Three days were spent distributing the first wave of surveys. On July 3, 31 surveys were collected and tallied.
___ I do not want poisons (herbicides, fungicides, pesticides) dumped into Crystal Lake for any reason.
84% agreed 26/31
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___ Crystal Lake is shared, the shores and bottom lands are owned by many different families and legal entities in 5 different municipalities. Any deliberate action taken to alter conditions (biodiversity, chemistry, water quality, level etc.), of Crystal Lake should have the informed consensus of landowners around Crystal Lake, both residents and non residents.
100% agreed 31/31
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___ Everyone who enjoys Crystal Lake should be included in future plans, regardless of whether they own land or not.
60% agreed 18/31
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___ Consensus about Crystal Lake is gained by gradual and comprehensive outreach and education including but not limited to - USPS mailings to all residents and non residents, public meetings, social media campaigns, phone trees and word of mouth as well as local newspaper articles and organizational websites.
90% agreed 28/31
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___ Invasive species might be a problem, but only zero impact remediation strategies are acceptable, like the CLWA's current effective program to relocate Merganser broods to gradually remove swimmers itch, which does not require chemical modification of the ecosystem.
80% agreed 25/31
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___ Triclopyr and Monsanto’s Roundup are both herbicides. Bayer, owner of Monsanto just agreed to a 10 billion dollar settlement on multiple cancer claims, contradicting Bayer / Monsanto and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) assurances Roundup is safe when used as directed. Many herbicides claimed to be safe have proven to cause longer term problems.
97% agreed 30/31
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___ The fact sheet for herbicide 2,4D or Triclopyr from the JOURNAL OF PESTICIDE REFORM/ WINTER 2000 • VOL. 20, NO. 4 (see links below) raises many health problems similar to or worse than the problems associated with Roundup.
77% agreed 24/31
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___ I want to be informed about plans for Crystal Lake in the future.
100% agreed 31/31
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___ I agree with the statements I've checked above.
100% agreed 31/31
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The percentage of surveys completed by landowners within the Crystal Lake watershed.
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[…] Crystal Lake property owners initially met with the board of CLWA, myself included. We had gathered 31 surveys, of which 26 opposed herbicides. Keep in mind that we had only a couple of days to distribute and collect surveys before meeting […]