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Lake update
Had a meeting on Thursday Sept. 27th with Glenn Sullivan from Allied Biological, and Anthony Graves from Brookhaven Town Environmental. We met at the lower lake, and saw from the dam the condition of the lake from that vantage point. From there, we went to my house and saw the weeds from my dock. Allied Biological is the company from NJ that treated Peconic.
Glenn appears to be a very knowledgable person in the treatment of invasive weeds, and knows his job well. His company has a long track record of lake treatments throughout NY and the rest of the Northeast. We had a great discussion about all the different species he saw. Both native and non native. I got an education about many different types of plants, both good and bad, and how they react to the river/lake system. Treating the lakes the same way as Peconic seems to be the most logical way to go at this point. There are several things to be done in order for this to happen by next year.. Surveys, studies, etc. But the most pressing is the permits. As per Glenn Sullivan, they need to be filed with the DEC by Nov.1st.
I also spoke to Connie Kepert on Monday the 1st. We discussed ideas and I reminded her of this important deadline. If it is not done by Nov. 1, we are certain to loose another year without the use of the lakes. All other things can be done in time. The permit fees appear to be comparitively inexpensive. So, it should be easy to get at least that done.
I believe that enough time has passed, and enough information has been discussed, that we should be setting up a town meeting. I will be calling her this week and trying to make that happen. I don't mind being the messenger, but this way everyone can ask all their own questions and get their views and ideas made public.
Chad