Ms MILFoil - Pay for Play? What's up with that?

Ms MILFoil here… You know Bob Lake model and spokesperson.

Today, I’m taking you to Naples. No, not Naples, Florida. Naples, Maine.

Wait. Just hear me out.

I’ve had a good time in Sebago Cove, hitching rides on a lot of nice boats, spreading myself around—but hey, who can blame me?  

So what’s up with this “Pay for Play?”

If you’ve ever watched me in action, I slow down boat traffic, give a place for little fry to hide out, and give the larger fish a fighting chance by tangling angler’s fishing lines. Besides, what would the Lake Association have to talk about if I weren’t around?

So what’s up with this notion of “fighting the war?” Weren’t we just playing around?

KeepMeCurrent.com - NAPLES –Aug 23, 2011- John Balentine- As government resources dry up due to the economy, an association aiming to limit the spread of invasive milfoil on Sebago Cove in Naples is finding success with a new way of funding it is calling "Pay to Play."

Milfoil - Putting Americans to Work

Last summer, a nonprofit organization, Save Sebago Cove, spent four weeks mapping milfoil on Sebago Cove, which drains into Sebago Lake. Once it mapped the extent and varying densities of the infestation, it then timed divers as they removed a 50-foot-by-50-foot patch. With knowledge of the extent of milfoil and the rate at which it could be removed, the group was able to come up with a total cost for removing the entire infestation, about $500,000.

"'Pay to Play' is just a catchy phrase for a method of privately funding the removal of milfoil," Frick said. "What we did was start to quantify the problem so people could get their head and arms around what it was going to take to fight the war, so to speak." Click Read More