The Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion would like to invite you to attend an infor­ma­tion­al meet­ing about the cur­rent weed prob­lem that is hin­der­ing the recre­ation­al use of Lake Maspenock. The Meet­ing will be held on Jan­u­ary 8, 2015 at 7:00PM in the Hop­kin­ton High School Cafeteria.

This is a pub­lic meet­ing with the pur­pose of shar­ing infor­ma­tion about the sever­i­ty of the prob­lem of weeds, the research and inves­ti­ga­tion that has been done by the Lake Maspenock Preser­va­tion Asso­ci­a­tion to date, and rec­om­mend­ed actions. While this is a pub­lic meet­ing open to all, we strong­ly encour­age all mem­bers of the LMPA to join us and learn more about this prob­lem. We will be tak­ing a vote on future plans for weed con­trol. In order to vote you MUST BE AN LMPA mem­ber. If you are not sure if you are a cur­rent mem­ber, please email lmpa.org@verizon.net. If you are not a cur­rent mem­ber and you would like to join, you can do so at www.LMPA.org or there will be mem­ber­ship forms at the meeting.

Infor­ma­tion shared will include:

The Cur­rent situation

• Types of weeds over­tak­ing many areas of the lake
• Weed man­age­ment con­trol to date

Extend­ed draw-downs

• Mass­a­chu­setts Lakes with sim­i­lar problems
• What action has been undertaken

Intro­duc­tion of Aquat­ic Con­trol Tech­nolo­gies-Pond and Lake Man­age­ment Specialists

• Lake Sur­vey-Assess­ment
• Rec­om­men­da­tions for Her­bi­cide application
• Fund Rais­ing
• Activ­i­ties to date

Please join us and learn more about this prob­lem that is affect­ing us all and to fur­ther under­stand the require­ments nec­es­sary to prop­er­ly pre­serve the recre­ation­al use of the Lake.