Borough
of Mountain Lakes
Lakes
Management Advisory Committee
December
2004 Issues
l Cleanup work on two areas delayed by recent warm
weather.
l Committee discussed of areas to be cleaned if the
Borough undertakes a new 6 year cleaning plan.
l Manager reported that he probed and surveyed area near
Club and at other end of that bend in Mountain Lake. Both ends would require land based equipment; there are also
limitations on depth for water based equipment.
l Highlights of Allied Biological Annual Report
Lake by lake treatment review. Water
quality review.
Lake specific goal suggestions for 2005:
Identify the extent, duration and
influence of stratification in Birchwood Lake.
Monitor pH and the presence of
bladderwort more frequently in Mountain Lake.
Target Olive, Shadow, and Cove Lakes for the Lakes Cleaning Project.
Effect long-term control of water
lilies in Sunset Lake with fluridone.
Encourage re-colonization of naiad in
Mountain Lake.
Identify and remove Purple Loosestrife
from all lake shorelines.
l Committee discussed possibility that 2004 was a
fraction less successful than the best of the last few years. The results are very much better than a
decade ago. It was felt that the
results in 2004 were good, problems were environmentally driven, and 2005
results could easily be above the recent average.
Committee
Goal Discussion:
Continue
existing successful treatment program.
Create
new 5 year treatment program.
Assess ability to omit a year of
cleaning..
Look
for long-term management solutions/successes.
Trends
Work with environmental commission on
non-point source pollution. Review
other bodies with overlapping mandates (watershed in general) and discuss how
to understand and perhaps coordinate objectives and goals.
Educate public on long-term care.
Continue
to focus public awareness on the importance and fragility of our lakes.
Review
Allied's lake specific goals for 2005.