JJune 27th EW
WM Survey
Steep Bay- Two
T locations with single EWM
E
plants, both located in the northeaast side
oof the bay.
B
Bay south off Talichita Po
oint- Found 25-30
2
EWM plants,
p
25 metters off shore near a
llarge rock.
N
North end off Clark Islan
nd- No plants were found.
JJuly 11th EW
WM Survey
N
North end off Clark Islan
nd east shore-- Two GPS po
oints were coollected in thiss
llocation with
h 50-75 EWM
M plants locateed between th
he points. Bothh points are
llocated within
n the buoy-lin
ne and the northeast point is approximaately 100
m
meters off thee east shore.
W
We finished up
u the day jusst south of thee halfway point of Clark Issland and no
aadditional plaants were foun
nd.
W
We have conttinued to update AIM with
h our survey findings
f
and B
Bob had a
th
m
meeting with Andrew todaay July 13 to
o discuss addiitional detailss about the
survey.
JJuly 25th EW
WM Survey
W
WOL Boat Launch
L
to Ro
ogers Brook-- We surveyed
d from the bo athouse
bbeach to the WOL
W
boat lau
unch. Near Ro
ogers Brook there
t
is a heavvy sand
ddelta formatio
on and the ou
uter ring of thee delta had ro
obust plant liffe and
hheavily fouled. Two EWM
M plants were found in 8ft of
o water apprroximately
50 meters sou
uth of Rogerss Brook and one EWM plan
nt (highly disstressed)
found approx
ximately 25 meters
m
north of WOL boat launch
l
in 13ft
ft of water.
A
Also want to note very heaavy boat activ
vity from 8AM
M to 10AM aat WOL.
L
Lockwood BayB
From ourr observation, the littoral zone
z
of Lockw
wood Bay
iis 0-4ft deep. The water is heavily tanicc with line of sight being ar
around 3-5ft
m
making it a difficult
d
area to
o survey. Theere was a distiinct thermoclline
bbetween 4-6fft and water teemperature att 6ft is 45-50 degrees
d
Fahreenheit.
N
No EWM plaants were obseerved in Lock
kwood Bay.
JJuly 26th EW
WM Survey
Skylark Beach Area North & South- At the GPS point
p
mapped is a log
ppile with approximately 10
00 EWM plan
nts. The EWM
M plants are yyoung,
t plants beiing 1-2ft tall aand the
single stem plants with thee majority of the
m
max height arround 4ft. Scaattered EWM
M plants were found from thhe GPS
ppoint extending 100 meterrs north and lo
ocated mainly
y in 10ft of w
water.
T
The area arou
und Skylark Beach
B
has a very large litto
oral zone that ends
aaround 13ft deep
d
from ourr observation. The native plants
p
are diveerse
aand robust in this area.
A
August 15th EWM
E
Surveey
B
Bay South off Edge Waterr – While surrveying the baay we found
E
EWM plants widely scatteered througho
out the bay. Att the mapped GPS
ppoint is appro
oximately 25 EWM plants in 8-10ft of water
w
and from
m
oour observation, the EWM
M plants are taall but distresssed. We also w
want
tto note that tw
wo distinct naative milfoils were also fou
und throughouut the
bbay in more abundance.
a
So
ome of the ob
bserved nativees were tall p lants
aas well. At th
he time of thiss survey, theree was a consid
derable
pphytoplankton bloom. This bay is also home
h
to a verry large frienddly
bbass that acco
ompanied us during
d
our su
urvey.
N
North of Edg
ge Water to Sandy
S
Point–
– At the north
hern GPS poinnt on