Important Information Re. Wakeboat Legislation

 

Members of Joe's Pond Association & Friends of Joe's Pond:

Here is the email address (ANR.WSMDLakes@vermont.gov ) to send written comments in support of the new proposed rule that would prohibit wake sports on Joe's Pond.  The comments are due by August 19th.  It is very important that we get as many folks as possible to write in support of the new rule.   Please do so and get your friends and neighbors to a well.  

Your comments do not have to be long.  All they need to say is  you support the new proposed rule and agree with the DEC that the 3000' run requirement and a minimum of 1000 acres are necessary for public safety and to ensure that wake sports do not usurp the Pond from traditional normal uses.

Thanks,

David Kidney

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It seems to me that now, since Eurasian watermilfoil has been found in our lake, it is more important than ever before to ban the large-wake-producing wake boats here. The wakes they send out churn water in the shallower shoreline areas even when they are adhering to the present restrictions. Milfoil is easily fragmented and pieces will float to a new location to settle and grow. The proposed 1000A/3000 FT run requirement seems like a necessity if we have any hope of controlling milfoil and getting Joe's Pond back to something close to normal.

 

I also want to remind everyone that tomorrow, Wednesday, August 13, the herbicide is going to be applied to the milfoil patches. Please stay out of the water and do not use your boats. This is to assure that the experts doing this application can attend to the job at hand and not have wakes or interruptions during the process, and that the application stays where it will do the most good. There is no danger to humans or wildlife from this chemical, but you are asked to please stay out of the water on Wednesday.