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Rally 090118 Labor Day Weekend Rally - September 1, 2017 Welcome/Recognition Organization and Projects Project Update: Fall 2017 - Summer 2018 Project Plans: Fall 2018 - Summer 2019 Panel: Audience Questions and Answers Closing/Thank You

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Welcome/Recognition Organization and Projects Project Update: Fall 2017 - Summer 2018 Project Plans: Fall 2018 - Summer 2019 Panel: Audience Questions and Answers Closing/Thank You

“Gaining Ground on Effective Lake Management”

[Note: Charts will be available on the CLP website]

Labor Day Weekend Rally - September 1, 2017

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  • Chautauqua Lake Partnership, Inc (CLP), a 501c3 non-profit corporation
  • Mission: improvement in Chautauqua Lake water quality and enjoyment
  • >500 members/growing with over $500k raised ($140k from individuals/businesses)
  • Governance (* Board Member) – all volunteer
  • Dr. Jim Cirbus*, President
  • Jim Wehrfritz*, Vice President
  • Mike Latone*, Treasurer
  • Rebecca Haines*, Secretary
  • Science Advisors: Dr. Tom Erlandson* (Biology) and Dr. Doug Neckers (Chemistry)
  • Regulatory Advisors: JoDee Johnson* and Frank Nicotra*
  • Others: Paul Johnson: Projects, Sara DeMink: Fundraising, Craig Butler: Advisor
  • Contact information
  • E-Mail:

clp@chqlake.org

  • USPS:

PO Box 337, Bemus Point, NY 14712

  • Website:

www.chqlake.org

Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Organization

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Organization/Projects

Bemus Bay 85% landlocked

  • Partnership projects “cover the waterfront” on Chautauqua Lake
  • Legal and regulatory
  • 1986 Decree Reversal, Supplemental EIS and Weed Cutting Mitigation
  • Invasive weeds and cyanobacteria
  • Supplemental EIS/herbicides, Weed Cutting Mitigation and Nutrient Reduction
  • Regional and community involvement
  • Community Outreach and SUNY Buffalo Regional Institute
  • Lake remediation/restoration
  • Lake Bottom Remediation, Weed Cutting Mitigation, Nutrient Reduction
  • Shoreline and nearshore prevention and cleanup
  • Weed cutting mitigation, Shoreline Cleanup, Nutrient Reduction

Paul Johnson Projects Sara DeMink Fundraising JoDee Johnson Frank Nicotra

  • Dr. Tom Erlandson

Regulatory Mike Latone, Treasurer Rebecca Haines, Secretary

Project Coordination

Shoreline Cleanup Supplemental EIS Procurement & Contracting

Project Support

Membership

Officers

  • Dr. Jim Cirbus, President

Jim Wehrfritz, Vice President

Community Outreach Lake Bottom Remediation

Board Of Directors

Nutrient Reduction Legal Scientific/ Technical External Relations Administrative Weed Cutting Mitigation Funding

Chemistry JoDee Johnson

  • Dr. Jim Cirbus

Jim Wehrfritz Mike Latone Rebecca Haines Regulatory Frank Nicotra

Budget/ Accounting

Advisors

  • Dr. Tom Erlandson
  • Dr. Doug Neckers

SUNYAB Regional Institute

1986 Decree Reversal

Biology

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Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Fall 2017 to Summer 2018

Bemus Bay 85% landlocked

  • Targeted/environmental impact-mitigated herbicide treatments
  • Shoreline and near shore cleanup of weed fragments
  • Weed cutting environmental impact mitigation
  • Reduction in nutrients as a source for cyanobacteria/toxins
  • Lake bottom remediation and restoration of natural ecosystem
  • Chautauqua Lake Water Quality/Economic Development Study
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Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Targeted Herbicide Use

Bemus Bay 85% landlocked

  • Targeted/environmental impact-mitigated herbicide treatments

– Objective: add herbicides to Chautauqua Lake weed management toolkit – Fall 2017 Weed Type/Density Surveys

+ 625 acres surveyed in 8 lake locations, completed October 2017

– Supplemental Environmental Impact Study (Town of Ellery as Lead Agency)

+ October 2017 to April 2018: 1700 page $250k document updates County’s 1990 SEIS

– State Environmental Quality Review Act (Town of Ellery as Lead Agency)

+ October 2017 to April 2018: NYS-mandated regulatory review process w/hearings

– 2018 Herbicide Treatment Permitting

+ March 2017 to May 2018: 9 applications from 4 Towns and 1 Village Ellery (Bemus Point), Ellicott, Celoron, Busti (Lakewood) and North Harmony + 989 acres proposed and 191 acres granted (45% shoreline, distance/fisheries limitations)

