The mosquito season will shortly be upon us and many of us, in an effort to keep the pesky insects at a distance, will get out last year’s spray cans and bottles of DEET™ and OFF! or OFF! Backwoods (SC Johnson products.) We may get our sprayers ready and check the hardware stores that feature the latest backyard propane mosquito traps and clip-on repellents. The danger to … [Read more...] about The Latest Buzz about Mosquitoes
Conservation Corner: A Killer Lawn
It’s that time of year again. The lawn looks dead after all you did to make it lush and verdant last year, the envy of the neighborhood. You mowed it 33 times, spent over $300 on fertilizer and pesticides, another $55 for fuel for the brand new sit-down mower you purchased, and spent $24 on Rhode Island grass seed and fertilizer to repair the bare spots. And now it looks dead … [Read more...] about Conservation Corner: A Killer Lawn
One View of the Issues at Rogers Lake
The Old Lyme Conservation Commission considers Rogers Lake to be Old Lyme’s single most important natural resource, and we believe that its future care and protection should be made a major part of the 2010 Old Lyme Town Plan of Conservation and Development. Watershed The Rogers Lake watershed of over 4800 acres or nearly one third of the land area in town collects … [Read more...] about One View of the Issues at Rogers Lake
Old Lyme Conservation Commission: 2010 Action Item List
Highest priority 1. Reduce pesticide use on town fields and school campuses to protect our children. Reduce the use of lawn chemicals town wide to protect well water purity. 2. Rogers Lake –develop a long term plan –promote it as a high priority item for the 2010 Town Plan of Conservation and Development-coordinate with Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commissions, Rogers … [Read more...] about Old Lyme Conservation Commission: 2010 Action Item List