Herron Cove Assoc. loses appeal; FLTF informational webinar
On January 6, the Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Midland Circuit Court by rejecting HCA's appeal. You can read...
Jan 7, 2025
Introduction to the 4LakesForward Campaign
In an effort to keep our Sanford Lake Association members up to date, and fully informed, we are sharing the following information in the...
Dec 7, 2024
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