– 2018 Herbicide Treatments

+ June 11, 2018: 81 (of 191 permitted) acres in 5 locations, limited by funding

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Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Preparation and Treatment

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Bemus Bay

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Permitting/Treatment

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Fragment Cleanup

Bemus Bay 85% landlocked

  • Shoreline/near shore cleanup of weed fragments

– Sources

+ Unrecovered fragments from weed cutting/harvesting + Fragments from propeller-cut native and invasive weeds

– 2017 versus 2018 Bemus Bay experience

+ Herbicides reduced/eliminated invasives: Curly Leaf Pondweed and Eurasian Water Milfoil + No weed cutting in Bemus Bay since June, 2017 (14mos) + Fragment sources: fragments floating into Bay and propeller-cut native weeds + No significant shoreline/near shore accumulations or floating weed mats + >90% reduction in shoreline fragments requiring cleanup

– Objectives

+ Minimize fragments: eliminate invasive weeds/unrecovered weed cutting fragments

Expanded herbicide treatments/elimination of weed cutting fragments

+ Replace manual (teens with rakes in water)/health risk with mechanized cleanup

Purchase/operate “MobiTrac” amphibious/tracked vehicles

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Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Fall 2017 to Summer 2018

Bemus Bay 85% landlocked

  • Weed cutting environmental impact mitigation

– Weed cutting currently unregulated in Chautauqua Lake – Documented negative environmental impacts require mitigation

+ DEC documents + Florida study (1980) [Loss of 32% of fish – 160,000 fish lost/acre harvested, $15,000/acre] + Local studies: Benchmark, Report to DEC, SUNY Fredonia MS Theses (1970s & 1980s) + Unrecovered fragment and fish-kill videos (this summer)

− Herbicide SEIS/permitting experience requires attention to weed cutting impacts

+ Requesting formal environmental review by NYS DEC + Potential violation of law prohibiting propagation of invasive species + Require permitting of weed cutting (as in Adirondack Park and at least 7 states)

− Facilitates optimal weed management: targeted impact-mitigated weed harvesting and herbicide treatments

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  • Education and mitigation of negative weed cutting

impacts

– Public largely unaware of DEC-documented negative environmental impacts – Fragment propagation and non-selective cutting favors invasives – Resulting “weed farming“ contributes to on-bottom decomposing mass – MMS: “All harvested material to be collected and removed from lake” – Costs don’t but must included multiple passes and fragment recovery – DEC is unaware of any prior DEC environmental review

Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership – 2018 Plan: Weed Cutting

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Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership (CLP)

Excerpts (in quotation marks) are from various sources, including: NYSDEC Division of Water

A Primer on Aquatic Plant Management in New York State

(April, 2005 Draft) New York State Federation of Lake Associations, Inc. in cooperation with The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Diet for a Small Lake, The Expanded Guide to New York State Lake and Watershed Management

(Second Edition, 2009) Chautauqua County Chautauqua Lake Macrophyte Management

Strategy

(2015)

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Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership (CLP)

  • Chautauqua County’s recently completed

Macrophyte Management Strategy (MMS) requirement “All harvested plant material must be collected and removed from the lake” not being met

  • Weed cutting is “…non-selective…(cannot)

selectively remove target plant species within diverse beds, particularly near the lake shoreline…cutting nearly all of the plants contacting the cutting bar”

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“Fragments of cut plants that are not picked up and removed can move from the treatment area by wind or currents, spreading the plant to other portions of the lake or to downstream water bodies. This can result in enhanced propagation of those plants that spread primarily from fragmentation, such as milfoil. Harvesters can spread invasive weeds to places not yet colonized and create problems where none previously existed.”

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“The most significant side effect (of weed cutting) …is fragmentation…”

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“Plant communities may be altered by harvesting. If both native and fast-growing exotic plants are cut to the same degree, the exotic plants…may grow faster and dominate the community. This is especially true for plants that propagate by fragmentation (such as Milfoil)…stressed plant communities often favor the selective growth of exotic plants…cut plants often rebound with more luxuriant growth.”

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership (CLP)

“Small, slow moving fish may be trapped in the cutting blades or removed by the conveyor.”

Small fish, and nymphs of damselflies and dragonflies are trapped in cut weeds and die on the barges.

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“…the perpetual presence of the (weed cutting) machine is objectionable…and…an obstacle to jet skiers and water skiers…” “If all cut vegetation is not removed, oxygen levels may temporarily fall and nutrient levels, such a phosphorus, may rise. Turbidity (also results) from the harvesting process.”

