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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – In order to support beneficial uses of Clear Lake, the Lake County Department of Water Resources is providing defined areas around the lake free of noxious plants.
The areas include certain:
• Shoreline lanes parallel to the shoreline, starting from lakeward ends of structures in the lake and extending 50 to 100 feet lakeward;
• 100 foot-wide boat lanes perpendicular to the shoreline, starting from the shoreline lane and extending for 1,000 feet to 2,000 feet into the lake. Boat lanes will be marked with green and red buoys to be used with the 3R rule of boating – red, right, return.
• Recreational areas for swimming or fishing.
The specific treatment areas are posted on the county’s Web site at www.nolakeweeds.com .
Your property may be close to one of these managed areas. Management of aquatic plants entails use of aquatic herbicides.
If you use lake water for irrigation or personal use, please call Water Resources at 707-263-2344 or email
All aquatic plant management in Clear Lake requires a permit; only licensed aquatic herbicide applicators are authorized to chemically control weeds in Clear Lake. Permits may be obtained from the Lake County Water Resources Office.
For additional information pertaining to County of Lake aquatic plant management activities please visit www.nolakeweeds.com or contact the Water Resources Department at 707-263-2344.
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife, or CDFW, is now accepting proposals for habitat restoration projects within the California watersheds most impacted by unregulated cannabis cultivation.
Contingent on the Budget Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-2018, a total of $1.5 million in Timber Regulation and Forest Restoration funds will be made available through CDFW’s Cannabis Restoration Grant Program.
The program will focus on the North Coast watersheds extending from Sonoma County to the Oregon state line, as they have been most heavily impacted by cannabis cultivation.
“Existing damage to our watersheds due to unregulated cannabis cultivation is at crisis levels in terms of threats to habitat for aquatic and wildlife species,” said CDFW Director Charlton H. Bonham. “While many grow sites have been abandoned or shuttered, the infrastructure and ongoing damage remains. We are poised to initiate this critical and missing step in the process of decommissioning unwanted grow sites.”
California’s fish and wildlife are severely impacted by unregulated cannabis cultivation practices including unlawful water diversions for irrigation, conversion of lands, and prohibited herbicides, rodenticides and other environmental contaminants.
The most impacted areas require immediate action. Assembly Bill 243 (Wood, Medical Marijuana) provides direction to CDFW to restore watersheds impacted by cannabis cultivation.
“Our beautiful, pristine North Coast forests have become havens for these rogue grow sites,” said Assemblymember Jim Wood, who represents five of the county areas eligible for these grants. “These sites have been ravaged by lethal chemicals, often-banned rodenticides which are used to keep animals away, but remain in the ground and eventually run off into rivers and streams, destroying everything in their path, including endangered fish species such as coho salmon. I am grateful that the Governor and CDFW are making these funds available for this much-needed cleanup.”
The FY 2017-2018 Proposal Solicitation Notice, application instructions and other information about the Restoration Grant Program are available at www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Watersheds/Cannabis-Restoration-Grant .
Proposals must be submitted online at https://soar.resources.ca.gov/ .
The deadline to apply is Friday, June 30, at 4 p.m.
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MIDDLETOWN, Calif. – The Lake County Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee will hold a meeting in Middletown on Wednesday, June 7.
The meeting will convene at 9 a.m. at the Middletown Community Center, located in the same building as the Middletown Library and senior center at 21256 Washington St.
The public is invited to attend.
All county parks throughout the county will be discussed, however, the main discussion will center around Middletown Trailside Park and the revitalization of the park in the wake of its destruction in the 2015 Valley fire.
As part of this meeting there will be a trip out to the park, which is located at Dry Creek Road and Highway 175.
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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The senior centers in Lakeport and Kelseyville have released their menus for the week of June 5 to 11.
The centers serve lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, with Lakeport also serving breakfast on the second Sunday of the month from 8 to 11 a.m.
This week's menu – which is subject to changes or substitutions – is as follows:
• Monday: Barbecue chicken with roasted potatoes.
• Tuesday: Beef tips with sautéed onions and mushrooms in a brown sauce over whole grain noodles.
• Wednesday: Chicken ala King with brown rice.
• Thursday: Pork chops with quinoa.
• Friday: Beef soft taco with Spanish rice.
The weekday luncheons include soup of the day, salad bar, entrée, dessert and beverage. Non-seniors pay $6 and seniors 60 and older pay a suggested donation of $5.
Soup of the day and salad bar – which includes two to three types of salads plus toppings and fruit – is $4.
The Kelseyville Senior Center is located at 5245 Third St., telephone 707-279-2175.
The Lakeport Senior Activity Center is located at 527 Konocti Ave., 707-263-4218.