Schroon Lake is Infested with Curly Leaf Pondweed and Milfoil

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Sign to alert boaters to steer clear of milfoil beds.
Schroon Lake in New York is infested with curly leaf pondweed and milfoil, two invasive species. But lake advocates and state and local officials are working to keep other aquatic invasives out through a new boat washing station in Severance. Partners are working to keep Schroon Lake free of invasive species, though the lake is

Vermont Denies Herbicide Treatment For Invasive Milfoil In Lake Iroquois

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Aquatic Vegetation Used as Compost
State environmental officials have rejected a plan to use a powerful chemical herbicide to control an invasive water weed in Lake Iroquois in Chittenden County, saying the potential environmental damage did not justify its use. The proposal was rejected because it did not sufficiently consider non-chemical alternatives and could damage native plants along the lakeshore.

Senator Studies New Law to Manage Aquatic Vegetation

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Texas Governor Test Drives TVA's Aquatic Weed Harvester
Most fishermen just call it “grass.” Others refer to it as “milfoil” (although that is just one species of many). Scientific types called it “aquatic vegetation,” while most dock owners refer to it as “weeds” (or other names we can’t publish here). Whatever you call it, the submergent (underwater) aquatic vegetation growing on area lakes

Underwater Vegetation Likely to Take a Hit This Spring on TVA Lakes

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Fisherman Catching Bass Hiding in Hydrilla.
One of the consequences of extended flooding and muddy water in the Tennessee Valley Authority lakes stretching across north Alabama is the decimation of underwater vegetation, changing the areas where bait and bass gather. Too much hydrilla and milfoil – both invasive species – is obviously a bad thing for boaters, anglers and fish because

Hand Harvesting Of Eurasian Water Milfoil To Begin On Eagle Chain

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Aquatic Vegetation Used as Compost
Portions of three lakes this season will have hand harvesting of Eurasian Water Milfoil (EWM) according to information from the Lower Eagle River Chain of Lakes Commission in Wisconsin. The affected area is composed of seven acres. Since 2008, the commission has treated 1,117 acres of milfoil at a cost of $1.53 million. It took

Use of Herbicide to Combat Eurasian Milfoil Draws Criticism

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Pewaukee Lake Aquatic Plant Management
Lake Shawnee has been identified time and again as one of the most idyllic locations in Shawnee County, Kansas, leading county commissioners to invest heavily in the area in recent years with new walking paths and other features. But maintaining that beauty, and more importantly, what’s under the water, can be challenging and at times

TVA Finding Balance in Fight Against Water Weeds

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HM-420 Harvester Cutting Hydrilla
There are two main invasive weeds in Lake Guntersville, hydrilla and milfoil. Neither plants are native to the lake. In fact it’s believed that milfoil entered the Tennessee River system by someone dumping a home aquarium in the Watts Bar Lake, upriver from Lake Guntersville. Tennessee Valley Authority allowed the news media to see how

Association Concerned with Herbicide’s Safety

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Aquatic Invasive Species Eurasian Watermilfoil
The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) is using an aquatic herbicide at two points along Lake George in New York State. At both sites, the problem is growth of Eurasian Watermilfoil, an invasive plant species that grows quickly in water bodies it’s tracked into. The APA conducted monitoring and said the herbicide eliminated all traces of

Highly Invasive Eurasian Watermilfoil Discovered in Animas Valley

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Pewaukee Lake Aquatic Plant Management
A highly invasive aquatic weed has been discovered in a number of ponds in the Animas Valley in Colorado, putting the heat on to eradicate it before it enters the Animas River and, potentially, Lake Nighthorse. The invasive weed aggressively outgrows and outcompetes native aquatic plants. It can then clog irrigation systems and ponds, and

If you Can’t Beat the Milfoil – Rototill It!

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Aquatic Invasive Species Eurasian Watermilfoil
Okanagan Basin Water Board (Canada) built and operates three milfoil rototillers that have been in use for several decades. The machines were built for the sole purpose of chewing up the bottom of the lake and loosening up the roots of aquatic plants, especially Eurasian watermilfoil. The program started when the Eurasian Milfoil weed was