West
Section – 2008 Weed Survey
On May 28, 2008, we rode around Hamlin Lake in a pontoon boat
attempting to keep weeds to the starboard and boatable water to the
port of the boat. Using
a GPS we recorded the path of the boat.
Then on September 10, 2008, we repeated the process.
Comparing these two routes gives a measure of “boatable”
surface area and where the weed beds are located.
On the map below, the area between the purple and the shore was
where we found weeds already in place by Memorial Day.
The purple area then represents weed beds that formed between
Memorial Day and Labor Day.
The area of the weed beds along the east shore were difficult to
measure. They grew
similar to reefs about 600 feet off the eastern shore.
We measured:
|
1 |
12.0 |
Acres |
East Shore |
|
2 |
12.4 |
Acres |
State Park
Inlet |
|
Total |
24.4 |
Acres |
This indicates that the weed beds increased by that much area during
the summer of 2008.
