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Rhode Island Beach Access Debate Highlights Rights to Walk Fish and Collect Seaweed

The issue of beach access is ever present in Rhode Island, but has taken on renewed prominence in the last few years, due at least in some part to a man’s arrest in June 2019. He was collecting seaweed on the beach just east of Charlestown Town Beach. Beachfront property owners had hired a security

Published in Lake & Waterway Management, Resources

Tagged under: beach access, coastal law, coastal management, public shoreline rights, recreation access, rhode island, seaweed collection, shoreline access, shoreline disputes, waterfront property

Curly-leaf pondweed is a rooted, submersed aquatic plant

Curly-Leaf Pondweed Washes Ashore in Clear Lake as Its Seasonal Life Cycle Ends

In mid-June in Clear Lake, much of the curly-leaf pondweed had reached the end of its life cycle, and the weeds washing ashore are just a result of that. Curly-leaf pondweed begins to grow during the fall at the bottom of bodies of water, like Clear Lake, with its life cycle coming to an end

Published in Aquatic Invasive Species, Resources

Tagged under: aquatic invasive species, aquatic vegetation, clear lake iowa, curly leaf pondweed, invasive aquatic plants, lake health, mild winter, plant life cycle, seasonal die-off, shoreline cleanup, warm winter

Lake Weed Harvester and Offloading Conveyor

Benefits of Weed Harvesting for Water Quality and Nutrient Removal

Benefits of Weed Harvesting Dr. Stephen J. Souza Lake Hopatcong Commission Environmental Consultant One of the most obvious management activities of the Lake Hopatcong Commission is the weed harvesting program. Some may view this as a simple “mowing” of the Lake. However, much more is accomplished than simply opening boating lanes and improving swimming. The

Published in Aquatic Plant Management, Resources

Tagged under: algae control, aquatic plant harvester, aquatic vegetation removal, eutrophication, lake hopatcong, lake management, mechanical harvesting, nutrient removal, phosphorus, sedimentation, water quality, weed harvesting

Study Finds Strategic Weed Harvesting Can Remove Phosphorus and Support Clear Lake Management

Intensive in-lake and watershed management caused Kohlman Lake, the northernmost lake in the Phalen Chain of Lakes in Minnesota, to go from a relatively turbid to a clear water state. Aquatic plants responded to the clean waters by growing up to the surface. The change in lake state and a comprehensive water quality monitoring dataset