{"id":29990,"date":"2019-05-16T13:14:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T17:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=29990"},"modified":"2019-05-16T13:14:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T17:14:29","slug":"herbicide-application-on-chautauqua-lake-now-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/herbicide-application-on-chautauqua-lake-now-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Herbicide Application on Chautauqua Lake Now Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chautauqua-Lake.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29942\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/county-announces-independent-firm-will-monitor-and-test-upcoming-herbicide-treatment-of-chautauqua-lake\/chautauqua-lake-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chautauqua-Lake.png?fit=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,401\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chautauqua Lake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chautauqua-Lake.png?fit=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chautauqua-Lake.png?fit=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-29942\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chautauqua-Lake.png?resize=397%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chautauqua-Lake.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chautauqua-Lake.png?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>CELORON &#8211; The effort to battle weeds in areas of <strong>Chautauqua Lake<\/strong> with herbicide is now underway.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday the firm <strong>SOLitude Lake Management<\/strong> began treating DEC-designated areas of the lake with the chemicals <strong>Aquathol K<\/strong> and <strong>Navigate<\/strong>, which are intended to kill lake vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>The firm is hired by <strong>Chautauqua Lake Partnership<\/strong> along with the participating municipalities, including the villages of Celoron and Lakewood and the towns of Ellicott, North Harmony and Ellery.<\/p>\n<p>About 400 acres is being treated. The application of the chemicals began Wednesday morning and will continue through the day Friday, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p>The CLP has said that herbicide treatments are meant as a last resort to manage invasive weed species Eurasian milfoil and curly-leaf pondweed.<\/p>\n<p>Despite concerns from some county residents and other lake groups regarding the negative health and environmental impact the herbicides may have on people, wildlife and the environment, the state DEC moved forward at the start of this month to grant permission for the herbicides to be used.<\/p>\n<p>Residents are advised not to swim during the treatments and 24 hours after they finish. In addition, Lake water should not be used for irrigation until 21 days after treatment is completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CELORON &#8211; The effort to battle weeds in areas of Chautauqua Lake with herbicide is now underway. On Wednesday the firm SOLitude Lake Management began treating DEC-designated areas of the lake with the chemicals Aquathol K and Navigate, which are intended to kill lake vegetation. The firm is hired by Chautauqua Lake Partnership along with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":29942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[7730,464,7788,7731,8442],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Chautauqua-Lake.png?fit=600%2C401&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-7NI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29843,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/dec-issues-herbicide-use-permits-for-chautauqua-lake\/","url_meta":{"origin":29990,"position":0},"title":"DEC Issues Herbicide Use Permits for Chautauqua Lake","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"May 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"ALBANY - The Post-Journal is reporting the New York Department of Environmental Conservation announced that 245.3 acres of Chautauqua Lake has been permitted for herbicide treatments later this year. 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The Chautauqua Lake Partnership says that SOLitude Lake Management will begin applying herbicides\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Local News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Local News","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/category\/news\/local-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-lake-herbicide-treatment-map.jpg?fit=999%2C787&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-lake-herbicide-treatment-map.jpg?fit=999%2C787&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-lake-herbicide-treatment-map.jpg?fit=999%2C787&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-lake-herbicide-treatment-map.jpg?fit=999%2C787&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25357,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/lakewood-takes-issue-with-dec-herbicide-permit-for-areas-of-chautauqua-lake\/","url_meta":{"origin":29990,"position":2},"title":"Lakewood Takes Issue with DEC Herbicide Permit for Areas of Chautauqua Lake","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"May 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"LAKEWOOD - The state Department of Environmental Conservation has approved chemical treatments in designated areas of Chautauqua Lake for this summer. 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The Chautauqua Lake Partnership, with the backing of the towns of Ellery, North Harmony, Busti and Ellicott and village of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Local News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Local News","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/category\/news\/local-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/168557_10151051780785148_1392774611_n.jpg?fit=720%2C537&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/168557_10151051780785148_1392774611_n.jpg?fit=720%2C537&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/168557_10151051780785148_1392774611_n.jpg?fit=720%2C537&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/168557_10151051780785148_1392774611_n.jpg?fit=720%2C537&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22310,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/herbicide-application-to-take-place-starting-monday-in-bemus-bay\/","url_meta":{"origin":29990,"position":3},"title":"Herbicide Application to Take Place Starting Monday in Bemus Bay","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"June 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"BEMUS POINT - A small portion of Chautauqua Lake will be treated with chemical herbicide starting today in an effort to fight an overabundance of weeds. 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