For the preservation, protection, and maintenance of Lake St. Catherine
Hello LSC!
Thank you to all the boats that participated in the parade - and to all those that cheered them on from the shore!
Here are your winners:
Best Overall:
1st - #6 - Lake St. Catherine Welcomes Back The 'Bald" Eagles - Pofit Family:
2nd - #1 - Vikings - Goldman Family:
Most Patriotic:
1st - #11 - Tardie Family:
2nd - #8 - Higgins Family:
Funniest:
1st - #14 - Fitzsimmons & Family - Every Day is A Holiday At Lake St. Catherine:
2nd - #15 - Wendell Family - May the 4th Be With You Jedi:
Most Original:
1st - #5 - Conine Family - Rowing Vikings:
2nd - #3 - Roth Family - May the 4th Be With You:
Nice job all! Lila will be in touch to get you your well earned prizes.
The LSCA would like to thank these generous sponsors for providing prizes for the Boat Parade:
A quick video of the boats as they paraded by:
You can see photos of all the boats that participated in this Facebook Photo Gallery.
FInally, thanks to Lila for once again organizing another excellent parade.
Lila also wanted to pass along these thanks: "Thank you to all our judges, Laura Edwards, Mary Jo and Mark Teeter, and Kim Mulcahy and her mom. Also for the families that let us use their boat house or deck for judges stations, Bill and Barb Carris, Dave and Eunice Conine and the Jucketts."
We hope everyone had fun. We'll do it all again next year!
Hello LSC.
We'd like to inform you that testing of the lake water after the June 18th milfoil treatment indicates that we may now resume the use of lake water for drinking and food preparation.
Please note that the restriction for irrigation is still in place - and may take up to 120 days after treatment.
If you have any questions, please contact us at info@lakestcatherine.org.
We have been given the all-clear to remove the Cyanobacteria warning signs along the channel of Hall Bay - and normal use of the channel may resume.
The bloom has dissipated, and you may now enter the channel.
This is what the Cyanobacteria looked like:
It looks like light blue paint on top of the water.
Vermont DEC advised us that this was an unusual event for LSC, and they had no previous records of a Cyano bloom on the lake. They attributed it to a perfect storm of conditions that day in the Halls Bay channel, citing lack of rain, temperature, water depth and lack of water movement.
If you see a bloom like this anywhere on the lake inthe future, please let us know at info@lakestcatherine.org.
On Sunday, June 17th, Cyanobacteria was found in the channel leading from Halls Bay.
The Vermont DEC was consulted and a crew was dispatched to contain the bloom with containment booms.
The Vermont Department of Health has posted signs to make property owners in that channel aware:
Until we are given the all-clear, please keep pets and children out of the water in the channel.
We have been told that it is naturally occurring - and that conditions were perfect for it to bloom there: lack of rain, temperature, water depth and lack of water movement.
We will keep you informed with any updates.
Additional information from the Vermont Department Of Health on Cyanobacteria can be read here: "CYANOBACTERIA (BLUE-GREEN ALGAE)". Please let us know immediately if you spot some.
From Vermont DEC Environmental Scientist, Angela Shambaugh:
"So long as there is visible cyanobacteria in the water, both in the inlet stream and anywhere along the lake shore where it empties into St. Catherine proper, everyone should be avoiding contact with them. Pets are also vulnerable, so owners should be keeping their pets out as well. It is difficult to predict how long the bloom might persist in the stream. Lake surface blooms typically dissipate when wind and waves thoroughly stir the water. They can last for a matter of hours or for several days or weeks, depending on the conditions. Blooms in streams typically are moved out by increased flow. It doesn’t sound like you received much rain as a result of the storms earlier this week, so this bloom may persist until there is more water movement. ...I have no records of blooms on St. Catherine, so this may be an unusual event as a result of the dry and then hot weather we’ve experienced for the last few weeks."
