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Posted on 9/27/19 at 6:43 am to sec13rowBBseat28
These pictures are hilariously absurd
Someone needs to shop lootie wading in the water
Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:05 am to dragginass
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With what we pay to BREC, and their cash reserves, there is zero reason any residents of this parish should pay ANY additional taxes for this project. It does need attention though.
I agree that it seems they should pay for it, but as was mentioned in the other thread earlier this week about this, BREC does not own the lakes, just a few parks on the edge of the lakes.
OP (not you, dragginass) must be too young to remember how this algae bloom was always a yearly occurrence back in the late 1960's and early 70's along with fish kills. That was what prompted the original dredging operation. (Incidentally, I knew a guy who worked on that original dredge and had part of his hand cut off in the equipment.)
So here we are years down the road, and the lake has reverted to it's 1960's condition. It's well past time to fix this problem by dredging and begin a maintenance program, because each summer from here on out it's only going to get worse.
If BREC doesn't, then I hope someone will step up with some cash for this project.
It's yet another embarrassment to us when all these travelers from out of state see how shitty Baton Rouge is, while they are stuck on the interstate over our lakes in one of our daily traffic jams.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:09 am to bayoubengals88
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The problem with City Park Lake is that it wasn't dug deep enough. Why don't they just dig the bastard deeper?
$$$$$
Pass a parish wide tax to pay for it in an election.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:10 am to doubleb
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They dug it deeper thirty plus years ago, but over the years with no maintenance it fills in.
City Park Lake was not dredged. University Lake was partially dredged and had the stumps removed.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:15 am to sec13rowBBseat28
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Baton Rouge Lakes Master Plan
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many crackers in those pictures.
BREC ain't never gonna pay for that.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:31 am to Tigerpaw123
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Copper Sulfate ...It works, treat half the surface area now the other half in a month, the algae will disappear and the fish will live, repeat applications may be necessary in the future, talking thousands, maybe tens of thousands, but no where near millions of dollars
That's a terrible long-term plan. Copper sulfate only treats the symptom, and not the cause. It will work in clearing up the algae, but the algae will come back. You'll have to treat again. The algae will come back. You'll have to treat again. Etc.
Copper sulfate will build up along the bottom and create a sterile zone where animals and plants cannot live. It will runoff down Bayou Duplantier and eventually end up in Lake Maurepas, where copper sulfate is known to be toxic to saltwater invertebrates such as crabs, shrimp, and oysters. It will also build up in the soil of the lake and make it harder to dispose of the muck when it's eventually dredged.
A more holistic approach is needed. You need to treat the water before it ever ends up in the lake, and then you need to make sure that once the water is there that it stays healthy.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 8:58 am to bayoubengals88
Both of those lakes need to be filled in and trees planted. They're an eyesore and not worth the trouble any more if people aren't willing to pay to maintain them. The same goes for that nasty Campus Lake across from the Ag Center.
This post was edited on 9/27/19 at 10:12 am
Posted on 9/27/19 at 10:13 am to BottomlandBrew
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That's a terrible long-term plan.
but why not use it right now for the immediate problem? any long-term plan is going to take years to develop , fund and execute. My feelings is they do not want to clean up the algae right now because they want it to look bad when they come asking for money
Posted on 9/27/19 at 10:14 am to TheCaterpillar
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LSU will never approve spending a bunch of money on that with their budget issues.
Dredging the lakes will not increase diversity at the university, so F'king isn't interested.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 10:15 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
We could also dump a couple thousand gallons of diesel into the lake and set it on fire.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 10:15 am to Broski
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If that were the case, why hasn't this been a problem in the past? It's not like the lake got more shallow all of the sudden.
This has been, and the lakes have gotten shallower due to sediment runoff and such. Stinky fish kills and algae blooms used to be a very common occurrence for the lakes prior to them being dredged in the 1980's.
This post was edited on 9/27/19 at 10:22 am
Posted on 9/27/19 at 10:18 am to dagrippa
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Stumps, Money, what do you do with the spoil etc.
Were you around in the early 80's when the lakes were last dredged? The sinker cypress pulled from those lakes were impressive (so I doubt stumps are no longer an issue), and the spoil was used to create peninsulas (Baton Rouge Beach, for one) along both lakes.
This post was edited on 9/27/19 at 10:20 am
Posted on 9/27/19 at 10:22 am to Broski
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If that were the case, why hasn't this been a problem in the past? It's not like the lake got more shallow all of the sudden.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 10:24 am to lsu13lsu
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The people living in the neighborhoods around it, BREC and LSU needs to bankroll it. They are who benefits from it. I don't feel like all taxpayers need to all jump in on this.
This is the exact reason why things don't get done in this parish.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 10:59 am to Tigerpaw123
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but why not use it right now for the immediate problem? any long-term plan is going to take years to develop , fund and execute. My feelings is they do not want to clean up the algae right now because they want it to look bad when they come asking for money
You know how it works, create a crisis, tell the folks you need millions to fix it, raise taxes and then hire a PM, divide the pie, and with what’s left fix the problem.
Posted on 9/27/19 at 11:31 am to doubleb
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Caney lake was a monster bass lake back in the day. Carp where introduced and destroyed the fishing habitat. They cleaned it out. Introduced to many carp. People where encouraged to go bow fishing to clean out the carp. I fished there before the carp and the grass was bad but fishing was great. Seems to finally making a come back!
Caney lake was a monster bass lake back in the day. Carp where introduced and destroyed the fishing habitat. They cleaned it out. Introduced to many carp. People where encouraged to go bow fishing to clean out the carp. I fished there before the carp and the grass was bad but fishing was great. Seems to finally making a come back!
Posted on 9/27/19 at 12:10 pm to Tigerpaw123
Maybe they've used it several times in the past and are concerned about using it again? 
Not everything is a conspiracy.
Not everything is a conspiracy. 
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