Runoff Project
Two components of a project that addresses sediment and phosphorus pollution in Lake Garfield are underway. Conceptual design plans to capture and treat stormwater drainage from the Hupi Road area on the north side of the lake are nearly complete. Once ready, these plans will be added to the drafted Lake Garfield Watershed-Based Plan, which will be made available for public review on the town website possibly during June.
Read MoreThe annual public FLG informational meeting will be held on July 17 at 9:30am at the Firehouse Pavilion. Please attend and learn what is happening on Lake Garfield.
Read MoreThe topic of Eurasian water milfoil in Lake Garfield has been a constant presence at town meetings for many years. Article 39, which was a citizen petition, asked the town to appropriate $30,000 for non-chemical control of the invasive weed.
Read MoreThe Monterey Town Meeting will be held on May 1st at 9:30am. If you are a voter in Monterey, please come to support the citizens petition for the annual DASH (Diver Assisted Suction Harvesting) control of milfoil. We are requesting $30,000. If you are not a voter, you may still come to the meeting to support the petition.
Read MoreAt the February meeting of the Lake Garfield Working Group, the discussion focused on updates of current town and regional projects designed to protect and enhance the health of Lake Garfield and the Konkapot and Housatonic Rivers, as well as developing resiliency for the detrimental impacts of climate change that are becoming more apparent from one year to the next.
Read MoreThe Lake Garfield Working Group (LGWG) met by remote call on October 15. Dennis Lynch reported that the fall Diver Assisted Suction Harvesting (DASH) program was very successful.
Read MoreThe Lake Garfield Working Group (LGWG) held its September meeting by remote call-in on Monday, September 14. Member Michael Germain reported taking select board chair Don Colburn on a boat tour of the lake to survey the presence and density of Eurasian milfoil on the surface and at depth.
Read MoreOn the agenda was a review of the bid process including the timeline for submission, review, and acceptance of potential contracts for the completion of the next phase of milfoil removal through diver assisted suction harvesting, which should happen sometime in September before the water becomes too cold for diving…
Read MoreMonterey Fire Pavilion, Sat. July 11 at 9am…any complaints regarding activities or problems with people using the lake should be addressed with Town of Monterey police and/or administration…
Read MoreThe Lake Garfield Working Group (LGWG) held its monthly meeting remotely by phone conference on Tuesday, May 12. Dennis Lynch gave an update of the work being done on the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection water quality management grant 604b.…
Read MoreWhile it has been several months since last reporting in the Monterey News, the Lake Garfield Working Group (LGWG) has continued to hold its monthly open meetings in the town hall.
Read MoreMember Dennis Lynch gave a report on the recent activity of New England Aquatic Services who were contracted by the town to continue work begun in the fall of 2018 to remove eurasian milfoil from Lake Garfield…
Read MoreIf you have a kayak, canoe, or other water vessel across from the town beach, you better go get it by October 15.
If you missed the pickup date, your vessel may still be retrieved by contacting the Parks Commission . 413-528-1443 (ext. 248)
Read MoreThe Lake Garfield Working Group (LGWG) held its monthly meeting on Monday, September 16, at 7 p.m., at the town hall. First on the agenda was a review of contract proposals from two firms to conduct DASH, diver assisted suction harvesting, of Eurasian milfoil in Lake Garfield this fall before the water temperature drops too low for diving.
Read MoreThe Lake Garfield Working Group (LGWG) held its monthly meeting at the town hall on August 12. Shannon Poulain, who works at Camp Half Moon and has taken on a project…to monitor cyanobacteria in Lake Buel and Lake Garfield, presented the findings of her research to date. In addition to explaining the procedures and technology of identifying species and measuring bacteria concentration…
Read MoreThe "Prisoners of Groove!" held a concert and entertained boaters at the Oppenheimer's dock on Saturday, August 10th.
Read MoreThe Lake Garfield Working Group (LGWG) held its monthly meeting on June 17. The first order of business was a review and coordination of the necessary research and documentation required for the proper submission of a notice of intent (NOI) to the conservation commission for their renewed approval to allow the removal of invasive eurasian milfoil via diver-assisted suction harvesting (DASH).
Read MoreThe Lake Garfield Working Group (LGWG) held its monthly meeting at the town hall on Monday evening, May 20. On the agenda was discussion concerning the details and options for the use of the $30,000 appropriated at the recent town meeting for continuing the work of invasive weed mitigation through diver-assisted suction harvesting…
Read MoreThe Lake Garfield Working Group met at the town hall on Monday, March 11, to review progress with both current and future efforts to monitor and influence issues impacting the health of the lake.
Among these it was noted that the select board agreed to pursue the 2019 Mass DEP 319 grant of $100,000 targeting the surface water inputs of phosphorus to the lake.
Read MoreThe Lake Garfield Working Group (LGWG) held their monthly meeting in the town hall on Monday evening, December 17. Foremost on the agenda was an interview with Lake Buel property owners Kyle Pierce and Pete Hagen, who gave an account of the nature and history of the Lake Buel Tax District and its experience in controlling the pervasive weed growth in the lake. Both Kyle and Pete have lifelong association with Lake Buel and were a wealth of information concerning its social, economic, recreational, and ecological facets. Among the salient points of interest was that the Lake Buel Tax District raises $86,000 a year in taxes to pay for the forty hours per week of weed harvesting that takes place from Memorial Day to Labor Day…
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