"So long as there is visible cyanobacteria in the water, both in the inlet stream and anywhere along the lake shore where it empties into St. Catherine proper, everyone should be avoiding contact with them. Pets are also vulnerable, so owners should be keeping their pets out as well.
It is difficult to predict how long the bloom might persist in the stream. Lake surface blooms typically dissipate when wind and waves thoroughly stir the water. They can last for a matter of hours or for several days or weeks, depending on the conditions. Blooms in streams typically are moved out by increased flow. It doesn’t sound like you received much rain as a result of the storms earlier this week, so this bloom may persist until there is more water movement.
...I have no records of blooms on St. Catherine, so this may be an unusual event as a result of the dry and then hot weather we’ve experienced for the last few weeks."
This is a reminder that the 2018 milfoil treatment is this Monday, June 18th.
The lake will be closed for ALL USES on Monday, June 18th and Tuesday, June 19th.
The lake will reopen for recreational use on Wednesday, June 20th.
Please see the Advisory Notice for water use restrictions for irrigation and food & drink preparation:
Advisory Notice:
2018 Treatment Map:
If you have any questions about the upcoming milfoil treatment, please email us at info@lakestcatherine.org.
Registration is underway for the Lake St. Catherine Association's 6th Annual Boat Parade!
Sunday, July 1st at 1 PM.
Sure, its fun to watch the Boat Parade... but it's even more fun to be in it!
[Overall 1st Place winner 2017: Beatles 50th Anniversary, Boat #16 - Jack McVicker & Kimberly Moore and friends]
It's time to come up with some creative ideas for your boat theme or decorations... and your creativity will be rewarded.
How?
Fabulous prizes, of course!
So, you can see there is a lot at stake this year...
Prizes are awarded for:
Plus, all kids that participate get a free ice cream coupon from Stewart's Shops!
To join in on the parade, please contact Lila Burgner at BurgnerL@msn.com to register your boat today.
You can read about last year's boat parade by clicking here.
Hello Lake St. Catherine community!
The Lake St. Catherine Association would like to thank our 250+ (and counting...) members for their support in submitting their membership dues this year - along with those that have generously donated.
Your membership and the dues and contributions we receive allows us to accomplish our work. Maintaining the lake costs approximately $100,000 annually. While we do receive annual grants from Poultney, Wells, and the State, membership dues and contributions make up the majority of our funding.
However, our membership drive for 2018 is not over! There are still many of you out in the Lake community that we'd like reach - to ask for your support.
Soon, we will send out a second round of mailings to the Lake St. Catherine community containing the 2018 Membership Application.
If you'd like to support the LSCA and become a member, you can fill out the Membership Form linked above, or you can fill in our online membership form and submit your dues via our website. If you'd like to try our online form, you can click here to go to our Membership section. If you were a member last year, you can click here to log in and renew.
Some of the services the LSCA provides are:
After receiving your dues, our Treasurer Elaine will send you a welcome mailing which includes a LSCA member card for your window, a LSCA eyeglass / screen cleaner and a hand-written thank you note.
To our members - please spread the word about the LSCA! Your endorsement of the LSCA with your friends, family and neighbors would be greatly appreciated. Building our membership helps us continue to do great work for the Lake and the community.
We are also accepting donations. If you'd like to make a contribution (maybe in support of the Lily Pond Channel Project), you can do so via our website by visiting our Donation page here.
We hope you enjoyed our Spring 2018 Newsletter, and we hope to see everyone at the 2018 Annual Membership Meeting & Dinner on July 21st (more details soon).
We'd also like to let the businesses in the lake community know about a new membership level this year. This new membership level includes 4 benefits that the LSCA can provide: a listing on the Sponsors page of our new website, a Sponsor Spotlight story about your business posted on our website blog and Facebook page, the opportunity to have your special events posted on our LSC Community Calendar and a listing in our Spring and Fall Newsletters.
Thank you for your support!
If you have any questions, please contact us at at info@lakestcatherine.org.
