In Moultonborough, the taxpayers voted to spend 200K of the 2010 budget to attack milfoil. Much of the money went towards chemical treatment, which worked great where it was applied. Some of the money was combined with other towns to acquire boats with a vacuum cleaner and NSCUBA diver air supply for hand-picking. Hopefully the town voters will approve another healthy dose of funding for 2011 - because controlling milfoil is a never ending battle. It can take five years just to get ahead of it. Many complain about government, but NH DES is a valuable resource in helping to treat the invasive weed. It is, after all, the state's water, so they are responsible for decisions about what to do - however DES works very well with the towns. Perhaps the rep from Hollis should focus more on getting the Hollis voters to pony up a few bucks to treat the problem in their town. The Maine approach of requiring out-of-state boats to buy a weed sticker is a good idea too.
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