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Lakes
LAKE UPDATE! PLEASE READ!
Connie Kepert, our Town Councilwoman, has assembled a group of 20 people, and/or groups to address the invasive weed problem that we have in the lakes. It consists of a 20 seat panel of community residents, environmental groups, and various political offices. Specifically:
The Lake Meeting with the Politicians - Nov 14th
Thanks to the folks for a good turnout at the Nov 14th meeting. The elected officials have seen first hand that the town is very interested in this important issue. I have been in constant contact with the local politicians, Town, County and State, and they are firmly behind a timely solution to the problem.
Coalition to Save the Lakes
We have formed a Coalition to save the lakes and to clean up the entire Carmen River system. We want to research and explore any and all options to clean up our lakes and to fight the removal of the dams at the upper and the lower lakes.
We have several options available to us .We have dredging, harvesting, chemical, drawdown and covering the lakes in areas to block out the light thus killing off the weeds. The final solution may be one or all of these options.
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.
Lake Update (about last Friday's meeting)
I believe the meeting went well. The premise of it was for The Nature Conservancy and Trout Unlimited to bring their agenda to the community. I'm sure they were very surprised to see that many people come to oppose them on a Friday afternoon. GREAT TURNOUT!! They saw firsthand what these lakes mean to us and the rest of the Yaphank area. Kudos to John Rauh for his last minute polling. There was no mistaking where everyone stood after that.
Lake Update
Fri, 08/03/2007 - 6:26am — ebremerI've heard for some time now, that there is an effort underway, by several entities, to restore the Carmans River back to a trout stream. I'm coming to realize, that this effort is a bit more organized and well funded than I originally thought.
Lake Update
Thu, 07/26/2007 - 11:00pm — ebremerI spoke with Connie Kepert this afternoon. I forwarded the e-mail from Jake. She is aware of the obstacles. She also told me she took one of her assistants, Andy Graves, off of other assignments to work on this one. His job will be to look into all viable options. She stated this is expected to be about five working days. After that, a meeting with town residents will take place.
Keep your fingers crossed. We may be getting someplace.
A Carman's River E-mail Exchange Between Trusnovec and J Kritzer of environmentaldefense.org
Tue, 07/24/2007 - 11:00pm — ebremerJake,
I appreciate your input, but I stand by my statements that I, and the rest of the community are against your ideas. I have spoken to virtually no one that is in favor of restoring it back to a stream.
In order for me to intelligently discuss your ideas, I need to know much more about you, your background, your affiliations, and your motivations.
