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| September 2008 |
| September 20, 2008 |
Visit to Lake Luzerne to compare their matting methodology to ours. Same materials are used, with a different method of deployment. Use of their deployment methodology is impractical in Eagle Lake due to different epth and bottom conditions, however recovery methods are possible. |
| September 19, 2008 |
Beaver dam removal from the area between the boat launch and spillway. |
| September 18, 2008 |
Permit issued for the trapping and removal of beavers and their dams in Eagle Lake for 2008. |
| September 4, 2008 |
Tier 3 plant survey conducted by Allied Biological of the proposed herbicide treatment sites |
| August 2008 |
| August 23, 2008 |
The end of week 7 of diving; no diving took place this week. |
| August 16, 2008 |
The end of week 6 of diving; ~43002 feet of mats placed and ~600lbs of milfoil removed. |
| August 15, 2008 |
The last of the boards have been removed from the spillway with the hope that baring any additional rain fall, the lake will reach a normal height by the fall. |
August 9, 2008 |
The end of week 5 of diving; ~30002 feet of mats placed and ~800lbs of milfoil removed. |
| August 7, 2008 |
Fred Dunlap NYS DEC okays the use of lumber tarp material for benthic mats. |
| August 4, 2008 |
The ELPOI takes delivery of 60,0002 feet of lumber tarp material for use as benthic mats. |
| August 2, 2008 |
The end of week 4 of diving; no mats were placed due to the need for more to be fabricated, and bad weather kept us to only ~400lbs of milfoil removed. |
| August 1, 2008 |
A car accident occured on Eagle Lake in front of Jim Shultz's property. There were no injuries reported, however traffic was slowed for about 2 hours. Thanks to the local first responders who came to assist. |
| The ELPOI takes delivery of ~3,600lbs of steel rod for ballast for additional benthic mats. |
| July 2008 |
| July 29, 2008 |
A moose was sighted on Eagle Lake. Tonya Condon's e-mail on the sighting. |
| July 25,2008 |
The end of week 3 of diving; finished the last of the mill wire from International Paper with ~11002 feet of mats placed and ~1000lbs of milfoil removed.. |
| July 24, 2008 |
Permit applications were submitted to the APA to allow hand harvesting/matting in waters less than 2 meters. |
July 18,2008 |
The end of week 2 of diving; ~40002 feet of mats placed and ~1200lbs of milfoil removed. |
| July 12, 2008 |
The annual meeting for 2008 (minutes available soon) |
| The end of week 1 of diving; ~43002 feet of mats placed and ~1200lbs of milfoil removed from Eagle Lake. |
| May 2008 |
| May 24, 2008 |
The board met to discuss the upcoming annual meeting, as well as on going progess for the milfoil removal project scheduled for this summer. Meeting minutes available here. |
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| Thank you for your support in helping to make ELPOI's goal of maintaining our lake and its surrounding shorelines a reality. |
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