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Aquatic Weed Harvesting Safety & Maintenance Seminar 2025

Safety & Maintenance Seminar Friday, May 16, 2025 Registration Opens 8:00 a.m.; Seminar 8:30 – 3 p.m. Village of North Prairie Community Center Hall Safety Training; Chad Lese, Aquarius Systems Equipment Maintenance; Chad Lese, Aquarius Systems Aquatic Plant Identification; Arthur Watkinson, WI DNR WY-20-23 Update; Madi Johansen, WI DNR Case Study; Dakota Koepp, Lake Pewaukee

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Tagged under: Aquarius Systems training, aquatic plant identification, aquatic weed harvesting seminar, equipment maintenance, lake management training, North Prairie WI, operator training, safety training, waterway maintenance, WI DNR

Mechanical Methods for Aquatic Plant Control Explained

Mechanical control methods involve the complete or partial removal of plants by mechanical means, including: harvesting, shredding, mowing, rototilling, rotovating, and chaining. These management techniques for plants rarely result in localized eradication of the species, but rather, reduce target plant abundance to non-nuisance levels. Mechanical Harvesting – A mechanical aquatic harvester (harvester) is a type

Published in Aquatic Plant Management, Resources

Tagged under: aquatic plant control, aquatic vegetation management, aquatic weed harvester, cookie cutter, lake management, mechanical control methods, mechanical harvesting, swamp devil, waterway maintenance, weed shredding

Texas Freeze Did Not Stop Zebra Mussels Tilapia and Other Invasive Species

Not even a historic week of freezing temperatures and record-setting snowfall last month could mitigate some of the toughest and most threatening invasive species known to central Texas, biologists from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department say. While many of native Texas wildlife were injured or killed by the winter weather, some invasive critters such

Published in Aquatic Invasive Species, Resources

Tagged under: apple snails, aquatic invasive species, climate impacts, extreme weather, freshwater ecosystems, invasive species spread, invasive species Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife, tilapia, winter freeze, zebra mussels

Weed Harvesting Crew Roles and Weekly Schedule for Harvesters Barges and Transporters

The Harvesters (weed cutters) are Yellow. They are cutting on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Typically “as a rule of thumb” the harvesters do not cut on Fridays. The Shore Barges (weed pick up – floaters and shorelines) are Orange. They are out every weekday, weather permitting, picking up floating weeds and weeds along the