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership (CLP) “Weed cutting can’t operate in shallow areas near docks and shorelines…is not universally accepted …is a cosmetic treatment …and it will not prevent re-growth or even provide any significant long-term control.”

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“…species of plants and their growth patterns should be identified before harvesting…lakeshore property owners should be informed of where and approximately when harvesting will take place…several criteria should be examined before establishing this schedule…”

Elodea – Native Milfoil – Alien

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Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership (CLP) “(Weed cutting) inside the Adirondack Park…requires a permit…(but) outside (the) Park is not regulated except in cases where the harvesting is within or adjacent to classified wetlands…” Several other states regulate harvesting

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership (CLP) “…in recent years the use of herbicides has largely superseded harvesting as the most common for “whole lake” control of nuisance plants…”

2017 Bemus Bay Herbicide Project CLA Harvester

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership (CLP) In 4,000 acre Saratoga Lake, “…mechanical weed harvesters were purchased in 1984…small scale experiments since 2000

  • n the use of aquatic

herbicides…by 2007, large scale aquatic herbicide use was adopted as the management tool of choice…”

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Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Nutrient Reduction

Bemus Bay 85% landlocked

  • Reduction in nutrients as a source for cyanobacteria/toxins
  • 2012 EPA/DEC study set phosphorus reduction requirements
  • CLP involvement to clarify misconceptions

– Reduction won’t significantly reduce invasive weeds – Popular reduction methods will have minimal impact

  • Blue green algae = cyanobacteria, toxins are the problem
  • Nutrient Reduction (cause of algal blooms)

– 2012 EPA/DEC study set phosphorus reduction requirements – Current actions/plans won’t meet EPA/DEC requirements

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  • Nutrient reduction is the key to long term weed and algae reduction
  • Current and planned nutrient reductions are insufficient

– 2% “Septic System” replacement: voluntary, slow progress – 5% “Developed Land” efforts: voluntary, minimal significance, progress unknown

+ Management of storm water specificallymentioned + Referenced from CC Watershed ManagementPlan

* Elimination of phosphorus-based fertilizers * Road deicing and road ditch vegetation * Addition of shoreline buffers * Removal of land from development * Stabilization of stream banks

– 8% “Treatment Plant” upgrades: mandated, to be completed 1H2018 – 25% “Agriculture” reductions: voluntary, progress unknown – 54% “Internal Loading” (sediments): not being addressed Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Nutrient Reduction

TMDL-Re quired Reductions (lbs/yr) North South Total %age Agriculture 9205 6357 15562 25% Internal 5172 29148 34320 54% Treatment Plants 4439 637 5076 8% 18816 36142 54958 87% Developed Land 860 2112 2972 5% Septic Systems 760 249 1009 2% 1620 2361 3981 6% From North Basin 4276 4276 7% 20436 42779 63215 100% Agriculture 9205 6357 15562 25% Internal 5172 29148 34320 54% 14377 35505 49882 79%

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  • What’s needed…
  • Education of public on realistic nutrient reduction time horizon

+ Will never be attained without significant “internal loading” and “agriculture”initiatives + Herbicides, weed cutting (and algaecides) needed until reduction targets arereached + “Popular” initiatives of minimal positiveimpact

  • Active (not passive) reduction of “internal loading”

+ Support Partnership’s 2018 Bemus Bay Remediation/Restoration DemonstrationProject

  • Update of 2010 CC Chautauqua Lake Watershed Management Plan

+ Integrate 2012 EPA/DEC Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Limit using university/regional firm + Highlight need for active (vs passive) “internal loading” reduction + Highlight need to active stewardship of “agriculture”reductions + Highlight need for cost/benefit evaluation of popular reduction initiatives

  • Review TMDL-required lake water monitoring and analysis program

+ 9 samples/tests plus weed survey required at each of 8 times each summer + Gather and review test results, analysis and conclusions to date (DECAlbany?)

