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| 954.1 | Dock repair time. | SALEM::NORCROSS_W | | Mon Mar 09 1992 11:12 | 5 |
| My brother-in-law used to live on Lake Shirley. They used to lower it
so people could make repairs to their docks, etc. I don't remember if
it was done every year or every couple. I know they lower Lake
Monomanac every year around late November for that purpose.
Wayne
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| 954.2 | | TPSYS::SOBECKY | The truth will set you free | Fri Mar 13 1992 15:35 | 10 |
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Thanks, Wayne. I know that a couple of years back there was a
problem (dam?) that needed to be fixed at Shirley, and they
lowered it then, so I was just wonderin'...
I noticed that all the ice is out at Hickory Hills Lake..too bad
you can't put a motorboat in there. Today is a little too windy,
anyway.
John
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| 954.3 | Strike back at those weeds | EPSIII::SAYRE | | Wed Apr 15 1992 12:59 | 11 |
| Hi,
I have a place on lake shirley and the lake is lowered every year.
The reason the lake is lowered is to keep the weeds down, allow dock repairs,
clean up of water fronts, and take protect the dam. Since it is such a shallow
lake it fills by June. I have not noticed the lake level rising lately. I am
not sure what is up with the dam. I hope we don't have another dry year like
1986 (or 5 I am not sure). I will be checking with the lake association to see
what is up, I'll let you know what I find.
Ski season is almost here!!!
-Ed
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| 954.4 | Weeds down and ski tips up! | RDVAX::FAUST_CLANCY | mod ent eats/file=octave::eats | Tue Jun 30 1992 16:57 | 17 |
| Hi!
I've put my boat in Lake Shirley for fun in the sun for the past three years.
It's a pretty good place to ski as well as to relax because there are enough
nooks and crannies to boat in and out of, as well as people who are not TOO
crazy or irresponsible. It is now June 30 (haven't made it quite there yet
but plan to over the 4th....) See you all there. Look for a bowrider with
NANA on the side. (As in NANA, NANA, hey, hey, hey, goodbye!)
What's this about the lake lowering to keep the weeds down? I live on Sandy
Pond in Ayer, (no boats with motors permitted) and it has boo-koo weeds!!
I would LOVE to find an environmentally correct way of getting rid of the
junque that grows and even strangles the fish..... I would think that
lowering the water level, exposes the ground to the sun, and actually
encourages growth.... Is my logic off here??
Debra
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| 954.5 | There's vegetation and then there's "weeds" | GEMVAX::JOHNHC | | Wed Jul 01 1992 10:23 | 20 |
| >> Is my logic off here?
Yes.
You need to know what "weeds" you have before you can determine the
best management method. Lowering the lake to destroy native, natural
aquatic vegetation leaves the area that was "cleaned" exposed to
opportunistic exotic vegetation such as Eurasian Milfoil, Variable
Milfoil, Fanwort, and others. These plants will destroy your body of
water as you know it, and there is no environmentally sound way to rid
the lake or pond of them other than hand-pulling. The problem with this
method is that these plants grow so fast that, unless hand pulling is
undertaken immediately after the plants are spotted, the infestation is
usually too big for hand pulling to be effective.
John H-C
(details available by e-mail)
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