The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has issued permits for herbicide application on 380 acres of Chautauqua Lake. The permits issued last week were approved for the towns of Busti, Ellery, and Ellicott, and the village of Lakewood.
The DEC cited lack of Eurasian milfoil or requested areas being in critical fish habitats for why herbicide use was denied for portions of the permits for Busti, Ellery and Ellicott.
Under the permit guidelines, spraying for curly leaf pond weed is permitted to happen between May 10th and 21st. Eurasian milfoil treatment will be allowed to start June 7th through 18th.
The NYS DEC permit letters to municipalities can be reviewed here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iqewkyJZxpZRA6mYKYtqMATeyL9eR6Iv?usp=sharing
Why put chemicals in a lake used for heavy regulations ,not good for the fish people or environment,aren’t there enough causes of man made destruction wtf
Photo shows algae floating on the surface, not the two targeted weed types. Use of chemicals will not reduce algae. In fact, due to the reduction in oxygen produce by milfoil weeds, it may actually increase the amount of algae being produced on the lake.