Town Budget: September 2009 Archives

All of us in the Lakes Region, whether we live on lake front property or not, are ultimately going to be affected by the infestation of Milfoil in our lakes. The amount of tourism dollars that are spent in the area has a direct impact, not only on hotels and seasonal operations, but year round businesses that depend on the lake for attracting people to the area. If businesses are affected, so will the number of job opportunities for summer residents, students, and year round residents, all of whom, are tax payers, in one way or another.

Each of us has an obligation to learn more about this weed and how to begin to eradicate it from our lakes. Otherwise, we will eventually live around a great big swamp!

Please visit some of the following websites for more information:

www.nhlakes.org

www.squamlakes.org/sla/milfoil/htm

www.newenglandmilfoil.com/

We encourage citizens to actively participate in discussions, forums, lectures etc, regarding the invasion of this weed, to learn as much as possible in order to persuade our local government to take the eradication of it much more seriously and back it up with dollar support. This weed has a much more serious effect on our economy in the long run, if left unattended, than anything else currently before us.