The Lake St. Catherine Association is searching for members of the LSC community to potentially join the board of trustees. Due to an anticipated retirement at the end of the season, the LSCA may have a trustee position open for a three year term beginning in 2019.
From our bylaws, the purpose of the LSCA is "...to utilize its income and assets for the preservation, protection and maintenance of Lake St. Catherine."
Would you like to join the board and help preserve, protect and maintain our beautiful lake? If so, please send an email to info@lakestcatherine.org, and include your contact information, a little bit about yourself, including why you'd like to join the board. Nominating Chair Bob Williams will get in touch with you.
Or, do you know someone that may be a good addition to the board? Let them know, or pass along their information to us, and we'll get in touch.
We're looking for folks who have time to volunteer, that work well with others in a group setting - and are ready to be active in fulfilling the purpose of the LSCA.
Trustees attend 4 board meetings, plus the Annual Membership Meeting & Dinner (May, June, July & August) and have other assigned duties and tasks depending on their involvement in committees throughout the season.
So, if you'd like to get involved, or know someone that may, please get in touch at info@lakestcatherine.org.
On Saturday, May 26th, the Lake St. Catherine Association held their first meeting of the 2018 season.
The Trustees gave their reports on many topics - Click here to see the full meeting agenda. Meeting minutes compiled by Kemi Mcshane.
May 26th 2018 Meeting of the Lake St. Catherine Board of Trustees
Lake St. Catherine Country Club, 8:30 AM
June 23, 2018- Board meeting
July 21, 2018- Board meeting and Membership meeting
New Boating rules and greeters are in place at the State boat launch in Wells, VT.
Motion to adjourn the meeting was seconded at 11:04.
The next meeting of the LSCA Board Of Trustees will take place on June 23rd at 8:30 AM at the Lake St. Catherine Country Club.
In cooperation with Josh Mulhollem from the Vermont Department Of Environmental Conservation and SOLitude Lake Management (SLM), the Lake St. Catherine Association would like to inform the community that the lake will be treated for milfoil on Monday, June 18th, 2018.
On May 9th, biologists from SLM visited the lake to perform a milfoil survey. They have identified areas to be treated with aquatic herbicide Renovate and Renovate OTF in Accordance with the Aquatic Nuisance Control Permit #2014-C01.
During and after the treatment, please be aware of the following lake water use restrictions:
• There shall be NO USE of Lake St. Catherine, Lily Pond and Little Lake FOR ANY PURPOSE, including boating, fishing, swimming, domestic (household) use or irrigation, on the day of and the entire day after the treatment
• Swimming/wading, boating, fishing and domestic use (except drinking or for food or drink preparation) may resume the beginning of the second day following treatment.
• Use of water from Lake St. Catherine, Lily Pond and Little Lake for drinking or for food or drink preparation shall not resume until water sample analyses reveal that the active ingredient in Renovate (triclopyr) is at or below 75 parts per billion by laboratory analysis.
• Use of water from Lake St. Catherine, Lily Pond and Little Lake for irrigation, including use for watering lawns, trees, shrubs or plants, shall not resume for 120 days or until water sample analyses reveal that triclopyr is at or below 1.0 part per billion by laboratory analysis, whichever comes first.
This means that the lake will be closed for all uses on Monday, June 18th and Tuesday, June 19th.
Along with the herbicide treatment, 13 areas have been selected for DASH. DASH is an acronym for Diver Assisted Suction Harvesting. This process involves scuba divers using suction hoses powered by a surface compressor to selectively remove milfoil from the lake bottom. They will be working throughout the season to remove milfoil by the roots in these designated areas.
Here is a map of the treatment areas for Renovate and DASH:
Are you a member yet? Maintaining the lake costs approximately $125,000 annually. Grants, membership dues and contributions make up the majority of our funding. If you'd like to help, please consider becoming a member or making a donation. The LSCA is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization and any contribution that you make is tax deductible.
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