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Volunteer Weed Harvesting Restores Water Quality at Lake Minnewawa

Harvester cutting and collecting aquatic weeds

In the 1970’s, Lake Minnewawa was so choked with weeds that residents could no longer enjoy the lake. Boating was impossible and water clarity and phosphorous levels were awful. A group of concerned residents decided they needed to do something to save the lake and on December 15, 1977 as association was formed calling itself

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Mechanical Harvesting of Eurasian Milfoil Improves Safety at Columbia River Parks

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By Rochelle Feil Wednesday, August 1, 2007 This harvest feeds no hunger, just a compost pile. The benefit from the harvest is safety and convenience for users of parks along the Columbia River in Washington: no tangled feet and easier launching for boaters. Ben Mendoza and Randy Smith, Chelan County PUD park maintenance personnel, spend

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Snowstorms Send Tons of Trash into Washington’s Anacostia River

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Updated: Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010, 6:16 PM EST Published : Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010, 6:16 PM EST By KAREN GRAY HOUSTON/myfoxdc WASHINGTON, D.C. – Blame back-to-back snowstorms for all that garbage that’s starting to wash up in the Anacostia River. You may not have known it, but D.C.’s Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) is at

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Think Twice When Fertilizing your Lawn This Fall

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Everyone lives in a watershed whether you live close to a body of water or not. A watershed is the surrounding land that drains into a lake, stream, or river. It includes drainage systems such as ditches and storm sewers, which means you have a direct effect on water quality. As we welcome fall, many

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