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American Lake shoreline group raises funding concerns for milfoil treatment and blames county board removals for low lake levels
Summary
Representatives of the American Lake Improvement Club told council they are concerned about planned increases to per-foot treatment costs for milfoil, the limited shoreline-owner funding window, and falling lake levels they attribute in part to Pierce County removing boards from a fish weir.
Kurt Spingath, president of the American Lake Improvement Club, used the Aug. 4 public comment period to press the council on two related lake issues: the cost and reach of aquatic weed (milfoil) treatment this year and a multi-year decline in American Lake water levels.
Spingath said shoreline owners pay a fixed per-foot amount for milfoil treatment under a 10-year assessment that is now entering its seventh year. He said the group secured an additional $75,000 state grant for this year's work and…
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