Summer is the peak season for activities on Pewaukee Lake in Wisconsin and crews are working hard to keep it maintained for swimmers and boaters. Mike Dusel (left) and Danny Caroll fork weeds along Lakefront Park onto a weed harvester piloted by Tom Krause. The number one priority is harvesting the aquatic plants along the
Hartbeespoort Dam in South Africa has a new invasive aquatic weed to battle, Salvinia minima. The proliferation of common salvinia, just as water hyacinth came under biological control through the combined efforts is no coincidence. In areas that experience high levels of nutrient inflow (pollution), the control of one aquatic weed opens resources to other
The Iowa Great Lakes are seeing an increase in aquatic plants this season. Mike Hawkins, a Fisheries Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says those include native aquatic plant species such as coontail, sago pondweed and wild water celery, to name a few, which are extremely beneficial to a lake’s ecosystem. While it