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Hi everyone!
My name is Theodosius.
(Thee-O-Doh-Sus) You can call me Theo for short. I was named
for a famous person. His name was Theodosius O. Fowler. Theodosius's
father was also named Theodosius. Even though he was born in
New York City, he was one of the first people to build a home
on Sylvia Lake.
You can read about him, and his wife Sylvia,
here on this website.
Click here to learn how Sylvia
Lake was named.
Here I am on a bright,
sunny day at the lake. It's really cold, but I've got a warm
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Here's a picture
of me and my friend Becky the beaver. Last fall, we had some
problems with her friends, the other beavers. Their dams made
the water in Sylvia Lake really high. It covered people's docks
and everyone was worried about damage from ice.
But some of my friends tried to persuade Becky's friends to
make smaller dams.
Click here to see
how they persuaded them.
Becky's beaver friends
have vowed revenge.
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I heard there was a problem
with tent caterpillars. I'm armed with a new fly swatter to
help the cause.
Click
here to read about tent caterpillars.
Some of the Sylvia Lake residents are going to
a meeting about these creatures in on April 3, 2004. See
the agenda.
Here's a picture of the enemy.
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I am so beary proud
to be part of the neighborhood watch group at Sylvia.
Just this weekend Bill and Johanna deLorraine reported hearing running water
at Jerry and Jenny Lynn's camp while they were out cross country skiing. Phone
calls were made and hopefully any damage caused by the extreme cold was minimal.
On Sunday, January 18th, it was a balmy 30
degrees. I decided to inspect our progress in the effort to
lower the lake level.
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Early in the winter,
I was
beary pleasantly surprised to discover a nice flow at the dam.
The outlet is still open in spite of minus 20 degree temperatures.
Congratulations
to the 2003 Dam/Beaver committee for meeting their goal. I
know they will keep an eye on the situation to try to create
an acceptable level for Spring.
Bear-O-Metric calculations
are that 41 million gallons of water have been released from
the lake.
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Another surprise (Bill deLorraine might
have been too, considering he was X-country skiing on the lake
just 400 yards away) with the amount of open water down stream
from the dam. The current and the apparently warmer lake water,
kept the stream flowing despite three days of sub zero temperatures.
The official water level at the outlet is
20.75 inches. The depth has dropped 10 and one quarter inches
since the big boom and the water is
still flowing.
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It's been so much fun to visit
some of my favorite places on Sylvia Lake. It was a long day.
I even split wood so I could keep
beary warm. The sun is setting
now so it's time to have one last slide. I'll be making plans
for more adventures in the Winter Wonderland at Sylvia.
Will
I see you in my travels around the lake? Check out my adventures
at the Gouverneur Winter Blast! |
