On Wednesday, October 30th, the DEC approved the LSCA's Aquatic Nuisance Control permit application which we submitted in late March. You can read our permit application and the DEC's draft decision on Vermont's Environmental Notice Bulletin (ENB) website here. 

As part of the process, the DEC will be holding a public meeting on Wednesday, November 20th from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM at the Wells Town Hall. The meeting will also be available online. All the meeting details, including the online link to the meeting are listed here in the DEC's notification PDF.

At the public meeting, after introductions, the LSCA will give a short presentation about our Milfoil Control Program. Next, the DEC will outline their role in the project, discuss the technical review of the application, and review the draft permit and permit compliance. The remainder of the meeting will be open for public comments and questions from in-person and online attendees, concluding with the DEC outlining the next steps.

So, we are reaching out to our membership for your support. To demonstrate that support for the LSCA and our Milfoil Control Program, we'd encourage you to:

• Attend the public meeting, preferably in-person if you are available, and
• Submit a comment of support in-person or online during the meeting, or
• Submit a comment using the online form available on the ENB website before 12/2/24

To submit a comment online, click here to visit the ENB page for our permit, and click on the green Comment button and type in your comment in the form.

We anticipate that there will be opposition to the DEC's final approval of our permit, so we hope you can lend your voice of support during the meeting, or via the online comment form. 

As there continues to be misinformation pushed about milfoil, milfoil control, ProcellaCOR, and the permitting process, we welcome the opportunity for this public meeting. 

The LSCA has always employed evidenced-based decision making when evaluating lake related issues, and we continue to do so with our Milfoil Control Program. Working with the State and lake scientists & experts, following the science and the data, and evaluating the results of our efforts show that we are doing the right things for the long-term health of Lake St. Catherine.

Please consider attending the public meeting in person to show your support, or please take a moment to submit a comment of support on the online form.

Please reach out to us with any questions you may have by emailing us at info@lakestcatherine.org - and we'll get right back you.

You can learn more about our Milfoil Control Program on our website.

Thank you for your support!