Kasoag Lake

KLCA Meeting
Kasoag Lake Tavern & Grill
June 7, 2025
10:00 AM

• Lynne called meeting to order at 10:15am
• Secretary’s Report
  • Motion to accept: Pam; second: Bill – approved
• Treasurer’s Report – Presented by Lynne in Kelly’s absence
  • Restricted Funds – Lake District
    • Balance, 5/3/25: $20,884.55
    • Proceeds – $0
    • Disbursements – $349
      • 5/16/25, ADK Research: $349
    • Balance, 6/6/25: $20,535.55
  • General Operating Fund
    • Balance, 5/3/2025: $13,179.45
    • Proceeds – $941.28
      • Membership Dues: $475
      • Donations: $130
      • 50/50: $38
      • Merchandise Sales: $298.28
      • Disbursements – $6,226.81
      • Lake Study – $5,891.00
      • Lake Posters – $140.96
      • Merchandise Expenses – $154.06
      • Misc Paper/food supplies for annual picnic/duck race – $31.73
      • Credit Card Fees – $9.06
    • Balance, 6/5/2025: $7,893.92
    • Motion to accept: Tad; second: Nancy – approved
• Pine Grove Improvements
  • No updates at this time; hope to have more details at July meeting
• Signs
  • Locations: Pine Grove Access, Shingle Mill Creek, Tavern launch
  • DEC noted that the association can be reimbursed for sign expenses
• Board Elections
  • Nominations can be made at July meeting
  • Voting to take place during August meeting
    • 2 votes per household
    • Mail ballots available
    • New board to begin 2 year term immediately following August meeting
  • Seeking volunteer to be election chairperson to collect mail ballots and run
    election during August meeting
    • Penny volunteered to be election chairperson; will receive PO Box key from Lynne to collect mail ballots.
• DEC Grant Status
  • Lynne submitted final report and request for reimbursement
  • Awaiting reimbursement for lake study
  • DEC was very helpful in navigating the complicated processs
• 2025 Herbicide Treatment
  • Wetlands permitting process is still in flux; in order to ensure treatment this year,
    we had to renew an old/expired permit, which required using a map that coverd 5
    fewer acres (23 acres instead of 28 acres)
    • Alternative was to seek new permit with current map, which could take up
      to a year and would jeopardize our ability to get a treatment for the 2025
      season
  • 5 fewer acres with this treatment means reduction in total treatment cost
  • Next year we will have to apply for a wetlands permit; this process will start as
    soon as 2025 treatment is done so as not to interfere with this year’s treatment
  • Using Flumigard this season
  • June 23-28; yellow signs to be posted at access points with exact date; email will
    be sent out
• Lake Management Plan
  • Membership feedback
    • Gordon – Mixed feelings; not a clear direction; confirmed if plan is
      finalized or not, answer is yes
    • Michele – Feels this looks like a template; some things are just not
      realistic for our lake (size & financial resources); chemical treatment looks
      best; hand-pulling – fanwort & Milfoil will simply breakup and replant itself
      elswhere, water chestnuts work for hand-pulling. iMap invasives;
      suggested “Weed box” at launches – available on DEC website; wetlands
      rules have changed this year and there’s a lot of confusion and they’re
      working through it; affirmed that the route taken for this year’s treatment
      was the best path to ensure we could receive a treatment
  • Lynne Summary
    • 109 survey stations – dropped rake, pulled samples
    • 35 – #1 plant found Eurasian Millfoil (32%)
    • 5 – Curly leaf Pond
      • Low risk, low priority
    • 6 – Fanwort
  • Recommendation
    • Year 1: Summer 2026 – ProcellaCOR
      • Treatment to manage Eurasian Water Milfoil
      • Systemic herbicide (vs Flumigard: Contact herbicide that damages
        what it touches) – kills targeted Milfoil down to the root
      • Typically remains effective for 2-3 years
      • Higher up-front cost; seeking estimates from applicators
      • Completely untraceable in water column and no drinking
        restrictions
      • We are approved for 200 ppb for Flumigard, this would only
        require less than 10 ppb
      • Questions
        • Is this what we’d target on the wetlands permit?
          • Lynne to talk to DEC to see if we can apply for a
            series of methods
    • Winter 2026-2027 – Lake drawdown
      • Approx 3 feet
      • Lake association decision
      • Need to evaluate pros & cons
      • Likely to begin drawdown in Oct or Nov 2026, refill in March 2027
      • Must remove at least 3 feet; anything less than 3 feet is less
        effective
      • Any muck or other plants that are exposed to the freezing
        temperatures are killed down to the roots
      • Reduces the muck
      • When lake refills in spring, other lakes have found that
        significantly less herbicide was required in following years
        because so many of the invasive plants were killed off
      • MUST be done in the winter as freezing temps are a major part of
        the effort
      • Form a committee to do research, determine pros/cons, present
        findings to the association
        • Seeking volunteers
      • Not as simple as removing a board from the dam; gradual removal
        of water so as not to overwhelm downstream areas
      • County may be willing to help as the dam is county property
      • Consider impacts on water table, would need to consult
        geologist/aquifer expert (Oswego Co Soil & Water)
    • Summer 2027 – Targeted herbicide for Fanwort
    • Fall 2027 (or throughout entire process)
      • Post-treatment survey of Milfoil and Fanwort to examine impacts
  • Rumors of additional grant opportunities; we will be seeking those out
  • No increase in LD fees
  • Targeted approach is key
    • DEC wants to see multi-facted, adaptive management plan for permits
    • Better to include more on permits and grant requests
    • The fact that we used grant money for the study should help get us more
      grant money
  • Questions
    • Would our assessment build-up over the years after Procella-COR?
      • Yes, but there will be some small expenses in years 2 & 3 for efforts
        made in those years
    • Are there any other chemicals that we could put into the lake to help with plant
      removal?
      • Muck pellets identified – these help with the muck and make it easier to
        hand-pull
        • If hand-pulling, ensure that the entirety of the plant(s) is collected
          so that it doesn’t re-root
• 50/50 Raffle
  • Winner – Lynne
• Penny – Reminder that there will be a community yard sale on June 21
  • Signage will be placed at crossroads and at local establishments
  • Participants are responsible for their own property’s signage
  • Facebooks posts have been shared to various local groups; others are welcome
    to share elsewhere on FB
• Motion to adjourn at 11:00 am: Penny; second: Ed