Protecting Westcolang for Future Generations

During 2016 we noticed a gradual decline of the quantity of fish in the lake.

During 2021 and 2022, the gradual decline became even more noticeable becoming gradually worse each year.

Discussions about the decline of the lakes ecosystem became a common place at the Westcolang Association meetings.  Dissolved oxygen testing started taking place around this time as well.

 We also discovered multiple permits pulled in 2019 to disperse both Rodeo and Reward herbicides in the lake.   (Permits are available on our website)

Dissolved oxygen readings were ongoing which very consistently showed harmfully  low DO readings below 5 parts per million were particularly observed between late July and early August.

Aquatic life begins dying at DO levels of 5 parts per million.  

The 5 parts per million is the standard threshold that the Department of Environmental Protection has established.

Discovered herbicides were being applied to the lake.  (Material Safety Data Sheet available on our website)

In 2025, concerned waterfront property owners partnered with Solitude Lake Management for testing.  Low dissolved oxygen levels and temperature anamalies were discovered witch severely affect both plant and aquatic marine life and sharply increases bacteria in the lake.  

The birth and launch of Westcolang Conservancy.

Solitude Lake Management to recommence testing twice per month beginning in March to test dissolved oxygen levels, temperatures of the water columns, and other tests not currently performed including for ammonia, total nitrogen, total phosphorous, total suspended solids, and biological oxygen demand.  (Updates on lake study will be posted as soon as they are available on our website)