Lakes Management Plan
In August 2007, EcoLogic entered into an agreement with the Town of Lewisboro to develop a planning document outlining management of the lakes and watershed areas within the Town.

Four specific objectives were cited:
• Create a central repository of natural resource data, statistics, and testing data for each of the lakes in the Town;
• Summarize each lake’s water quality and environmental concerns;
• Recommend the most logical, environmentally sound, and cost-effective sequence of projects to improve and maintain water quality throughout the Town;
• Synthesize and collate all the studies on each of the lakes.

Additional data gathering and evaluation tasks were included to meet the overall objectives. This document – Town-Wide Comprehensive Lakes Management Plan - summarizes the water quality and aquatic habitat conditions of seven lakes in the Town of Lewisboro, and recommends measures for their protection and restoration.

Report Organization

The Town-wide Lakes Management Plan is organized in three sections. The first is composed of this introduction, a summary of the environmental settings of the lakes, followed by “Fact Sheets” for each lake. These fact sheets may be used as reference material for the lake associations. The second section discusses the water quality issues on a Town wide basis, identifies the pollutant(s) of concern and their source(s), and identifies reductions needed to meet restoration goals. The third and final section is a synthesis of management options and sets forth recommendations and priority actions for the Town of Lewisboro.

Also in the download section: MS Access format database (mdb - zipped format) housing all data gathered and used in the study.

MS Access format database (mdb - zipped format) housing all data gathered and used in the Lakes Management Plan.

This summer we will begin a fish survey of the lake with the assistance of Allied Biological. The survey is called a Creel Survey and will involve the collection of information on the fish caught in the lake.

All residents who fish are asked to participate in the survey which will consist of identifying fish caught and recording the characteristics of the fish such as length, weight, species, and other information.

Ray Morse is acting as the coordinator of the survey and will be inputting the results of the survey to Allied. Ray has a Log Sheet for documenting the data of fish caught. You can contact Ray at 763-5695 or ramorse30@msn.com to learn more about the survey and get a copy of the survey form.

Letter sent to Truesdale Lake property owners who have property touching the lakeside. Letter is about 2 subjects:
1.) Universal Water Solutions, a company based in Rochester, NY, offering its Aqua Cleaner (Vacuum) service (4 page brochure is also in downloads section).
2.) Allied Biological, the company that treats our lake, is offering a waterfront-friendly planting service.

Brochure sent by the Truesdale Lake Management Committee about the Universal Water Services "Aqua Cleaner" service. Describes the service, the vacuum device, and the costs of services.