As part of a cooperative effort, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is stepping up its role in managing hydrilla and milfoil on Lake Guntersville, site of the 2014 Bassmaster Classic. That means the agency will pay for more spraying as the new Alabama Board for Aquatic Plant Management works toward achieving self-funding. “We are actively working to develop a long-term plan in which local communities will contribute to the cost of this program that is so critical to our economy and the preservation of our lake,” said State Rep. Wes Long from Guntersville.
Since 2010, TVA has required lakefront property owners to pay for weed treatment, as it confined its efforts to public areas such as ramps and beaches. Under the new agreement, it will pay fully for treatment for three years, with funding dropping a 1/3 annually after that, until the board takes over financing in 2019.
“One of my first actions as a United States Congressman was to ask the TVA leadership to resume its abandoned weed effort,” said Rep. Mo Brooks of Huntsville. “I thank TVA President and CEO Bill Johnson and TVA Board of Directors Chairman Joe Ritch for being responsive to weed control requests by my office, mayors, commissioners, and elected officials throughout the Tennessee Valley.”
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