I colored that in several years ago to show state officials (and anyone else that would listen), where the Sulvenia Molesta Weed had taken over the lake and made it imposable to enter. It was so thick you couldn't move a boat through it. And if you tried, the roots of the weed clogged the water intakes on the engine. ( that cost me $186)
Since the Sulvenia Molesta doubles in area about every 5 to 7 days, it wasn't but a few weeks or so after I colored in this map that the lake was closed for good for good.
Many people thought the lake was a golf course. The state determined that the vegetation was using up all the oxygen (what a mess that fish kill would have been) and mounted a campaign to clean the lake. With much help and cooperation from City, State, Federal, Military and Civilian hard work (and well over a million dollars) the lake was rid of the Sulvenia Molesta in just under a year.
The lake has been rid of Sulvenia Molesta Weed for several years now. Everyone keeps a look out for any sign of it's return..... (The marsh in Kailua is still thick with it.)
