Tim Votapka
President
TJ Jackman
Vice President
Andrea Ogilvie
Treasurer
Sharon Kelley
Secretary
Website/Social Media
Dennis Bond
Director
Jason Brueck
Director
Beckie Eakin
Director
John Guyette
Director
General Inquiries
Mailing Address
Salem Lakes Preservation Association
C/O Andrea Ogilvie
P.O. Box 134, Derby, VT 05829
Founded in 1984, the Salem Lakes Preservation Association oversees environmental conservation efforts and activities affecting the greater Salem Lakes area. The organization directs the monitor/greeter program at the boat access. The foremost objective, of necessity, is the prevention and/or containment of Eurasian Water Milfoil and other aquatic nuisances because of the ever increasing number of lake invasions in Vermont according to the Agency of Natural Resources. The Invasive Species Prevention Program is paid for in part with support from members of our community, Derby voters and the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation.
Dana Lemieux
Director
Ross Ogilvie
Director
Paul Roy
Director
Jim Sullivan
Director
Ed Wells
Director
The lake association just completed its 23rd season operating a boat inspection and boater education program on Salem lakes. Funds to operate the program came from the town of Derby and a competitive grant at the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation’s Aquatic Nuisance Control Program.
Greeters this year were Frank and Julie Drauszewski, Karla Braunesreither, Bonnie Shattuck, Bonnie Barrup and Alyssa Costa. A big thank you goes out to all of them for a successful year inspecting 606 various kinds of watercraft. Of note this year was the interception of a Lake Champlain boat with numerous invasive Zebra Mussels attached to its transom, requiring it to be decontaminated by our greeter and at the Lake Seymour boat wash station operated by the lake association. Thanks go out to Beth Thorpe, Lake Seymour’s Greeter Coordinator for all of her valuable assistance decontaminating this boat. And many thanks to Karla for her sharp eyes in discovering the mussels.
Thanks to all who cooperated with their boat’s inspection, giving us an opportunity to get to know you and for giving us valuable feedback on our efforts to keep the lake healthy for all of us.
Have a great winter and see you next summer!
- SLPA Board of Directors
