1.  Become a member of Friends of Lake Williams.  Your membership dues will be used toward the annual milfoil treatment and other lake management costs that may arise.  Expenditure of all funds raised through membership, donation or otherwise, is governed through our General Membership and Board of Director meetings.  As a member, you will have access to a forum where you can influence the direction that the group takes to effectively manage this valuable lake resource.  To apply for membership, please select and print the application, provide the requested information and mail it with the requested fee as indicated.

2.  Friends of Lake Williams plans to have it's first Lake Cleanup Day on August 9, 2008.  You can help by volunteering your services.  Additional information will be provided later on this web site and in the newsletter.

3.  If you have spotted where milfoil appears to be growing in the lake, please provide this information via the "Discussion Forum" link on the home page or you can call our President, Steve Looby, at 860-642-2565.  This information is needed as soon as possible because the Lake Treatment will occur on June 26, 2008.  A lake survey will be performed by Aquatic Controls in advance of this year's treatment and all information received will be used to help identify infested areas to the contractor.  Information received after the June treatment date will be recorded and be useful for the 2009 treatment process.

4.  Use the lake responsibly.  Do not discard empty beverage cans, worm containers, or other trash into the water or on the shoreline.  Remove all waste when you depart.  If possible, remove waste left behind by others.

5.  When boating on the lake (or on any other body of water), ensure that your boat is free of "piggybacking" vegetation before launching.  Invasive weeds are known to travel between bodies of water on hulls, motors, trailers, bait buckets, fishing tackle, fishing nets, etc.

Do not discard anything in the lake that does not belong there.  For instance, a suspected source of some invasive weeds is from the contents of aquariums, goldfish bowls or other similar containers.

6.  If you live on the shoreline, use fertilizers responsibly and if you must use pesticides, apply them as far away from the lake as practicable and always apply in accordance with the directions on the container.  Some pesticides are not recommended for application near a body of water where fish or wildlife could be affected.  Low phosphorous or natural fertilizers are recommended because they will have the least contribution to algae blooms that have plagued some Connecticut lakes.

7.  If you live on the shoreline you can become familiar with and practice watershed management.  More information can be found on the Department of Environmental Protection website at the following link.

8.  If you are a registered voter in Lebanon, be active in the budget process to help ensure that sufficient funds are set aside each year.  This ensures that the Town of Lebanon in partnership with Friend of Lake Williams can finance their continuing effort to combat the threat of invasive weeds.