[CPEO-MEF] BIOTA: Invasive weeds at North Pond, Natick Labs (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Herbicide treatment begins at Lake Cochituate

By Charlie Breitrose
MetroWest Daily News
June 05, 2009

NATICK -

Workers completed herbicide treatments of most of the areas of North 
Pond of Lake Cochituate affected by Eurasian milfoil, but a small 
portion inside and near the Natick border was left untreated.

Last night, Department of Conservation and Recreation officials provided 
an update to the Natick Conservation Commission, and discussed 
possibilities of ridding the 2.7 acres of untreated area of the invasive 
weeds.

Several proposals to use herbicides in Natick have not been successful, 
due to appeals by residents, and once, by the town. They opposed the use 
because they worried the chemicals would get into the town's drinking 
wells on Middle Pond.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1390566225/Herbicide-treatment-begins-at-Lake-Cochituate

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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