Some of it seemed almost to be protesting too much. I have a NATURAL SAND BEACH in a FLAT AREA on the lake side of my much loved but simple two bedroom ranch with a basement area that seems to be a little higher than the lake. If the lake were to rise VERY MUCH it would COME INTO MY HOUSE. I am told that once the water reached close to the bottom of the stairs to the deck? Not sure as it was before I purchased it back in the mid eighties.
I don't think in all the years I ever put but two or three handfuls of seed in the area on the back of my small home and none on the lake front side. Have done nothing in the last ten or fifteen years. Too old and the weeds win anyway. I don't see any clover or dandelions growing in the water. The grass is only cut EVERY OTHER WEEK so that should tell you something. In hot weather like last summer, there were times that it went THREE WEEKS. I plant flowers for fun and have no interest at all in the grass. No one will ever mistake my home for a mcmansion!
I also think that any chemicals might be able to get to the lake by flowing underneath the soil when it rains etc. I just don't think that people should be using fertilizers at all I guess. But that is just me and the law of course within so many feet. I would say anywhere. Water flows TO the lake and would carry any chemicals with it. We do get some heavy rainstorms.
The person who wrote is at the end of a cove and that is where water goes bad in the beginning as it does not have as much movement. I would bet my life on the fact that fertilizer is being used on lawns on the lake so no need to write pages to me!! I am not likely to think that those golf course like green lawns are just provided by God. They may be cut less often than every two of three days though
I have come to the lake since I was a child in the fifties. The water is much different than it was then in many areas so we should all be doing things to help preserve the water quality!!! Watch that boats do not have anything on the props etc when you bring them from other areas. Switch to kayaks!! Row row row your boat. Don't raft and dump in the water. The water flows around my home and moving water tends not to turn as fast. Still, all of us who love our wonderful lake have a horse in this race. Lets work together to help preserve it.