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Nutrient Reduction

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Bottom Remediation

Bemus Bay 85% landlocked

  • Lake bottom remediation and restoration of natural ecosystem

− Objective: restore lake bottom, reduce nutrient load − Focus on primary phosphorus source “internal loading”

+ Up to >7 ft decomposing weeds on lake bottom + Feeding weeds and algae with decomposition nutrients

− Working with BGSU, USACOE and SUNY Buffalo

+ Monitoring proposal from Tim Davis/George Bullerjahn (BGSU) + Seeking assistance from USACOE (Pittsburgh) + Supported by SUNY Buffalo SEAS Dean Liesl Folks

+ Two phase project awaiting funding (Phase 1 funding: $165k)

+ Phase 1: phosphorus “hot spot identification” + Phase 2: “internal loading” removal at “hot spots”

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Fall 2017 to Summer 2018

Bemus Bay 85% landlocked

  • Chautauqua Lake Water Quality/Economic Development Study

– Proposal from SUNY at Buffalo Regional Institute (Bob Shibley et al)

+ Economic potential of Lake with improved water quality + Awaiting action by Chautauqua County Industrial Development Agency

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Fall 2018 to Summer 2019

Bemus Bay 85% landlocked

  • Summer 2018 weed type/density weed surveys
  • Community feedback and 2018-2019 outreach
  • Burtis Bay 2018: daily weed harvesting and cleanup/still a mess
  • Funding requirements and government support
  • Sheldon grant/optimized combination weed management
  • Obstruction and lawsuits: “Is this how we care for Chautauqua Lake?”
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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – 2018 Weed Surveys

  • >3100 acres being surveyed in late August-early September 2018

– 5 times the Fall 2017 acreage: Sunset Bay to North Harmony/Chautauqua Town line – Weed density and type consistent with DEC permitting requirements

  • Used to target areas for herbicide treatment in May 2019
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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Burtis Bay 2018

  • Town of Ellicott and Village of Celoron proposed 277 acres of herbicide treatment in 2018
  • 49 of 277 acres (18%) permitted but 17 acres unusable (net 12%) due to herbicide limitation

– Navigate (2,4-D), for Eurasian Water Milfoil control, not permitted near Outlet (turtle)

  • 0 acres treated: Celoron permit unusable/no funding available for Ellicott
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  • Really Community Outreach and Political Action
  • Chautauqua Lake Partnership (CLP) is ready, willing and able to assist

all willing to work toward comprehensive lake improvement

− But…we need YOU to take action!

  • All who support the effort to improve lake conditions and are willing to

work need to come together and organize so our collective voices are recognized!

− There is power in numbers!

  • We need all lake/community residents concerned about the condition
  • f the lake to organize your local neighborhood, bay area or

community as a political action group.

− Some are considering forming Political Action Committees (PACs) for Fall 2018

  • Establish a meeting date, create a brief agenda, encourage neighbors

and friends to attend

− Don’t wait for another to do it. TAKE THE LEAD/LEAD THE CHARGE!! Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Community Outreach

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Community Outreach

  • Take action with petitions directed to village, town, county and state

representatives

− Demand action to fund and support comprehensive lake improvement − Include pictures of local lake conditions

  • Use the sample letters and contact information on the CLP website

− Encourage letter writing campaign using email and USPS

  • Contribute to the CLP Legal Defense/Offense Fund

− Provide support to the Town of Ellery to defend the Chautauqua Institution suit − Potential for legal offense for appropriate permit conditions and lake actions

  • Attend regular and special village, town and county meetings

− Be VOCAL, tell your representatives how you feel and what must be done − Information on the CLP website (chqlake.org) for all government meetings

  • CLP is available to assist your efforts as a resource…

− …as you work to develop local community political action! Contact… − Frank Nicotra (fnicotra52@gmail.com), Tom Erlandson (merlandson1@stny.rr.com), or Karen Rine (karenrine500@gmail.com)

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Weed Management

  • CLP attempts at CLP/CLA collaboration unsuccessful thus far
  • Sheldon Foundation (through Alliance) attempting to “kickstart” collaboration

– $20k available for a joint CLA/CLP project

  • CLP proposal: joint 2019 CLA/CLP Lake-Wide Weed Management Program

– A program using an optimal combination of…

+ Environmental impact-mitigated weed harvesting + Targeted DEC-permitted herbicides

  • Description of successful NYS combination weed management programs
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Harvesting and Herbicides …. Working Together

Glenn Sullivan Certified Lake Manager September 2, 2018

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1947 Scott’s Co. introduces Weed n Feed Chemical wizardry!

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Still have to cut the grass!

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Integrated Pest Management!

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Cazenovia Lake

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Cazenovia Lake

  • 1,100+ acres
  • Long history of weed harvesting
  • Eurasian watermilfoil overwhelmed harvesting

effort

  • Herbicide use (Renovate) targeting milfoil started in

2009

  • Annual Plant monitoring directs management
  • Herbicide treatments annually for first few years (no

harvesting), now alternating years

  • Plant diversity still strong despite herbicide use
  • Harvest focuses on native plants and macroalgae in

shallow ends of lake, and E&W shorelines in non- treatment years

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Lake Hopatcong

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Lake Hopatcong

  • 2,658 acres
  • 4 towns, 2 counties, State & County Parks
  • Lakeside communities organized shoreline

contact herbicide treatments decades ago

  • Long history of weed harvesting by regional

Planning Board

  • Operate 3-4 harvesters plus conveyors
  • Focus on untreated bays & channels
  • May pre-harvest herbicide application areas if

crew, equipment & plants are ready

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Saratoga Lake

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Saratoga Lake

  • 3,762+ acres
  • Herbicide treatment targets change annually

based on plant monitoring.

