At its November meeting the Lake Anna Advisory Committee voted unanimously for a motion to create an Adopt A Buoy program.
The concept was developed and brought to a vote by LAAC Navigation & Safety Subcommittee Chair Barbara Aikens.
“I based the program on one used on other lakes around the country. It’s an easy way for our lake residents to help LAAC keep track of No Wake bridge buoys and Hazard Buoys around the lake,” Aikens told Life & Times.
LAAC manages some 28 No Wake Buoys at Lake Anna bridges on both the public side of the lake and the Cooling Ponds and another 39 Hazard Buoys marking shallow areas.
When the buoys are in non-compliance, damaged or missing, they aren’t enforceable by the Department of Wildlife Resources, nor do they function to keep boaters away from danger. While LAAC has contracted with Tow Boat US Lake Anna to provide buoy maintenance support, the Adopt A Buoy program will help LAAC respond to maintenance needs more quickly.
Lake residents with LAAC buoys near their homes can sign up to adopt a single buoy or a set and notify LAAC should the buoy go missing or get damaged.
LAAC also received word in late November it won an AWS Rapphannock Community Fund Grant for nearly $10K to help fund the maintenance of the No Wake and Hazard Buoys.
“LAAC owes Barbara Aikens and AWS a debt of gratitude for this effort and generous award,” noted LAAC Chairman C.C. McCotter.
