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Shell Rock Watershed seeks council OK to treat curly‑leaf pondweed on Fountain Lake
Summary
The Shell Rock River Watershed District requested city permission to allow a contractor to apply the herbicide Aquathol to about 60 acres of Fountain Lake to control invasive curly‑leaf pondweed; council raised outreach and permitting questions and raised no objection to staff signing required permit documents.
The Shell Rock River Watershed District asked the Albert Lea City Council on April 14 for the city's cooperation in treating roughly 60 acres of Fountain Lake for invasive curly‑leaf pondweed.
The district's representative, Andy, told the council the district is proposing a single spring application of the herbicide Aquathol, a salt‑based, leaf‑contact herbicide widely used in Minnesota. "We're roughly gonna be treating roughly 60 acres of the lake," Andy said, and said the treatment works best when water temperatures are between 50 and 60 degrees. He said the operator Solitude, Ltd. will apply for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources permit on the district's behalf and asked the council to allow a city staff member to sign an "intent to treat" notification if the DNR requires local sign‑offs.
Councilors pressed staff on public‑notice…
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