You don't get out much, huh?

Irrespective of homeowners' watering systems, we should all be responsible for how we fertilize our plants. There are restrictions on what is permissible, and responsible landscapers and homeowners abide by the rules. Especially now, with essentially no plant life in the lake, we should avoid contributing to algae blooms with fertilizer runoff -- there are no plants to absorb the nutrients.

You will go to college; you will have amazing experiences and learn many things regardless of where you end up! You can do this!

This hurts my brain 🧠

Actually, irrigation from the lake is usually better for the environment. Most lakefront on Candlewood uses well water, and using that water from the water table to water plants and lawns would be inadvisable for various reasons. City water is treated with chlorine and other chemicals, which would be contaminants in the lake ecosystem. The septic issue is another one entirely. Responsible homeowners should pump their septic systems regularly and perform regular maintenance. Failed septic systems can contribute significantly to toxic algae blooms. Neither of those things, however, is impacted by a drawdown other than the fact that you may not be able to use your irrigation pump until the lake reaches a level high enough for your pumping system to work,

My point about the drawdown is that leaving more of the lakebed exposed will not help the regeneration of plant life. We don't want more milfoil control right now; we need some regeneration of plant growth. The carp, which have all grown a lot larger, are eating any plants in the lake bed as they grow. That means no habitat for juvenile bass fish and the possibility of more nutrients left unused in the lake, which could lead to toxic algae blooms. Hopefully, it will be manageable, but it would be better if we did not have to have a deep drawdown this year. The introduction of the sterile grass carp was well-intentioned, but we just introduced too many, which left the lake with almost zero plant life right now.

Please do not associate us with George W. Bush.

Or you're in West Hartford.

Which is kind of a city. But don't tell them that.

Maybe don't let homeowners draw water from the lake and use it to fertilize their lawns. Runoff back into lake of chemicals plus septic systems. Don't worry just do a deep draw everything will be OK 👌

We always took our family boat down on the Connecticut River closer to the East Haddam/Portland area, but depends on what fish you’re looking to catch.

Yes that too forgot to mention lol

Has cougar boy rebranded?

Thank you!

If you can get a license for it. Pitch res is incredible

The sterile grass carp were never intended to reproduce, hence being sterile. This is a program modeled on the one (first in the state) at Ball Pond in New Fairfield, CT which has been very successful.

The deep draw down has been done in the past on Candlewood Lake to expose the plant life along the shore to cold air to help control the weeds. The draw down to make repairs will most likely not have any major impact on the plant life along the shore this year as it is no where near as cold as necessary to be effective.

Grants? Really? Grants was a Karen factory. There are plenty of other places, pick one of the 85 other restaurants in a block radius. Outside of that, the apps are cheaper than the parking alone.

We're only the 5th most densely populated state if you include D.C.

So actually we're fourth....and that blurb is stupid the fact that we're small makes it easier to become densely populated.

Dating apps

Regarding #1, there is an annual “Burning of the Ships” commemoration and parade in Essex, this year it’s on May 14th at 2pm!

3rd date didn’t work out huh?

The gas down, a few hundred in pay and a couple hundred for plane ticket? Equals more than $1,100

No one fishes in CT. No good spots anywhere. Fish don't even come here.

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Lol

Connecticut is one of the best places you will find to fish. We have the sound, warm inland water environments in our lakes and ponds and cold inland water environments in many of our streams and highland lakes.

So the first question is what you want to fish for because we have a bit of everything here.