GLOVER — The Shadow Lake Association, in partnership with the town of Glover, has received a $23,200 grant from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation for its greeter program.
The grant, combined with town support, will fund ongoing efforts to fight aquatic invasive species in Shadow Lake through watercraft inspections and decontamination.
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The program provides free hot water washes for all boats entering and exiting the lake to ensure no aquatic hitchhikers are on board. The boat wash operates 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Labor Day, weather permitting, then Thursdays through Sundays from Labor Day through September 28.
The grant funding directly helps pay fishing access greeter staff. Shadow Lake established its boat wash in 2003 and until 2016 was the only hot water decontamination station in the state helping prevent the spread of aquatic hitchhikers.
While Eurasian Milfoil had been the predominant concern for Shadow and other lakes, there are now 14 species of known aquatic invasive species in Vermont lakes and ponds.
Under Vermont law, all boaters are required to have their watercraft inspected for aquatic invasive species and decontaminated before putting them in Shadow Lake and after taking them out.
