Tonetta Lake

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Tonetta Lake (also known as Lake Tonetta) is a freshwater lake located in the Town of Southeast (Brewster), NY. The lake is a public beach accessible to town residents and their guests. In addition to recreational swim, swimming lessons are conducted by trained lifeguards and water safety instructors. In 2004, the Town Board created the Tonetta Lake Advisory Committee to assist the Town in preserving and improving the quality of Lake Tonetta In 2006, 475 carp were released into the lake. The long-awaited effort, about three years in the making, is meant to clean up the 73-acre lake, which has been plagued by dense stands of aquatic vegetation. Residents are optimistic that the triploid grass carp will eat the plants that have threatened the lake's viability and its recreational uses. Lake Tonetta has the only public beach in Southeast, and hundreds of children use it for swim instruction. Carp have been employed in Lake Mahopac and Lake Carmel. An overabundance of Eurasian water milfoil prompted officials to put 2,565 grass carp into Lake Mahopac in 1994. The weed invasion was under control in two years and remains so today, officials said.

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