GLOVER The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation, awarded a $23,200 grant to the Shadow Lake Association and the municipality of Glover for its greeter program.
Together with town support, the award will support continued efforts to decontaminate and inspect watercraft in Shadow Lake in order to combat aquatic invasive species.
To make sure there are no aquatic hitchhikers on board, the program offers free hot water washing for all boats coming into and going out of the lake. Weather permitting, the boat wash is open every day from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Labor Day, and then Thursday through Sunday from Labor Day through September 28.
Fishing access greeter employees are directly paid by the grant funds. In order to stop the spread of aquatic hitchhikers, Shadow Lake opened its boat wash in 2003 and, until 2016, was the only hot water decontamination station in the state.
There are currently 14 types of identified aquatic invasive species in Vermont lakes and ponds, whereas Eurasian Milfoil had been the main threat to Shadow and other lakes.
All boaters must have their vessels inspected for aquatic invasive species and decontaminated both before and after removing them from Shadow Lake in accordance with Vermont law.
