Hunnewell Wildlife Area
Hunnewell Lake 220 Acres
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8/27/09 I learned
from Chris Williamson at MDC--Hannibal office, that more grass carp are planned
for the lake, and that they have in fact used some limited herbicides in one or
two places in the lake. That is exactly what we should be avoiding...and
it lends some dignity to the practice of selective aeration. That is sort
of what I have shown here. This is how I present the process to large
homeowner associations having big lakes. These associations have a regular
income from their annual fees that are used for everything else such as road
repair as well as chemicals and such for the lake.
I encourage them to start at the upstream areas of each arm
and work their way to the main body. Each step they take slows down the
degradation of the main body, while totally reversing the aging process of the
area being directly treated. That way of doing it seems to be the most
acceptable to the community, but I have also seen remarkable results from
starting on the deep end. Tuley's Lake
and Mexico Lakeview Lake
are examples of undersize systems in the deep ends having a profound influence on
the rest of their respective lakes. At Mexico, they enjoyed these remarkable results
the very next season, while the Tuley lake was slower about affecting the upper
end. Mexico is a 25-acre lake, and Tuley Lake is a 13-acre lake.
Both systems have Vertex Water Features AIR 2XL systems that I consider being
good for about 5 to 7 acres under the right lake bathymetry.
So, as I say to the Homeowner Associations, "So
What if it takes a few years to get
it all done. The lake will be getting younger and younger with each phase
of aeration!" This is the way to avoid the chemicals and the grass
carp.