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Hybrid Invasive Variable Milfoil Militia Program 2022 Coordinators: Pam Wilkinson & Tim Greer

you again. The overhaul will be made over the winter. The crews and divers are relieved that there will not be any downtime or frustration with failing parts. Thanks again for your continuing support to assist with invasive milfoil removal. This year we removed over 184 forty-pound onion bags of invasive milfoil; 34 bags less than last year. Eventually the bags will drain and dry and weigh approximately 20 measured pounds. Gray’s portion of the lake represents approximately 84% of the total 2009 acreage. This year we extracted 96.25 bags of milfoil down 30 bags from last year but still up 30 bags from 2020. The reason for the increase in 2021 was a

portion of the lake. A big thank you to those who called asking for a response to identify the lake plants by your shoreline. Most of the time it was native plants that we encourage to maintain the lake life ecosystem. And another big thank you to all the crew this year. Due to a tight consistent crew management of the operation went smoothly. Big thanks to my co-partner Tim Greer in the management in the south station of the Windham part of the lake while I managed the Gray north station. I encourage all of you to learn what is invasive and what is native and become part of the plant patrol team for your area.

Mil’en around the lake for you, Pam Wilkinson and Tim Greer

Allen Cronan, Pam Wilkinson (coordinator), Jim MacNaught

report from a fisherman of an area west of Rope Swing Island tucked in lots of rock, which reaped 30 bags of milfoil. This area only had 5 bags of milfoil this year and with continual management it should be less next year. Windham has the remaining 16% of acreage reaping approximately 88 bags of milfoil, down 3 bags from 2021 and down 28 bags from 2020. This area is incredibly challenging because although it is 16% of the acreage, the total amount of milfoil reaped is just 8 bags shy of what is extracted in the Gray

Jim MacNaught LSLA milfoil diver for 15 years.

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