Littleton approves $170,000 for lake herbicide and management projects
Clean Lakes Committee (CLC) · Meeting of May 20, 2026
Littleton secures $170,000 in CPC funding for lake management and invasive-plant control. Town Meeting approved $45,000 for Long Lake herbicide treatment, $35,000 each for Forge Pond herbicide and management plans, $35,000 for Long Lake's lake management plan, and $20,000 for a Forge Pond engineering study; Clean Lakes Committee Chairman John Folsom thanked everyone involved. The town also approved a warrant article transferring Clean Lakes Revolving Fund spending authority from the CLC to the Conservation Commission, intended to place responsibility with a town employee.
Spectacle Pond received a Fluridone herbicide treatment April 28 with additional bump-up treatments planned, while Forge Pond is slated for a Florpyrauxifen-benzyl treatment in June.
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Source: the Clean Lakes Committee (CLC) meeting of May 20, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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