Welcome to Our Blog
Welcome to the Lake Fairlee Association’s web site. In the column on the right you will find links to pages telling about our organization and about Eurasian Milfoil. There are links to postings archived by month, and organized by subject.
To jump right in and read the most recent posting, click HERE.
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Summer Meeting Dates
This year our Annual Meeting and Barbecue Dinner will be held on Saturday July 11th. We will begin with BYO cocktails at 5:30pm at Horizons Day Camp (the old Wyoda Camp) on route 244 at Middlebrook Road. Barbecue dinner at 6:30 catered by Barebones Catering, recently successful at the national competition in Memphis. Following will be a brief meeting, and then Professor Jere Daniell will speak on the history of the Lake Fairlee area. Adults $17, children $12. RSVP by July 9th to AJ Kemon 802-295-7494 or ajkemon@earthlink.net.
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On July 23rd we will hold an important Informational Meeting to discuss the future of Lake Fairlee. We have been removing milfoil from the Lake Fairlee for over 15 years. We have an exemplary program using hand pulling, suction harvesting, and bottom barriers. Nearby Lake Morey has been dealing with milfoil for a longer time, and recently has had apparent success treating it with an annual application of a narrowly focused herbicide. Some argue that we should be doing the same. Others are adamantly opposed.
ALL INTERESTED PARTIES are invited to attend an informational meeting and discussion at 7pm on Thursday, July 21 at Horizons Camp on Route 244. Learn about alternative techniques of milfoil control, and help us chart our future. Representatives from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation will be attending to answer questions.
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Selected Contents
Like most blogs, this one is organized with the most recent entries at the beginning. If you are new to this one, it might make more sense to read them chronologically. You can do this by clicking on the “May 2007″ link to the right, scrolling down to the end, and reading from the bottom up.
If you are looking for a particular topic, check the subject categories down to the right. If you just want to browse, here are some representative entries.
- Dive Program Report - 2008 (September 20, 2008)
- Chemicals in Lake Fairlee (August 30, 2008)
- Deciding Where the Divers Work (June 7th, 2008)
- Winter 2008 - Getting Ready for Summer (April 1st, 2008)
- A Healthy Lake Environment (December 28th, 2007)
- More on Weevils (December 11th, 2007)
- Year End Finances (November 14th, 2007)
- Bottom Barriers (September 28th, 2007)
- New ‘Greeter’ Program (September 22nd, 2007)
- Alternative Strategies: Weevils and Chemicals (September 18th, 2007)
- A New Silt Screen (August 15th, 2007)
- What Happens to the Milfoil (July 27th, 2007)
- Milfoil Education: The Fourth of July Parade (July 8th, 2007)
- Suction Harvesting (July 3rd, 2007)
- Techniques for Eradication (Memorial Day, 2007)
THE DIVERS LAYING BOTTOM BARRIER
