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MDC will treat lilypads at city lakes at no cost to city

Justin Addison, Editor/Publisher
Posted 3/9/21

The City of Fayette has found a solution to treating its lilypad problem at city lakes. The excessive vegetation growth hampers recreational activities such as fishing and boating and is quickly …

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MDC will treat lilypads at city lakes at no cost to city

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The City of Fayette has found a solution to treating its lilypad problem at city lakes. The excessive vegetation growth hampers recreational activities such as fishing and boating and is quickly becoming unmanageable.

Benji Conrow, chair of the city’s parks commission, shared with the city council in January a bid received from a company in Marshall, Missouri, to get rid of the lilypads with a chemical spray. The proposal by Jackson Outdoors and Habitat for both lakes came to $70,774. The majority of the cost was at D.C. Rogers Lake, with a price tag of $53,934.

However, since then, City Administrator Tyler Griffith has found a solution that will cost the city nothing. The Missouri Department of Conservation has agreed to not only pay for the chemical solution, but for the application which will be performed with drones.

The city hopes it will have to close the lakes no more than one day sometime in August when the treatments are made.

“It just goes to show that if you go out and look to find solutions to problems, you can do it,” said Northwest Ward Alderman Pat Roll. “Tyler did that and should be applauded.”

D.C. Rogers Lake is widely used throughout the summer for fishing and camping. The city hopes to one day add a swimming beach.

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