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Japanese Tsunami Debris Still Polluting Alaska’s Remote Coastlines

Marine debris, much of it believed to be from the 2011 Japanese tsunami, littering a beach on Montague Island, Alaska.

Refrigerators, foam buoys and even ketchup bottles are piling up on Alaska’s beaches. Almost two years after the devastating Japanese tsunami, its debris and rubbish are fouling the coastlines of many states — especially in Alaska. At the state’s Montague Island beach, the nearly 80 miles of rugged wilderness looks pristine from a helicopter a

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Water Gardens Can Spread Invasive Aquatic Plants

Penn State | News April 18, 2013 When you look at lovely water gardens in backyards and at businesses — and feel soothed by the serenity they convey — you would not guess that they represent troubled waters for ecosystems in the mid-Atlantic region. The explosion in popularity of water gardening has resulted in

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Aquatic Weed Harvesters Are a Long-Term, Cost-Effective Solution

It is exhausting reading about lake after lake after lake becoming infested with an over abundance of aquatic vegetation. This plant material not only negatively affects water quality, the health of the fishery, recreation, aesthetics, but it is financially devastating as well. It affects tourism; bait shops, marinas, hotels, restaurants. It affects lake property owners;

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Why Mechanical Harvesting Is a Smarter Way to Manage Lake Weeds

Harvesting aquatic milfoil and algae in Minnesota with HM-420 Harvester

Unlike using chemicals, or doing nothing at all, the advantages of harvesting include: – Immediate relief from nuisance plants that interfere with navigation and recreation – Immediate use of the water for swimming or irrigation – There is nothing foreign introduced to the environment when using mechanical control – Biomass is removed from the water

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