Proposed Aquatic Plant Management Rules for Wisconsin Weed Harvesting

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Aquatic Plant Harvester Removing Weeds
The Natural Resources Board also decided to delay a decision on the NR 109 rule until their August 9-10 meeting to allow more people to catch up.  Carroll Schaal will be giving an informational briefing on the proposal at their June 22 meeting.  Written comments are allowed for both meetings and the meetings are streamed

Aquatic Weed Harvester Helps to Restore Pond

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Aquatic Weed Harvester Helps to Restore Pond
Efforts to restore Georgica Pond are proving to be successful thanks in part to the help of an aquatic weed harvester. Georgica Pond has been invaded by toxic cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, in recent years, which can cause serious health problems.  For the second consecutive year, the foundation has leased an aquatic weed harvester to

Finding the Right Balance of Aquatic Vegetation

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Harvesting Channels Through Aquatic Vegetation
Aquatic plants, whether invasive or native, can be described as either a mess or a resource.  Natural plant growth covers 20 – 40% of the water and includes a diversity of plants.   However, invasive plants such as Eurasian watermilfoil, hydrilla and water hyacinth quickly take over a lake covering 60% and sometimes 100% of the

Phragmites: Big Grass – Big Problem

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Dense Stand of Phragmites
A fairly dry winter with very little snowfall plus near drought like conditions this summer has lead to even more aquatic plants.  Another invasive species is quickly filling in exposed lake beds which are occurring due to historic low water levels.  Phragmites, the Common Reed, is a large perennial grass that can grow up to

Weed Harvesters as Workboats – WorkBoat.com

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Aquatic Canal Cleaner
Weed harvesters as workboats By WorkBoat Staff 11/15/2011 As we’ve been following efforts by folks such as those along the Cuyahoga River in Ohio to establish greenery along previously dead rivers, perhaps opening them to more passenger vessel traffic as people again see these rivers as something they’d like to ride along, our attention was

A Success Story – Lake Minnewawa Weed Harvesting

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Mechanical Weed Harvester
In the 1970’s, Lake Minnewawa in Minnesota 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