  • Harvesting targets in front of and around

docks

  • Have 2 machines, could use 10 machines
  • Harvest primarily eelgrass & pondweeds
  • Herbicides target eurasian watermilfoil,

curlyleaf pondweed

  • Have treated and harvested every year

except one since 2002

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Harvesting and Herbicides working together Pre-harvesting followed shortly after by

herbicide to reduce biomass Herbicides in shallows/shorelines, harvesting in open water where it is more efficient Herbicides to control invasives early, harvesting to control natives later in the season Harvesting in sensitive areas, herbicides

  • utside buffer zones

Herbicides to extend the overall plant management budget

INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

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Glenn Sullivan Certified Lake Manager September 2, 2018

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Chautauqua Lake, A Great Lake Seeking a Greater Future

Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Obstruction and Lawsuits

Look for a pattern…

  • 1955-1985: DEC/CLA use herbicides and harvesting in Chautauqua Lake
  • 1985: suit against NYS DEC and Chautauqua Lake Association (CLA)

– To prevent herbicide use in Chautauqua Lake – DEC and CLA using herbicides effectively since 1955

  • 1986: DEC/CLA agree to Chautauqua Lake-specific SEIS

– SEIS to supplement the NYS-wide Generic Environmental Impact Statement – Chautauqua Lake-specific SEIS is the only such requirement in NYS

  • 1990: SEIS completed by Chautauqua County
  • 1993: CLA threatened with lawsuits and terminates herbicide use
  • 1994-2001: no herbicide use, only weed cutting, lake deteriorates
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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Obstruction and Lawsuits

  • 2002: Town of Ellicott (CLP support) permit and treat 70 acres in Burtis Bay
  • 2003-4: Towns (CLP support) seek permits but DEC requires SEIS update
  • 2003-2016: no herbicide use, only weed cutting, lake deteriorates
  • 2016: County removes SEIS from Macrophyte Management Strategy scope
  • 2017: Town of Ellery/Village of Bemus Point (CLP support) receive Data

Collection permit and treat 30 acres in Bemus Bay

  • April 2018: 2018 SEIS completed by Town of Ellery (CLP support)

– November 2018: “Colleagues” seek to delay SEIS comments to last hour of last day – December 2018: “Colleagues” organize suit filed by 16 Maple Springs/Chautauqua Institution residents against Town of Ellery, Chautauqua County and NYS DEC – Suit dismissed in February, appealed in March and dismissed in July

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Obstruction and Lawsuits

  • June 2018: Permits issued to Ellery, Ellicott, Busti and North Harmony Towns

and Village of Celoron to treat 191 acres with 81 acres treated

  • July 2018: Suit by Chautauqua Institution against Town of Ellery and NYS DEC

– Seeks to invalidate SEIS and prevent permitting in entire lake (5 Towns/4 Villages) – Supported by “Colleagues” and Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy

The 30+ year pattern is clear: lawsuit, SEIS, lawsuit threats, SEIS, lawsuit threats, lawsuit as we watch the Lake deteriorate

Is that caring for Chautauqua Lake, the “gem” of Chautauqua County?

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Chautauqua Lake Partnership – Panel Q&A

  • Questions submitted by audience, sorted and prepared for panel
  • Facilitator (Craig Butler) to ask questions/manage time (1-1/2 min per)
  • Panel

– George Borrello, Chautauqua County Executive – Dr. Tom Erlandson, Partnership Science Advisor (Biology) – Dr. Douglas Neckers, Partnership Science Advisor (Chemistry) – Brad Bowers, Biologist/Lake Manager, SOLitude Lake Management – Frank Nicotra, Partnership Regulatory Advisor (Educator, Project Manager) – Jim Wehrfritz, Partnership Vice President (Civil Engineer, Project Manager)

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Welcome/Recognition Organization and Projects Project Update: Fall 2017 - Summer 2018 Project Plans: Fall 2018 - Summer 2019 Panel: Audience Questions and Answers Closing/Thank You

“Gaining Ground on Effective Lake Management”

Labor Day Weekend Rally - September 1, 2017