ATTENTION CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY RESIDENTS and CHAUTAUQUA LAKE USERS!

Are you aware?

  • That 370 acres of Chautauqua Lake are permitted to be treated with the herbicide, ProcellaCOR EC between June 13 and 22?
  • That once treated locations are not marked with buoys in the lake?
  • That you should not use treated water for watering or irrigating plants?
  • That you should not use treated plants as fertilizer or compost in your gardens?
  • That the targeted plant, Eurasian watermilfoil, secretes a chemical that inhibits harmful algal blooms?
  • That ProcellaCOR EC can kill valuable, native water plants?
  • That the use of the same herbicide, ProcellaCOR EC, is under judicial review at Lake George?

VIEW THE LETTER OF NOTIFICATION (WHICH INCLUDES CONTACT INFORMATION), MAPS OF LOCATIONS TO BE TREATED, AND HERBICIDE PERMITS HERE.