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Beginning May 10, herbicide applications will take place on Chautauqua Lake in Ellery, Ellicott and Lakewood. The treatment was recently approved by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
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Herbicide applications on Chautauqua Lake will begin on May 10 in Ellery, Ellicott and Lakewood.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation recently approved herbicide applications in those three locations as well as in the town of Busti. Applications of Aquathol K will be from May 10-21 in Ellery, Lakewood and Ellicott while applications of ProcellaCor will take place June 7-18 in Busti and Ellery.
Lakewood was approved to treat 58.1 acres of Chautauqua Lake with Aquathol K in six zones of the lake within Lakewood’s borders.
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Chautauqua Lake Association crews and Mobitracs from the town of Chautauqua have coordinated on the cleanup of aquatic plants and debris this summer, including last week’s efforts in Bemus and North Harmony.
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The use of herbicides in Chautauqua Lake north of Long Point State Park is shaping up to be a contentious issue in 2021.
Applications for herbicide permits in Chautauqua Lake have already been delivered to the state DEC asking for permission to use herbicide on about 900 acres of Chautauqua Lake.
A study of submerged vegetation throughout the lake by North Carolina University students found Eurasian milfoil as the second-most prominent type of vegetation in the town of Chautauqua’s waters. Out of 381 sampling locations, 93% contained vegetation, with 44% of the locations having moderate vegetation and 28% sparse vegetation. In Mayville 113 locations were samples, all of which had vegetation and 72% of which were modera