Crews employed by the Chautauqua Lake Association removed 15,584,000 pounds or 7,792 tons of nuisance plant material from the lake this past summer. Also lending a hand were volunteers from Cummins Engine and workers from the county’s Welfare-to-Work Program. Excerpt from Chautauqua Lake Association Newsletter The CLA currently has the equipment, knowledge and manpower to
Preliminary results from systematic monitoring of Wisconsin lakes for aquatic invasive species confirm that boaters, not ducks or other birds, are spreading the invaders around. That is according to state and University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. None of the wilderness lakes surveyed – those in remote places and easily accessible only to wildlife – had any
The Village of Wauconda’s lake weed harvester began operation for the season on May 4th. This year it has been operating five days a week, with some of those days having extended hours. To date, 382 cubic yards of aquatic plants have been removed from the lake…which is 64 truckloads of lake weeds disposed of
Funded by a variety of groups including the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Massport, the City of Boston, and the Eastern Salt Company, organizers say the program is working and the harbor is cleaner than ever. The program is The Boston Harbor Association’s Marine Debris Cleanup Program, the boat and its two crew members, armed with
The strategy of the Apple River Protection and Rehabilitation District was to remove as much of the curly leaf pondweed as possible early, then systematically move up and down the Flowage keeping the main navigation channel clear plus providing access channels to the resident along the shoreline whenever practical. Operating under the strict rules of
While water chestnut would literally take over the river from shore to shore, the Mystic River Watershed Association and many partners battled the invasive plant with the help of mechanical harvesters and by organizing volunteer hand-pulling events. Water chestnut (Trapa natans) is native to Asia, Europe and Africa. It was introduced in 1897 by a
Over the course of more than 35 years, Aquarius Systems has epitomized the definition of “stewardship” for the world of environmental protection through their efforts to protect and restore Wisconsin lakes as well as lakes around the world. Since their founding in the 1950s, Aquarius Systems has supported youth water education, the North American Lake
Waukesha Freeman, July 6, 2011 – Workers from Midwest Aquatics unload cut weeds from a mechanical harvester in the Fox River off of Frame Park on Tuesday. Aquatic weeds are cut, then taken from the water on a conveyor, then transfered to a second boat and removed. This 1990 Aquarius Systems HM-320 Aquatic Plant Harvester
With heavy rains this summer, Scott Cassavant and his crew of the Lynyrd Skymmr have been scooping up debris eight hours a day from rivers around the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “When there is a heavy rain with a lot of current flow, what is a living, thriving tree will become uprooted and ends up
