Silver Lake milfoil treatment begins

Homeowners association reaches agreement, receives state permission to control species

Milfoil has been an issue at Silver Lake for many years and property owners now will have a chance to alleviate it.

At an April 29 meeting at St. Anne’s Parish in Medical Lake, Bruce Bruscia, a member of the ASLO (Associated Silver Lake Owners) announced that property owners received a permit from the Washington state Department of Ecology that will allow for the application of Clearcast herbicide to 150 acres of the lake.

Clearcast is classified as practically nontoxic to birds, fish, algae and aquatic invertebrate and has been granted a tolerance exemption by the federal Environmental Protec...

 

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