Possum Kingdom Lake Association Working hard to protect your investment

Story by Bob Kaspar

In their lovely lakeside home, Possum Kingdom Lake Association president Monte Land and his wife, Carolyn, recently were hard at work folding a stack of invoices for annual dues to be mailed to the membership of the Possum KingdomLakeAssociation.

The association, formed in 1971, is led by a nine-member board of directors offering a diversity of perspectives from differentareasofthelake.

“We were formed to be a watchdog group for the lake,” MonteLandsaid

Hiswifepreviouslyservedastheassociation’ssecretary.

The association’s membership comprises 1,300 local businesses, residents and vacation homeowners, and the organization’s primary goals are to protect the natural beautyofPossumKingdomLakewhilealsoprovidingavoice forthelocalcommunity

As a strong advocate for local residents and businesses alike,theassociationhasbeeninstrumentalinprotectingthe investmentofitsmembership.

Thanks to the diligent work of its members, the association has scored some major victories for the Possum Kingdom community, and one of them was the passage of House Bill 3031intheTexasLegislature

Atonetime,manyoftheresidencesaroundthelakewereon land that was leased from the Brazos River Authority (BRA).

The association advocated on behalf of homeowners to allow them to buy their leases from the BRA and get a fair land valuation for their property, while also receiving credit forwhattheyhadalreadypaidontheirleases.

After successful negotiations, the association was able to get state lawmakers to pass a bill that provided the legal framework to allow leasees to buy their property from the BRA

The association scored another big win via its mission to safeguard Possum Kingdom Lake’s water levels during water sales As a river authority, the BRA helps supply water to communities throughout the state through water sales from the Brazos River When one especially large sale was

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