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February
14, 2008
NH
DES To Treat Glen Lake Milfoil
State
to absorb 100% of cost
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GOFFSTOWN
- In August 2007, The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES)
verified the existence of variable milfoil growth in Glen Lake.
The patch of variable milfoil covers an area of roughly 2.38
acres on the lake's northeasterly end near what is known
among lake residents as "Turtle Island", the
smaller of Glen Lake's two islands.
As this is a new infestation, DES will be coordinating an herbicide treatment for the
milfoil sometime in May or June of 2008, and will be
absorbing 100% of the treatment costs for that activity
as they do for new infestations to a water body.
Attached is a management plan that outlines how management should be carried out over the next several years. This management plan is a required element of submitting a permit application to the Dept of Agriculture to get a permit to do work on Glen Lake. Aquatic Control Technologies, Inc. out of Sutton, MA (508-865-1000) was selected to do this job (there are only two licensed aquatic applicators in New Hampshire, and based upon bids submitted by each of them, ACT was selected).
Please review this attached plan and have any comments on its contents back to me by Friday 2/15, if you are able. I apologize for the short notice on the plan, but permit applications are due in soon. Specifically, I have highlighted areas in yellow that would benefit by your input, though your input is welcome on any part of the attached plan. Please not that a figure and a couple data points are missing, as I’m still working on those. For getting comments back to me, you can either e-mail them, fax them, or give me a call and we can go through them. I’m in the office all day Thursday and Friday this week.
Also, there are a few things that I would strongly encourage you and your fellow lake residents to consider:
· Form an official lake association. DES biologists can come to your lake to give a presentation about how to do this.
· Form a Weed Watcher Group (this is a volunteer program like the VLAP program). Visit http://www.des.state.nh.us/wmb/exoticspecies/survey.htm for more information about this program.
· Work with the town of Goffstown to set aside funds for the future (through a warrant article or other means) should future herbicide treatments or other management practices be needed. Many other towns have done this, and I could come to a meeting to help you do this. DES pays for 100% of the first management effort, and then repeat management practices can be matched by up to 50% of the total cost. We do diving and bottom barrier placement for free.
· During the open water seasons, if you notice milfoil fragments drifting by your waterfront area, or settling on the bottom, please hand-remove the piece carefully, and dispose of it in the trash or in the woods, away from the lake.
This is some basic information and guidelines, and I’m happy to talk with you in more detail about this. My full contact information is below.
Please share this information with your local lake residents, too. For more information about exotic species in general, and the DES Exotic Species Program, please visit our website (link below in footer).
Once I get feedback from you on the management plan, I will finalize it and send you a final version for you to post on your website.
Thanks! I look forward to working on this with you!
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