July 2011 Solutions Newsletter

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Aquatic Weed Harvester Delivery to Iowa
Indian Lake Watershed Project Received New Weed Harvester Indian Lake Watershed District in Ohio took delivery of their new aquatic weed harvester on May 11th, 2011.  Community members and business owners held several fund raising events to raise money to ensure the harvester stays on Indian Lake. For the past 20 years, the ILWP has

Milfoil Harvesting in Okanagan Lakes Has Been a Success

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Aquatic Weed Harvester
The Okanagan Basin Water Board milfoil program has been so successful over the past five decades. Aquatic weed harvesters used in significant areas with milfoil infestation on Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada are now clear of the invasive plant. Meanwhile, the water board continues to work with the province and environmental consultants to expand existing

Aquatic Plant Management Program Uses Plant Harvesters and Herbicides

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EH-220 Aquatic Plant Harvester
The Massachusetts’s Department of Conservation and Recreation is aiming to reduce invasive plant species in Lake Whitehall in a plan that calls for herbicides and mechanical harvesting. The reservoir has extensive growth of “exotic nuisance aquatic vegetation,” including fanwort and variable-leaf milfoil, according to a report by ESS Group, a firmed hired by the state.

Protecting Pewaukee Lake

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Aerial of Pewaukee Lake
Pewaukee Lake was formed in 1838 when a dam was constructed along the Pewaukee River and the wetland was flooded. It combined with Snake Lake to form the 2,500 acre Pewaukee Lake. For 40 years – 1945 to 1985 – the sanitary district used herbicides, including 2-4-D for 17 years, in an attempt to control

Mechanical Harvesting an Economical Choice

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Inland Lake Harvester with Seaplane
It is exhausting reading about lake after lake after lake becoming infested with an over abundance of aquatic vegetation.  This plant material not only negatively affects water quality, the health of the fishery, recreation, aesthetics, but it is financially devastating as well. It affects tourism; bait shops, marinas, hotels, restaurants.  It affects lake property owners;

Advantages of Aquatic Weed Harvesting

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HM-420 Weed Harvester with Stainless Steel Barge
Unlike using chemicals, or doing nothing at all, the advantages of harvesting include: – Immediate relief from nuisance plants that interfere with navigation and recreation – Immediate use of the water for swimming or irrigation – There is nothing foreign introduced to the environment when using mechanical control – Biomass is removed from the water

What is an Aquatic Weed Harvester?

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Mechanical Weed Harvester
Aquatic Plant Harvesters offer an environmentally sound method of controlling excessive aquatic plant growth and nuisance vegetation in waterways of all sizes. These heavy duty work boats are highly efficient in the management of submerged, emergent and free floating aquatic vegetation. Like an underwater lawn mower, an aquatic weed harvester cuts aquatic vegetation, collecting and storing