We Need MORE Letters about those Problem PONDWEEDS!
We Need MORE Letters about those Problem PONDWEEDS
Dear Glen Lakers: To obtain permits to manage the pondweeds for the 2025 season, we need personalized letters describing how the pondweeds are negatively affecting your use and enjoyment of Glen Lake. We have received 43 letters so far. Thank you, but we need more. NYSDEC personnel will be visiting the lake soon to see the problem, and we want to present them with 100 letters stating that pondweeds are interfering with our access to the lake, making it dangerous to swim, entangling our props, burning out boat impellers, clogging water intakes, diminishing our properties, etc. Please get your letters and photos to me by September 10. Mail your letters and photos to: Glen Lake Protective Association, P.O. Box 4135, Queensbury, NY 12804 or email me at glenlake@roadrunner.com.
Respectfully,
Paul Derby
President Glen Lake Protective Association
Talking Points you could include in your letter
The pondweeds are:
- Interfering with our enjoyment of the lake
- Interfering with swimming in the lake (children swimmers getting entangled in the pondweeds; it is dangerous for our children to swim as they get entangled in the pondweeds),
- Unsightly (detracting from the aesthetic quality of the lake)
- Get tangled on our boat props,
- Clogging our jet ski or jet boat impellers
- There are very thick beds that impede our ability to access the lake,
- Clogging our water intake system
- Making it unpleasant to do recreational activities such as floating, tubing, skiing, etc.
- Decreasing the value of our property because they are unsightly, etc.
Please also include other points about the nuisance pondweeds that you feel are relevant.