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LAKE RESCUE ASSOCIATION'S 90th ANNUAL MEETING

LUDLOW, Vt. (August 8, 2020) – The Lake Rescue Association (LRA) president Bruce Zanca opened their annual meeting on Aug. 5 by acknowledging the recent flooding, and getting right to the agenda to leave time for questions, concerns, and comments.

Board treasurer Kevin Golmont went over assets and expenditures, stating the board had $359,809 in cash and investments as of June 30. “It looks like we’re cash rich at the moment,” Golmont said, “but we have some big expenditures coming up,” which included milfoil maintenance that started in June, and can cost the board over $60,000 in one year. They still encourage donations, which are tax deductible, to the nonprofit organization. Continue reading...

LAKE RESCUE ASSOCIATION APPLIES FOR DREDGING PERMIT WITH STATE

LUDLOW, Vt. (July 31, 2020) – The Lake Rescue Association announced that it has applied for a dredging permit with the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation, Agency of Natural Resources. The permit application proposes that the state allow dredging near the mouth of the Black River into Round Pond and the channel between Round Pond and Lake Rescue in Ludlow, Vt. “Sediment from the Black River is making the channel between Round Pond and Lake Rescue increasingly shallow,” said Kevin Golmont from the Lake Rescue Association Board of Directors. “We are concerned that over time the channel will become unnavigable for boats because the water level is too shallow.” Continue reading

LAKE RESCUE FIGHTS SPREAD OF EURASIAN MILFOIL

LUDLOW, Vt. (July 21, 2020) – The Lake Rescue Association has received authorization for the deployment of an additional 24 bottom barriers on Lake Rescue from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. The association will add 24 barriers to the lakebed in addition to the 24 barriers that were authorized and installed last year … Continue reading

MARY RITA BATESOLE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED TO GMUHS SENIOR
CHESTER, Vt. (July 21, 2020) – The Lake Rescue Association is very pleased to announce the 2020 recipient of the Mary Rita Batesole Scholarship award. This is the second year of the $1,000 scholarship, which was started last year in memory of MR Batesole … this year's recipient is Olivia Bernier from Andover, a graduating senior from Green Mountain Union High School. . . Continue reading

STATE GRANT FOR MILFOIL CONTROL IN LAKE RESCUE
LUDLOW, Vt. (Sept. 12, 2019) – The state of Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation has awarded the town of Ludlow a grant of $3,699 for 2019 to control the aquatic invasive plant Eurasian watermilfoil growing in Lake Rescue. The Lake Rescue Association, comprised …Continue reading

LAKE RESCUE: FIVE YEARS AFTER TROPICAL STORM IRENE.

(January 13, 2017) "Flow," the official blog of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation's Watershed Management Division

During the fall 2016, the Watershed Management Division revisited places hit hard by Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. One such area was the Black River corridor through the towns of Plymouth and Ludlow. This is the first of three posts celebrating five years of hard work by local and State partners to improve the resilience of waterways in the Black River/Lake Rescue watershed. . . Continue reading