9/15/1977 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Minutes

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search and study are continuing. The others wig. he notified next' week through the Board of Health to cone ,_n. for a nieeting and he expects that they w ill gin e ed� ung the situation. added that the lake _i ' g r d shape - there's a little presence of blue-green talgae►. rhe had though there would be snime-o e at to might's meeting from theJohn's Pod Association r� rdi rig the area around uthe Mud Hole, but he -hinks that if Kerfout gets this grt:-_-_nt for work on John's Pond that just about everything has been done with the exc G_ption of finding out ex- actly -actly what the problem is i the Maid Mole. erf t says that he ,thinks, #and r'. u l g has spoke rpt .th coup). of engineers ether than erfoot that the reason for the problem there' is the Fact thcat it was sever scrap;d out doem to sand. There's the large amount of peat moss there-they never* completel exhausted r the peat at t ho .e where they scraped and everybody laants to know why. The only way they're g6ling to find ou why, is to use ht.,.--% grant money. hat aright now is the problem. He cont_ sued by saying that they tested all the septics in there*' -There i minimal use of' fertilizer on the ground - ever.ybody's lawn is witoch g' ras3 and you don't have to fertilize it. He said he can't find a high phosphate and can't find a high nitrate - it's an entirely different body of eater from what it was 4 weeks ago, due "to the cold nights and the growth is decaying and getting ready for next yer He al so said it sae,=e r was a body of water i the beginning. When it i,Tasntt connected, .it couldn't have been any better than a. :gars p rrd - they took off iraybe 1 1 where they s�:should have g ne down , or 0' they might only have to go down 51 to the sand - have to take cor ng . S Bore r out on *eco that the �-ca 't see .gett.,Ing t �-a A an.,oun � o mon fro the town ($10.1000to $12,000) for that y ,study gra them, that with the amount of cxrey and fire that we have spent on the rest of the pond, there r s nothing that he c ari do but set up an experimental septic system - 'otherwise, there 's no big pro blem on that pond. 1,11r*. Buckinghainrisaid that he Is pretty sure he can get those 4 places cleared up by next summer. Timms. DeLory asked if there were any tracingS tracingof oil from the ponds and Kr Buckingham said that it doesn't show up on a.L�ny eater analysis. He further com- mented that when the V' ege'tation was at its worst, it was still fit for domestic use - it's a natural vegetation that's clogging it - bave to find out why that vegetation grows, In -the matte r of the Order of C ondi ti ons 'f or of b, it was wri tten that t he bank,behind the stone . ound shall be planted with suitable vegetation to prevent erosion from the higher areas. Such suitable ground cover might include 'Rosa ? ugosa, Weeping Lave Grass. Virginia Creeper and American Beach Grass. The Order was signed by all members. Mrs. Studley wanted to know if anyone had any ob;�ections t her going ger and approvingxr � . ocknett's logs if they were proper y submitted. He was told to s ubrmit it for tonight's meeting, but he didn 't.'t. one that was in dispute ute she refused to sign ce Jficate of delivery. She gave copies of the logs and Other things to -the Finance Cormittee, signed ertific-ate of delivery for 1'00 miles. Mir, Buckingham, wanted to know how the Corgi:ssiorr stands with the Finance Cora- 2 ora- ml U 4,tee and Mrs. Studley said that it will either reco7riend or not. The Selu.^traen limited r: Pocknett to 1000 idiles per month for the- surer montes and he can't get more than 800 during the winter. She further oo : ented that he also had a bill for �,� ,+L% -Z ri 1r'w 1'+ �.... J .� .x w -L r.. It _1k L! 1� •1 7 i t • a wr