EXPERT: LAND VALUES DIP AS MILFOIL GROWS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: KENNETH C. CROWE II Staff writer

If Eurasian milfoil is not wiped out using a chemical treatment, Lake George's property values could drop, an expert testifying on behalf of the Lake George Park Commission said Thursday.

Kenneth J. Wagner, a water resource manager for ENSR Inc. of Massachusetts, said the lake is in the ``early stages'' of milfoil infestation. Efforts have been made since 1985 to remove the aquatic plant by hand.

``I don't know if you reached the states of dipping property values,'' Wagner said. In the case of Cayuga Lake, he said, property values average just $13,000 in areas of heavy milfoil concentration.

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