SOUTHWICK — After a new species of non-native invasive hydrilla was discovered in the Middle Pond of Congamond Lake last October, the federal government, working with the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation, has developed a plan to assess all three ponds for the aquatic weed and use an herbicide to kill if off.
“It’s important we get control of this … and it’s at no cost to the [town’s] taxpayers” said Richard Grannells, the chair of the town’s Lake Management Committee, about $250,000 allocated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the assessment and treatment of the invasive weed on the three ponds that make up the lake.
