Sunfish Fleet #27Allied Biological will be treating the lake with cutrine/copper sulfate on Monday August 11th and Monday August 25th.
Swimming prohibited for 24 hours.
There is information about Copper Sulfate in the Downloads section of the website (see left side for downloads link).
The Truesdale Lake Creel Survey form is now available for downloading in the downloads section or simply click here to get the form. It is in MS Word format.
To read details of the survey including contact information, click here.
A creel survey is "A survey of fishermen to determine the type of species and number of fish captured in a specific region (stream or lake) over a specified time"
- <www.dom.com/about/companies/ncpower/glossary.jsp>
The lake treatment originally scheduled for Monday 6/16 was rescheduled to today due to rain on Monday. The treatment is a supplemental treatment of Sonar (Avast!). No swimming for 24 hours after application. Beaches are closed today.
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.
This coming Monday, June 2nd, is scheduled for treatment for algae. The treatment is Cutrine (Copper Sulfate). They will also be collecting the FasTest samples then.
No swimming for 24 hours after treatment. Beaches will be closed on Monday.
Well just 42 minutes after posting the last entry, we received this email postponing the treatment:
From Allied: "Due to probable rain, we're postponing Monday's treatment to Wednesday 5/14. Please let me know of any scheduling conflicts. May your weekend be less rainy than today!"
Keep a watch for the fan boat! 
The permits for lake treatment have been approved and the first treatment is scheduled for Monday, May 12th.
The first treatment will be Avast/Sonar. Future treatments may include Aquathol-K and Copper Sulfate/Cutrine. (Click to see downloads section for treatment detailed information).
Water restrictions are 14 day irrigation restriction (Avast is a long-acting herbicide, so don't water your lawn with lake water after the treatment is applied), plus 24 hour restriction on all other uses.
Treatments will be posted as they are scheduled. The treatments are generally scheduled for Mondays to minimize recreational impacts. Occasionally the treatments will need to be rescheduled due to rain and water retention requirements. The level of the dam will be raised immediately prior to treatments.
In the December 6th, 2007 issue of the Lewisboro Ledger, there is an article about eliminating the leaf pickup service the town provides to the lake communities. The article is here: <http://www.acorn-online.com/news/publish/lewisboro/26097.shtml>
The concern about leaves in the lake boil down to:
- leaves provide nutrients for weed growth in the spring and summer months
- eliminating the leaves from the nutrient cycle in the lakes reduces weed growth and reduces costly chemical treatment
- small lot sizes mean no place to compost leaves in some neighborhoods
- if the work were continued with private contractors, it could potentially cost much more than the cost to the town - an amount in taxes we already pay
from the article: Quote:
Mr. Mahoney said he had spoken with Mr. Barber about educating the lakes associations about how to manage their leaves in the future.
“This is not a huge problem,” he said. “The lakes associations can bid this work out and handle it on their own.”
but earlier in the article, Mr. Ripperger said
Quote:
“The whole process has gotten to be a real problem,” said Mr. Ripperger. “It is time-consuming and expensive.
We are hopeful that the town will recognize that it is a problem. If it is an issue now with one agency in charge, it will become even more of a problem if 7 or more lakes and multiple associations have to figure out how to do this on their own.
Also, the Lewisboro Lakes Committee, a town board subcommittee, was not consulted about this decision. Part of the mission statement of the Lakes Committee is: Quote:
Providing education to the residents of the Town, the Town Board, Town Highway Department, and other town committees or Boards relative to improving and protecting the lakes.
The town and highway department have the economies of scale that 7 or more separate lake associations cannot match. Perhaps the town and the associations can come up with a more efficient way to get this all done for less money.
There is an article in the Nov 25th, 2007 edition of the Journal News about the proposed creation of a tax district for the neighborhoods with lake rights to Truesdale Lake.
"Homeowners debate Truesdale Lake tax district"
By SEAN GORMAN
THE JOURNAL NEWS
November 25, 2007
"LEWISBORO - Like other lakes in the northern suburbs, Truesdale Lake is filling up with silt and weeds.
Two homeowner associations overseeing the lake have proposed a taxing district to raise more than $1 million to slow the 83-acre man-made lake's progression toward swampland, but not all their neighbors are pleased with the plan. [continued at Journal News site or link below...]"
Click here to link to the Journal News article on their site.
If that link does not work, I have posted a PDF of the article in the "Downloads" section of the site at this link: PDF download of article
To read more about the proposed tax district on this website, please click here.
According to a recent town highway department bulletin, the Truesdale Lake neigborhoods will have all leaf pickup services during the week of November 26th. Please do not put out any more leaves after this date.
This is a very important service the town provides to the lake communities. It keeps a large amount of organic leaf material from ending up in the lakes where it would otherwise be fertilizer for next spring's weed growth. Your help and cooperation is needed and appreciated!
Be sure to thank Peter Ripperger and the highway department crews if you see them on their rounds!
Note the following from the letter:
- Do not put the leaves out too early.
- Do not put leaves in the roadway, they must be brought to the edge of the road.
- The town will not go onto private property to retrieve the leaves. Please put them at the edge of your lawn.
LEAVES ONLY! No brush, tires, branches, etc. will be accepted.
Our lake community is clearly benefiting from the Town’s pickup of leaves. However, there is a big problem being caused by people putting their leaves in the road bed, especially so far ahead of the pickup date.
Not only is there a clear safety problem when our narrow roads are made even more narrow, but the leaves in the road are also causing problems with our storm drains. If people pile their leaves on their lawn, adjacent to the road bed, the town can still pick them up with their equipment.
Please help to educate your neighbors who are unaware of these guidelines. Thanks for your help!
10:00 - 14:00