CLMC To Discuss 2008 Plan With County Committee
By DENNIS PHILLIPS
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8/15/2007 - MAYVILLE — The Chautauqua Lake Management Commission received more than $550,000 from the county in 2007 for its lake action plan.
Today, the commission will be asking the county for more money to continue working on enhancing the lake in 2008.
During the county's Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting in Mayville, Bill Evans, commission chairman, will discuss the group's 2008 action plan and request more financial assistance from the county. The group will also be making a similar presentation in front of the full legislature next week.
''The most important thing we can discuss with them is where we are with the 2007 action plan and what we hope to accomplish the rest of the year, and what we hope to do in 2008,'' he said.
Evans said the group is in the process of organizing its 2008 master plan with its new lake management coordinator, Jane Conroe. Ms. Conroe, a Maple Grove High School science teacher, will be a part-time lake coordinator. Evans said she teaches physics, chemistry and earth science, and has been involved in lake projects for more than 30 years and works with the Chautauqua Lake Association and Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy on current projects.
''She has come on board and she has been a great help to us,'' Evans said.
Last month, the commission fired Carolina Wetlands Services as its lake coordinator, citing a difference in approach and philosophy with managing the lake's various challenges.
Evans said the group is now busy working to survey the lake for the comprehensive plan needed to get permits from the DEC to work on eliminating the invasive weed problem in the lake.
''The lake is a dynamic body that changes year-to-year,'' he said. ''The last lake study was done in 1990 and we are now bringing that data up to date. The goal is to complete the work this year and over the winter put the findings together to apply for permits for 2008 so we can go into the lake and make some progress on eliminating the invasive weed problem.''
Today, the commission will be asking the county for more money to continue working on enhancing the lake in 2008.
During the county's Planning and Economic Development Committee meeting in Mayville, Bill Evans, commission chairman, will discuss the group's 2008 action plan and request more financial assistance from the county. The group will also be making a similar presentation in front of the full legislature next week.
''The most important thing we can discuss with them is where we are with the 2007 action plan and what we hope to accomplish the rest of the year, and what we hope to do in 2008,'' he said.
Evans said the group is in the process of organizing its 2008 master plan with its new lake management coordinator, Jane Conroe. Ms. Conroe, a Maple Grove High School science teacher, will be a part-time lake coordinator. Evans said she teaches physics, chemistry and earth science, and has been involved in lake projects for more than 30 years and works with the Chautauqua Lake Association and Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy on current projects.
''She has come on board and she has been a great help to us,'' Evans said.
Last month, the commission fired Carolina Wetlands Services as its lake coordinator, citing a difference in approach and philosophy with managing the lake's various challenges.
Evans said the group is now busy working to survey the lake for the comprehensive plan needed to get permits from the DEC to work on eliminating the invasive weed problem in the lake.
''The lake is a dynamic body that changes year-to-year,'' he said. ''The last lake study was done in 1990 and we are now bringing that data up to date. The goal is to complete the work this year and over the winter put the findings together to apply for permits for 2008 so we can go into the lake and make some progress on eliminating the invasive weed problem.''
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