BECOME INVOLVED
A CALL TO ACTION
April 24th is our next lake clean up. Meet at the Asbury Park Boat Ramp at 10 AM. Dress warm and be prepared to get dirty. Bag and gloves will be provided.
It is imperative that elected and appointed officials are made aware that the populace wants them to take steps to restore and preserve the lake. Attend meetings belowand voice your concerns about the lake.
The Deal Lake Commission meets:
Third Thursday of each month @ 7 pm
Loch Arbour Municipal Bldg, Loch Arbour, NJ
www.deallake.org
Friends of Deal Lake General Membership meetings are the fourth Thursday of the month. Check this website for time and location.
Free Water Monitoring Training
Date: Saturday May 15, 2010
Time: 10 am-4 pm
Location: The Forest Resource Education Center in Jackson, NJ
COMMITTEES & WORKING GROUPS2009-2010
FODL is looking for our members and the public to volunteer on one of the newly established committees. If you are interested, please send us an email of interest. We look forward to working with all of you in the coming year!
Fund raising, Sponsorship and Grants- James Rady, Chair
Special Events- Mark Fleming, Chair
Recruitment and membership-
Budget and Finance- John Emmert, Co-Chair
Educational Outreach-
Lake Improvement- Don Brockel, Chair
Marketing and Public Relations- Robert Becker, Chair
Government Relations- Stuart Koperweis, Chair
Native Plant Society of New Jersey.
Use as many native plants as possible when gardening.
Find out what plants are native to NJ.
www.npsnj.org
"How to Make a Rain Garden"
Kim Nuccio , Master Gardener from Rutgers Agricultural Extension , presented a practical, aesthetic solution to recharge our ground water supply and help to prevent polluted run off.
You can get the information about Rain Gardens by visiting www./njaes.rutgers.edu
Type in "rain gardens".
Phosphorus Free Brands :
Use phosphorus free feritlizers on your lawn so you are not feeding lake weeds that are fed from your lawn's fertilized run off.
http://maine.gov/dep/blwq/doclake/fert/supplier.htm
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Clean Water Website
http://www.cleanwaternj.org