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Upcoming Events:

March 28 - Easter Egg Hunt

May 1 - Kentucky Derby Party

May 1 - Budget Hearing

May 15 - Budget Vote

May 29 - Memorial Day Cocktail Party

 

 

 

 

 

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CK Cookbook

The Candlewood Knolls Kitchen Classics is in.


Buy CK Merchandise On-line

Ever wanted a Knolls mug? How about a tote bag or a sweatshirt. Check out the new Candlewood Knolls on-line store.


 

 

Easter Egg Hunt

The annual Easter Egg Hunt will take place on Sunday, March 28th for kids 10 and under at the clubhouse.


Kentucky Derby Party

Join us for the Running of the Roses on May 1st

 

2010 Forms

Forms for the Children's Program and for boat slip rentals are available. Both are only available to Candlewood Knolls residents only.

Candlewood Knolls Children's Program forms

Boat Slip Forms

 


Milfoil Update

Larry Marsicano, CLA Executive Director

Research on Eurasian watermilfoil management continues forward. I’ve just finished reviewing the draft report by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station who mapped the milfoil last summer and the two summers before that for FirstLight Power Resources. FirstLight’s Nuisance Plant Monitoring Plan, which was a requirement of the 2004 FERC license, prescribes annual mapping for Candlewood Lake.

The data being collected is invaluable in developing an understanding of the dynamics between successful management and deep winter drawdowns. For example, in 2007 there were 221 acres of milfoil; in 2008, 451 acres; and in 2009, 373 acres. What interests me is the difference in total acres between the three years. We expected there to be more weeds in 2008, but hoped total acres in 2009 to be similar to that observed in 2007, but it wasn’t. But neither were the 2007 and 2009 deep drawdowns similar. The 2007 deep drawdown reached its target depth in early January and remained there until almost the beginning of March, unlike the 2009 deep drawdown that reached its target depth in mid January and started going back up in early February. That said, it should be noted that the abundance of milfoil, i.e. how dense the beds of plants were, was lower in 2009 than in both 2008 and 2007. The CAES report should become public in the near future. Check the CLA website (www.candlewoodlakeauthority.org) or call us for updates on its availability.

WCSU continues to play an important role in our efforts to understand the problem. Dr. Tom Lonergan and his graduate students in the Biology and Environmental Science Department have been experimenting in the lab with plants collected from the lake to determine the exact conditions required to kill the root cells of the plant, i.e. how cold, how dry, how long exposed. From the same department, Dr. Mitch Wagener has been the advisor of students tracking the effects of the milfoil weevils released in selected beds of milfoil.

To learn more about the research, go to our website, put your cursor over INFORMATION RESOURCES, and click on PUBLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS in the drop down menu. There you will find a number of research reports from the CLA or WCSU on milfoil management. Also if you missed it or want to see it again, you will soon be able to watch the slide presentations and panel discussion held at the Eurasian Watermilfoil and Candlewood Lake event at WCSU on December 10th. Check our website on the availability of those videos.

We will be coordinating the release of another 10,000 milfoil weevil eggs or larvae into selected sites as part of that ongoing research in June. FirstLight Power donated $15,000 dollars over a year ago go toward the additional weevils. After release, students from WCSU will continue to monitor those sites as they have been since 2007.


Nostalgia

The Candlewood Comment was a seasonal magazine published in the late 1930's and early 1940's. It was billed as "A Monthly Digest of Lake News". In each issue there was a section on Candlewood Knolls. If anyone has copies issues not listed please let us know.


 

 

 

 

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