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Originally Posted by jrc
I think someone will have to catch them in the act. I'll guess this falls under the responsibilty of the DES.
If you look at some of the more recent lawns, you will see a narrow buffer (25 feet ?) of natural land between the lawn and the shore. So inland of that buffer, lawn owners may feel like they can use fertilizers etc. I don't know the law.
There are people touting natural lawn teatments. I don't know if they are effective or legal for use in a wetlands buffer. In Hollis, The wetlands buffer is more than a 100 feet and my lawn stops well before that, so I load it up with the good stuff, looks like a golf course. At my marina at the lake, the lawn areas are within a few feet of the lake, so we just mow the weeds down, at least it's green.
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There are very effective methods of getting a nice green , and semi weed free lawn. Just because someone has a nice lawn do not automaticly assume that they are useing something that is not allowed with in the 25 ft buffer.
There is plenty of information out there and companies useing good methods of makeing nice lawns with out the chemicals that are commonly associated with it.
Take a look into the woods someday, nobody fertilizes out there and everything is green. Mothernature has a way of doing that. You just need to know how to help her along in your own yard, or hire someone that does.
I am not saying you are going to have the best lawn in the neighborhood, but you will have something you can be proud of and feel good about.