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DATE

Sept 6, 2025



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May 5, 2025

EVENT NAME

FBL 2025 Social Event



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Spring 2025 Forum

DETAILS & DOCUMENTS

Activities: food, drinks, games, kids' games

Details: event will be held at Indian Notch Park in Bolton from 12PM-4PM; rain date of Sept 7 with same timing
​Speaker: Andrew Bade from DEEP
Topic: discussing CT bass action plan
Supporting Documentation:

Presentation_FBL Spring Forum 2025.pdf
Information about CT's Bass Action Plan​
Lower Bolton Lake 2005
Lower Bolton Lake 2011
Lower Bolton Lake 2018
Lake and Pond Book
Biennial Reports of the State Board of Fisheries and Game from 1930-1959

Nov 20, 2024
2024 Annual Membership Meeting
Topic: board election & lake discussion
Sept 14, 2024
FBL 2024 Social Event
Activities: pizza truck, lawn games, kids' games, trivia and prizes
Supporting Documentation:
Pictures from the event 
April 17, 2024
Spring 2024 Forum
Speaker: Bob Kortmann from GSA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
Supporting Documentation:
​Presentation

Nov 15, 2023
2023 Annual Membership Meeting
Topic: board election & lake discussion
May 31, 2023
Spring 2023 Forum
Speaker: Ginny Apple (Master Wildlife Conservationist) from DEEP
Topic: eagles

Oct 11, 2022
2022 Annual Membership Meeting
Speakers: David Forrest, FBL President, Greg Bugbee and Summer Stebbins, CAES, DEEP representatives, Hilary K. Garovoy, NEAR

Dec 15, 2021
2021 Annual Membership Meeting
Speakers: David Forrest, FBL President, Summer Stebbins, CAES
May 13, 2021
Spring 2021 Forum
Speakers: Connor Mitchel, recent UConn graduate and his faculty advisor, Will Ouimet
Supporting Documentation:
​FBL Presentation
Dam Project Update
Invasive Plant Survey - CAES
Aquatic Invasive Species Grant - NEAR

Oct 22, 2019
2019 Annual Membership Meeting
Speaker: George Knoecklein
Topic: report on Lower Bolton Lake
Supporting Documentation:
​FBL Presentation
CAES Presentation
May 22, 2019
Spring 2019 Forum
Speakers: Shelly Jewell, FBL President, Greg Bugbee from Agricultural Experiment Station's Invasive Aquatic Plants Program, Ray Frigon from DEEP's Water Planning & Management Division
Supporting Documentation:
​​Atlantic White Cedars in Upper Bolton Lake
Connor Mitchel's Thesis​
March 25, 2019
Bolton Lakes Meeting - LBL Update
Speaker: Cynthia Stevens from Ball Pond Advisory Committee in New Fairfield
Topic: introduction of grass carp to control invasive species
Supporting Documentation:
​Summary of the Meeting
Meeting Presentation

Oct 22, 2018
2018 Annual Membership Meeting
Speaker: Professor Timothy Ku & his Environmental Geochemistry class
​Topic: findings on Bolton Lakes research
Supporting Documentation:
Professor Ku Presentation
May 23, 2018
Spring 2018 Forum
Speaker: Dr. Robert Thorson, Professor of Geology
​Topic: The Bolton Lakes in Context
Supporting Documentation:
​Forum Presentation

Dec 7, 2017
Wesleyan University Seminar
Speaker: Greg Bugbee from Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Topic: invasive aquatic plants
Supporting Documentation:
​Wesleyan University Seminar
Oct 19, 2017
2017 Annual Membership Meeting
Speaker: George Knoecklein
Topic: report on Lower Bolton Lake
Supporting Documentation:
​Lower Bolton Lake Report
July 27, 2017
Summer 2017 Forum/Member Meeting
Speaker: Kathy Connolly
Topic: Landscaping in a Watershed for Healthier Lakes and Rivers
Supporting Documentation:
​Landscaping Presentation
June 20, 2017
Summer 2017 Forum
Topic: Welcome from FBL
Supporting Documentation: 
​An Overview of Our Lakes
April 20, 2017
Spring 2017 Forum
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Oct 27, 2016
2016 Annual Membership Meeting
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March 30, 2016
Northeast Aquatic Research Presentation
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Oct 22, 2015
Special Meeting of the Friends of Bolton Lakes & 2015 Annual Membership Meeting
Topics: Approval of By-Law changes, election of directors, Watershed Historical Bolton Lakes Monitoring
Supporting Documentation:
​​Meeting Overview
​
By-Law Changes
Meeting Summary
Watershed Historical Presentation
Bolton Lakes Monitoring

Oct 14, 2014
2014 Annual Membership Meeting
Topic: Watershed update
Supporting Documentation:
​Meeting Proceedings
Feb 27, 2014
Meeting with DOT
Topic: DOT discussion on how to get multi-use trail across Route 44; plan posted in Bolton Town Hall
Feb 24, 2014
Lower Bolton Lake Informational Meeting
Speaker: George Knoecklein
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