7/9/2012 6:13 PM Janet wrote:
“Would you say the water in Kerr Lake is clean for swimming? What is it tested for?
We are having a big event there and I want to feel secure that people will not get sick from swimming there. Thanks!”
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We received these email questions from Janet P and quite honestly, we don’t know who tests the …
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Leave a Comment (0) →While the US Army Corps of Engineers continues to study hydrilla and its effects on Kerr Lake, North
Carolina State Parks will become the first governmental agency to take action against hydrilla infested areas around the shoreline that borders some popular recreation areas. Spray treatments are
scheduled for next week.
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area leaders announced yesterday that the spraying of herbicides to help contain hydrilla
will take …
The only person talking about hydrilla is a Vance
County Cooperative Extension Agent and his message in summary is spray, spray, spray, but only pay to do it. So hydrilla management in the waters of North Carolina is lucrative only to the
handful of “approved” herbicide applicators who collect big dollars from the lake-front owners who are trying to keep the encroaching water weed from blocking their boating and
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Dear Kerr Lake residents and visitors,
As the summer fun season gets under way, I wanted to send a few reminders and updates.
If you have lake-front property, you may want to do some sampling to determine if hydrilla is present in your area. Simply zip-tie together the heads of two garden rakes, tie on
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