The Lake Management Commission had a full house at Tuesday's meeting to discuss the path to take regarding the algae problem. I went in fully in support of the skimmer and after the presentation for the harvester then the skimmer I had not changed my mind. Next came information about a biological approach that if what was said holds true could be a better option for the algae.
Microbes would be administered into our lake to eat the sludge and nutrients that feed the algae. They are said to eat a foot of sludge from the bottom of the lake in a year. There is a heavy treatment the first year then a gradually lower treatment in following years. It is safe for fish, people, wildlife, pretty much everything since it is a natural product. I am not going to try to explain the entire process here due to space limitation plus the fact I do not know enough to give a detailed presentation.
To make a long story short, Lake Management wants time to dig deeply into this with references to see if what is said is accurate then make a recommendation to the board at the next regular meeting, which is next Tuesday.
Is it expensive? You are darn right, but what isn't when working on the lake. As far as the time, rather take the time to be as sure as possible before making the move than to be sorry for a mistake in judgement. Stay tuned. It is being worked on........
Ken