While the weeding by the divers removes present growth, the clean up of floating parts is extremely important to prevent spread of the weeds. Windy conditions and a limited number of collection boats allowed the escape of some of the harvested milfoil.

You can still make an important contribution to the effort by cleaning up any vegetation when it floats to shore.

Try to remove even the smallest fragments as they can attach and grow - looks like nice canoeing and kayaking weather for the rest of the week - please search the shoreline.

The Dive Masters were Tony Anderson and Carol Bloomquist. Tony owns a scuba shop and school http://www.phoenixscuba.com/ on Lake Erie. He trained most of the divers. Thank you, again, to the Lockwoods, for making this possible.

Venice, anyone?
Lea Dickson: gondolier,
David McGrath: milfoil scooper,
Jonathan Lockwood: diver.

Two divers swam the shoreline from Scozzafava's to Robinson's finding a frying pan, bottles, golf balls, toys, fishpoles etc.

The good news was they spotted a limited amount of milfoil in the 8 to 15 foot deep area they covered. Hopefully the water will be warmer next summer and campers swimming and snorkeling will able to remove the growth which tends to be right along the shoreline.