Village supports vacuum boat cleaning project

Connor Carynski
Dec 24, 2020
Dec 24, 2020

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Andrew Karleigh, a specialist with the state Department of Natural Resources, searches along the Geneva Lake shoreline summer 2019 for signs of starry stonewort.

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Geof Clippert, left, a boater from St. Charles, Illinois, speaks June 19 with Clean Boats Clean Waters boat inspector Emma Coltman, in blue T-shirt, about invasive species

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WILLIAMS BAY — Local environmental groups are speaking with municipalities around Geneva Lake to gauge the interest of potentially installing vacuum boat-cleaning units at public boat launches.

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