The Knee Deep Club with its 1,100 members is launching a campaign to unite the entire lake community. Not just fishermen, but every group and individual who enjoys and cares about the state's largest lake. This wonderful lake has long been neglected and we hope that our combined efforts will bring attention to the problems and hopefully lead to a permanent solution. Our goal is to secure adequate, consistent and permanent funding to better manage this valuable resource. We hope to establish a Lake Hopatcong Commission that can better address the immediate problem of weed control, but more importantly better manage the long term environmental problems such as storm water and waste water management that have resulted in the overall decline of the lake.
Our efforts will only succeed if we can unite the entire lake community. We hope that you will join us in this effort. Write to the state representatives listed in this newsletter and contact your local public officials and tell them that you demand immediate action. If we all work hard we will get results. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
The Members of The Knee Deep Club
Commissioner Robert C. Shinn
Department Of Environmental Protection
401 East State ST. P.O. Box 402
Trenton, NJ 08625-0402
Assemblyman Michael P. Carroll
5 Cattano Ave
Morristown, NJ 07960
Assemblyman Rick Merkt
12 Old Brookside Rd.
Randolph, NJ 07869
Assemblyman E. Scott Garrett
61 Spring St.
Newton, NJ 07860
Assemblyman Guy R. Gregg
268 Rt. 206, 1st Floor
Flanders, NJ 07836