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McCall council endorses five‑year Eurasian watermilfoil plan, adds drinking‑water caveats
Summary
After extended public and technical presentations, McCall City Council unanimously endorsed a five‑year integrated management plan for Eurasian watermilfoil on Payet Lake, requesting careful mitigation and targeted sampling near city intake stations and specifying the herbicide to be monitored.
The McCall City Council voted unanimously to endorse a five‑year, adaptive management plan aimed at reducing Eurasian watermilfoil on Payet Lake while requiring close mitigation and monitoring to protect the city’s drinking water.
Kurt Wolf, McCall parks and recreation director, presented the plan on behalf of a local technical advisory group that worked with the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA). "This is a five‑year adaptive management plan…it's also just the first step to a much more expansive lake and resource management plan moving forward," Wolf told the council.
Deb Faraday, a member of the Big Payet Lake Water Quality Council and the local watershed advisory group, described her shift from opposition to support after reviewing committee…
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