Electrofishing boat

Letter to the editor:

The Cazenovia Lake Assoc. (CLA) recently announced that, in collaboration with Madison County and Morrisville College, we helped purchase a state of the art electrofishing boat.  This boat will be used by this collaborative group to analyze and monitor area fishing populations and be used for various ongoing studies such as monitoring lake phosphorus and zinc levels.

Because of our fundraising efforts, specifically chemical treatment of Cazenovia Lake to fight Eurasian Millfoil, questions have been raised about whether these funds were also used to fund the purchase of the boat. We would like to clarify that no funds raised by the CLA for lake treatment were used for this project. 

The funding for the boat was made through a separate account set up to fund long term projects separate from lake treatment and CLA fund raising. This account was set up from money donated by individuals specifically for that function.

As always the CLA thanks the community for supporting the health of our lake and if questions remain please reach out to us directly or via our website.

Cazenovia Lake Association