The KLC will be holding a Black Friday event at the Rt 28 boat launch on Friday, November, 27, from 11am to 1pm. The new 2021 KLC Calendars will be available as well as other KLC merchandise – some great holiday gifts. All proceeds are used to support the many programs that maintain and improve the lake. Cash or check only, please.
Here’s a preview of the winning calendar photos:
Thanks to all of you who submitted photos for the 2021 Calendar Contest. We were thrilled with the overwhelming response and quality of the submissions. Of course, we could only select 12 photos for the calendar and we congratulate the winners.
Michael Attebury, Natalie Buchanan, Victor Bujanow, Vaughn Clark,You can reserve the new 2021 KLC Calendar by contacting any board member (http://kinderhooklakecorp.org/board/) or by sending a message to klphotocontest@gmail.com – $20 each or two (2) for $36. Funds raised through the sale of calendars will be used to support many of the KLC’s programs to manage and improve Kinderhook Lake. Thanks for your support.
2020 has been a rough year for management of aquatic invasive species on Kinderhook Lake, especially Eurasian milfoil. Nobody can be sure if this is due to recent warmer winters not allowing sediment to freeze deep enough to kill or stun weeds in areas exposed by the drawdown, the unusually good water clarity consistently 6- to 7-feet deep for two years, the constant fragmentation of weeds from boat propellors traveling through the milfoil beds, or perhaps all of these combined. What we can be sure of is that we need to address this issue with new tools in addition to using our Eco-Harvester. While our harvester collected a record amount of milfoil this year, it was unable to keep up with this summer’s explosive weed growth in the areas that harvesting is permitted by our DEC permit.
For the past several months, the KLC weed committee has been hard at work researching new options to enhance our weed management program. Committee members have had numerous discussions with DEC, three lake management firms, and several local lake associations dealing with similar issues. Through this research we have found a relatively new herbicide that specifically targets Eurasian milfoil and has been used in many lakes throughout the country for the past few years. This herbicide does not appear to harm native weeds and comes with far fewer restrictions than any other herbicide in use today. Results of these treatments have been highly successful, showing no milfoil growth the second year after use. Committee members made site visits to two local lakes that have used this herbicide in 2019 and 2020 and personally observed the positive results; in one case, native weeds have already started to emerge where milfoil used to grow.
You will be hearing more over the winter about the upcoming changes to our weed management program as we continue to research and evaluate this new option. In the meantime, if you can’t wait for further updates, feel free to Google “ProcellaCor”.
On October 15th, in accordance with our DEC drawdown permit, we will begin to lower the lake to winter level. Winter level is approximately 52-inches lower than the average summer level and depending on weather conditions could take a few weeks to attain. Please be sure to complete any shoreline projects this fall while the lake is low, as springtime water levels are often difficult to control due to snowmelt and rain. As always, please remember not to rake leaves, twigs, and branches into the lake in the fall. If you can, please remove fallen leaves from the lake bed. Rotting leaves provide nutrients for aquatic invasive species and branches and twigs end up clogging the dam sluice gate.
We have been lucky to have some warm and sunny days this fall. Please enjoy the next week on the lake and remember to have your boats out by October 15th. If you have any questions, feel free to contact your area board member.
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about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
Due to the overabundance of Northern Pike in Kinderhook Lake, we will be holding a Northern Pike Fishing Derby on Saturday, September 5, 2020, 6:00am – 12:00pm. No registration is required. Please bring your catch to the Rt 28 launch site at 12:00 noon, where KLC merchandise will be awarded to the anglers with the longest pike and most pike caught. Have fun and please remember to wear a mask and practice social distancing when at the launch. Good luck.
This is a reminder that NYS adopted a new boater education law starting in 2020, known as Brianna’s Law. Operators of motorized vessels must possess a valid boater safety certificate in accordance with the following schedule.
Motorboats
All motorboat operators…
Anyone operating a Personal Watercraft (JetSki™, Wave Runner™, etc.) must have a boating safety certificate and be at least 14 years of age or older.
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
See the FAQ page for information and warnings
about Copper Sulfate treatment for algae control
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