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Solar Bee Report

December 9, 2009

(This is old news but just showed up in my “alerts”.)
“Our results in Lake Cochituate show that after two years of circulator use, there was no measurable change in milfoil extent or abundance within the study areas of the lake. These findings suggest that in anoxic sediments where oxygen mass transfer from the water column [...]

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Lake treatment could affect wells – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

November 27, 2009

By Charlie Breitrose
Fri Nov 27, 2009, 06:16 PM EST
NATICK – If the herbicide diquat goes into Lake Cochituate to control milfoil, it is likely some of the chemical will reach the town’s drinking Evergreen Wells, according to two experts tapped by a citizens group opposed to the use of chemicals.
Environmental chemist Warren Lyman and environmental [...]

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DASH boat, chemicals effective against invasive lake weeds – Framingham, MA – The MetroWest Daily News

November 21, 2009

By Charlie Breitrose/DAILY NEWS STAFF
Posted Nov 21, 2009 @ 12:35 AM
NATICK —
State officials poured about $190,000 into removing invasive weeds in Lake Cochituate and Fiske Pond in 2009, and told the Conservation Commission that both herbicides and the diver-assisted harvester boat worked well.
The methods for removing weeds, particularly Eurasian milfoil, have been hotly debated, with [...]

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It’s time for the citizens of Cochituate to stand up for themselves

November 13, 2009

Friday, November 13, 2009 at 3:36pm
[from Andy Jagolinzer, published in the Wayland/Weston Town Crier on 12 November 2009]
TO THE EDITOR:
Forty-eight percent – that is the percentage of the total population of Wayland that lives in Cochituate, clearly more people than in any other region of Wayland.
Yet, the citizens of Cochituate constantly cry “foul” when it [...]

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Wayland Neighbors for Responsible Land Use: New group forms called Wayland Neighbors for Responsible Land Use | Facebook

November 8, 2009

Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 11:47am
[from WN4RLU, published in The Wayland/Weston Town Crier, 29 October 2009]
TO THE EDITOR:
Thirty years from now, Wayland will be defined not by the construction of a new High School or Town Center, but by the way the Town presently handles the development of 40B housing. This regulation allows the construction [...]

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Lake weeds the top topic at two Natick meetings this week – Wayland, MA – Wicked Local Wayland

November 2, 2009

By Charlie Breitrose
Mon Nov 02, 2009, 02:36 PM EST
NATICK – The Board of Selectmen and the Conservation Commission this week will each discuss the ongoing negotiations about using herbicide to control weeds in Lake Cochituate.
Selectmen tonight will hear from Carole Berkowitz, spokeswoman for Protect Our Water Resources. POWR opposes a plan by the state Department [...]

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State Environmental chief demands more info on Framingham water project -The Green Blog – A Boston Globe blog on living Green in Boston

October 30, 2009

Posted by Boston Globe Business Team October 30, 2009 06:20 PM
By Beth Daley
Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs secretary Ian Bowles today required far more information and study from Framingham before they can go forward with a plan to reactivate old drinking water wells – and questioned the overall wisdom of the project.
Lake Cochituate in Natick, [...]

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SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab

October 30, 2009

SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS – Natick, MA – Natick Bulletin and Tab.
By Maureen Sullivan
Fri Oct 30, 2009, 04:42 PM EDT
NATICK – We all know “the Labs.” Depending on how long we’ve been here, the U.S. Soldier Systems Center has been home to Tang, Meals Ready to Eat, high-tech uniforms …
… mutant cockroaches…
All these wonders and more have [...]

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Aquatic Herbicides Are Only Effective Weapon Against Milfoil Plants – by James M. Taylor – Environment & Climate News

October 1, 2009

Aquatic Herbicides Are Only Effective Weapon Against Milfoil Plants
Written By: James M. Taylor
Published In: Environment & Climate News > October 2009
Publication date: 10/01/2009
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
“It’s been a bad year for milfoil on Minnesota lakes—except on Grays Bay and Phelps Bay on Lake Minnetonka,” KSTP Eyewitness News 5 in Minneapolis-St. Paul reported recently.
The reason for [...]

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$ 43 Million Birch Road Well Project Discussed on Local Cable TV

September 17, 2009

$ 43 Million Birch Road Well Project Discussed on Local Cable TV
September 27, 2009  (16:53:54 EST)
FRAMINGHAM, MA — If you’d like to hear an in-depth discussion about Framingham’s $43M Birch Road Well Project to reduce the town’s dependence on MWRA water by 50%, tune in to hear the experts discuss the overall project on:

The Audrey Hall [...]

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