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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 northwesterly end near what is known
among lake residents as "Turtle Island", the
smaller of Glen Lake's two islands. Glen Lake is
138 acres in size during normal summer water levels.
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 as is their policy
when dealing with new infestations to a water body.
DES has developed a long-term
milfoil management plan for Glen Lake that outlines how management
of the problem 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 has
been 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).
DES also encourages residents and property owners on
Glen Lake to consider the following:
- Form an official lake
association
DES biologists would be happy to come to Glen Lake to give a presentation about how to do this.
- Form a Weed Watcher Group (this is a volunteer program like the
Volunteer
Lake Assessment 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
DES is willing to set up a meeting to help
accomplish 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.
They also 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.
For more information about exotic species in general, and the DES Exotic Species Program, please visit our website
at
http://www.des.state.nh.us/wmb/exoticspecies/.
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