Locals at odds over herbicide permit for Lake St. Catherine

On Wednesday afternoon, more than 75 local residents from Wells, Poultney and other nearby towns packed into the Town of Wells Town Clerk’s office or joined online for a meeting held by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation.The crowd had gathered to learn more about a draft decision by the state to allow Lake St. Catherine Association and SOLitude Lake Management to continue the use of the herbicide ProcellaCOR (florpyrauxifen-benzyl) to target the invasive species called Eu