Hydrilla Returns to Wallace Lake Prompting New Control Efforts

/ Published in Aquatic Invasive Species, Lake & Waterway Management
Native to Africa and believed to have been introduced to American waters from the aquarium trade in the 1960’s, hydrilla has quickly spread across the southern U.S. from Connecticut to California.
The highly invasive species, hydrilla has shown up on once again in Wallace Lake, Cleveland Ohio. Due to its ability to grow and spread rapidly aggressive control efforts to eradicate the aquatic plant before it becomes widespread are being taken. First discovered last summer, it was the first of its kind in northern Ohio. Aquatic

Managing Curly-Leaf Pondweed in Iowa’s East Okoboji Lakes

/ Published in Aquatic Invasive Species, Aquatic Plant Management
Harvester cutting and collecting aquatic weeds
The Iowa Great Lakes area is an incredible place to live, visit and recreate. Much of their economy is tied to these area lakes. Sometimes, difficult decisions come along, such as the curlyleaf pondweed issue on the north end of East Okoboji. It is an exotic that showed up in the 1950s, but in recent