Hidden Helpers & Harmful Habits in Our Lakes A Message from Our Leader: Turning Over a New Leaf Are Misconceptions Making Our Lakes Sicker? Managing Hydrilla Without Harming the Lake Muskrats and Aquatic Habitat Balance Upcoming Conferences Florida Lake Management Society 36th Annual Technical Symposium Washington State Lake Protection Association 38th Annual Conference Oregon Lake
Hydrilla, a non-native aquatic plant, has been labeled one of the world’s most invasive species. While it can dominate shallow, warm waters in places like Florida, its threat in deep, cold lakes such as those in New York is far less clear. Nevertheless, aggressive chemical eradication campaigns have been launched across the state, including in
Climate Change Kills Hundreds of Thousands of Fish A Message from our Leader: Small Change Can Yield Significant Problem Hundreds of Thousands of Dead Fish Northern Hydrilla Subspecies Invading New Waterways Voracious Eaters: Consume Very Little or Everything Upcoming Conferences: Association for the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography Meeting Society for Freshwater Science Annual Meeting
Foiled Again A Message from our Leader: Invasive Plant Species Plan for Successful Milfoil Eradication Foiled Eelgrass Taking Over Waterways New Species of Hydrilla Found in Connecticut Upcoming Conferences: Midwest Aquatic Plant Management Society 44th Annual Conference Pennsylvania Lake Management Society 33rd Annual Conference Virginia Lakes & Watersheds Association Annual Conference Illinois Lakes Management Association
Pollution Prevention Includes Leaf Litter A Message from our Leader: Reflecting on the NALMS Symposium Collecting Leaves Protects Waterways 30 Years of Improvement, But Still Polluted Unique Strain of Hydrilla Threatens Connecticut River Upcoming Conferences Oregon Lakes Association Annual Conference Colorado Lake and Reservoir Management Association Annual Conference Read More
Lakes Need More Green! A Message From Our Leader: Abbondanza Toledo Bend Reservoir Needs More Hydrilla More Green Can Fight Climate Change Measure Water Clarity to Save the Green Save the Date: Aquatic Weed Harvesting Seminar Best Practices in Waterway Trash Skimming Upcoming Conferences: Western Aquatic Plant Management Society Annual Meeting Pennsylvania Lake Management Society
Spring Has Sprung and so Has the Hydrilla Aquatic Invasive Species: Hydrilla How Much Weed Killer Would you Like with your Water? Adopt-A-Beach Program Upcoming Conferences SE NALMS Lake & Watershed Conference Land Grant & Sea Grant National Water Conference Kenya National Water Conference Read More
Aquatic plants, whether invasive or native, can be described as either a mess or a resource. Natural plant growth covers 20 – 40% of the water and includes a diversity of plants. However, invasive plants such as Eurasian watermilfoil, hydrilla and water hyacinth quickly take over a lake covering 60% and sometimes 100% of the
Hydrilla. The word alone sends shivers down the spines of anyone living, associated, or recreates on waterways. It sends people into panic mode, as it should. Hydrilla is an aquatic invasive species that has slowly been invading waters of the United States since being introduced in Florida in the 1960’s. Hydrilla in one of the