Despite a weather report threatening rain, thunder and lightning, the Skaneateles Lake Association Annual Meeting and Open House began just as the World Cup ended and the weather broke. The meeting/open house was a success and the weather improved.

One hundred-twenty members of the Skaneateles Lake Association gathered at the home of Anne and Charles McElroy to enjoy the incredible view from their home, share lake stories, and obtain updates on the status of Milfoil in the lake from Dr. Bob Werner, the progress of the Milfoil Boat Crew from John Menapace and on the Lake Steward Program from Dr. Buzz Roberts.

The Milfoil Team has been on the bottom of the lake rolling up the benthic matting.  After all the mats are rolled the team brings out a pontoon boat with an electric winch to pick them up.

For the past few weeks the Milfoil Team has been in and on the bottom of the lake rolling up the benthic matting placed over large areas of milfoil at the beginning of the season. They are finishing up on the South end of the lake near Lourdes camp this week and will be rolling up the matting in a north east area near the Sailing Club next week.  

It’s all about membership…..

As we look to making plans for what efforts we can take next year in controlling the spread of milfoil and preventing the introduction of other invasive plants and animals in Skaneateles Lake we must look at our membership.

Here are the figures:

Currently, for the 2013 calendar year, the SLA has 494 members. We could not have done the work we have done this year without every single one of them.