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Thursday, May 09, 2002

Posted 10:08 AM by Amy Maurer


From Dave Metrano:

A Free Trip To The Caribbean or Not Your Typical Day at the Beach

On May 11th and 18th, come join us for a fun day for divers and their families. This is an opportunity to help create a historic environmental solution for the invasive weeds of Dudley Pond in Wayland, which may apply to many ponds across the country. At the same time, we offer a fun family cookout, and lastly, get a chance to win a fabulous four-day diving trip to Key West, Florida for two people, including airfare and hotel.

Background: Since the early 90’s, invasive weeds like Eurasian Milfoil (Myriophyllum Spicatum) have been growing out of control in Massachusetts as well as 46 other states. This weed comes from Europe and has no natural controls here. It negatively affects fishing, boating and swimming. Visible fragments clinging to boats and their trailers spread invasive weeds. Therefore, boaters must always clean off weeds and dispose of away from the water.

One of the traditional methods of dealing with invasive weeds is using herbicides. Unfortunately, Herbicides do not cure the problem. The weeds grow back and the retreatment may need to be done every 3 years. Herbicide killed weeds go to the bottom to add to the sediment, feeding future weeds. All the while there are associated health risks (especially for children, the elderly, animals and pregnant woman. This is according to the Mass Dept of public health and 60 Independent University studies.

Rather than using herbicides to temporarily treat weeds, we have a solution over time to actually cure the weeds, useful for Low Weed Infestation Ponds. This solution prevents potential health risks involved with herbicides and saves money from the every 3-year herbicide retreatment. The program involves careful hand pulling the weeds with divers. We take it two steps further with public education creating nutrient reduction from lawn run off and septic systems and a program of sediment reduction.

We need 50 divers to carefully hand-pull the weeds near the shore in Dudley Pond water no more than 10 feet deep on Sat., May 11th and Sat., May 18th, from 8AM to 3PM. Post Dive, thank you party/fantasy dive trip raffle, @3PM, on Saturday, May 18th 2002.

We offer a fun and memorable experience that includes:
* Brief instruction the day of the event on correct hand pulling and bagging techniques.
* A fun, family cookout for significant others to the divers and their children noon to 5 PM.
* Media exposure for the divers and their diving clubs.
* Raffle ticket for the divers for every 40-minute weed-pulling dive. The more you dive the more chances to win. Weatherman Bruce Schwoegler will draw a raffle ticket for 1 trip for 2 lucky people to take a dream diving trip to Loo Key off Key West Florida. Stay in a tropical rain forest and even swim with Dolphins. An unforgettable experience.

For more information and directions, contact Dave Metrano or Amy Maurer.
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