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Originally Posted by John A. Birdsall
I am curious, if moultonborough does this chemical cleaning of milfoil, should not the whole lake or shoreline around the lake be done all at the same time?
it seems to me that we have been fighting this problem for 10-15 years and we are not gaining any ground the way we have been doing it. I understand that Alton Bay near the bandstand was done this fall. Now with the flow of water going to Paugus Bay does that take the chemicals or the milfoil that way.
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The area treated in M'boro was "upstream" from the rest of the lake but there is still concern that boaters can import it from other lakes or other parts of Winni. In addition, a lot of milfoil areas were not yet treated. The problem was knocked down, but constant treatment will be needed. Funding can't be seen as a one time thing. Like snowplowing, it must become part of ongoing town operations. Yes, the problem has been fought for 10-15 years, but support comes and goes. Imagine if you weeded your garden this year, but did not next year. The weeds would grow again. Until the water quality improves (phosphorus and conductivity down), milfoil will find a way to spread. Constant weeding will help, but water quality improvement will help more. There are areas of the lake where strands of milfoil drift into, but do not take. If the milfoil infested areas need to return to pristine levels of quality, the problem will largely go away. However - fixing water quality is a lot harder and more expensive than constant weeding.