To the Lake Mem­ber­ship and All Res­i­dents of Hop­kin­ton, Upton and Milford:

The most recent bio­log­i­cal sur­vey of the lake notes an increase in one native species, the large leaf pond weed. It has increased dra­mat­i­cal­ly over the past few years, and has become a sig­nif­i­cant problem.

After much dis­cus­sion among the exec­u­tive board and the mem­ber­ship, the weed con­trol strat­e­gy will take par­al­lel paths mov­ing for­ward. We will con­tin­ue to attempt a suc­cess­ful extend­ed draw­down which requires lit­tle cost and effort com­pared to alter­na­tive meth­ods of weed con­trol. In par­al­lel, we are form­ing a new sub­com­mit­tee, which will focus on one main mission.…to fig­ure out the best meth­ods to con­vey research and infor­ma­tion that has been gath­ered by the LMPA and the new­ly formed Town Weed Advi­so­ry Board to all of the res­i­dents of Hop­kin­ton. We want to recruit peo­ple from all over town to be on this sub­com­mit­tee, as well as any­one with a vest­ed inter­est in the lake.