milfoil – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com Surface Water Management Equipment Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:19:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://aquarius-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-favicon-32x32.png milfoil – Aquarius-Systems https://aquarius-systems.com 32 32 February 2024 Newsletter https://aquarius-systems.com/february-2024-newsletter/ Mon, 05 Feb 2024 18:19:31 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=7433 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
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  • Western Aquatic Plant Management Society Annual Conference
  • Indiana Lakes Management Society 35th Annual Conference
  • Wisconsin Lakes & Rivers Convention Annual Conference

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]]> Aquatic Weed Harvester Makes Recreation and Navigation Possible https://aquarius-systems.com/aquatic-weed-harvester-makes-recreation-and-navigation-possible/ Wed, 16 Aug 2023 20:37:32 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=6158 August 2021 Newsletter https://aquarius-systems.com/august-2021-newsletter/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 22:19:42 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=4834 Aquarius Systems Is the Solution

New Weapon in Fight Against Aquatic Invasive Species

Aquarius Systems Is the Solution!

How’s Your Waterway?

Weed Harvesters Collect Large Amounts of Milfoil

Curly-Leaf Pondweed Washing up On Shore

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]]> September 2020 Newsletter https://aquarius-systems.com/september-2020-newsletter/ Fri, 06 Jan 2023 21:41:51 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=4790 Duckweed in Space

Duckweed in Space

Milfoil Disappears Ahead of Treatment

Aquatic Vegetation for DeGray Lake

Cleaning up Muskegon Lake

Invasive Water Chestnut in Virginia

Upcoming Conference:

  • 2020 Michigan Inland Lakes Convention

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]]> August 2017 Newsletter https://aquarius-systems.com/august-2017-newsletter/ Thu, 22 Dec 2022 19:50:11 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=4529 What’s the Dam Problem?

Homeowners Wage War Against Dam Operator

Fate of Upper Spring Lake is in Court’s Hands

Milfoil Program Playing Catch-Up

Delayed Weed Harvesting Program

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]]> May 2016 Newsletter https://aquarius-systems.com/may-2016-newsletter/ Thu, 08 Dec 2022 22:16:41 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=4414 Organic Farming with Milfoil

Fertilizer as Water Pollutant

Lake Closed Due to Weeds

Lush Green Grass – Lake’s Worst Nightmare

Milfoil to Feed the Masses

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]]> How to Combat Aquatic Invasive Species – Make Beer! https://aquarius-systems.com/how-to-combat-aquatic-invasive-species-make-beer/ Wed, 07 Dec 2022 17:06:46 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=4149 On tap is the Excelsior’s latest brew called the Milfoil Lakehouse Saison Ale. It has an “exotic, invasive flavor,” they say, from ingredients like Minnetonka honey and Minnesota wild rice, as well as a dash of Eurasian milfoil and zebra mussel shells.

That’s right – the aquatic invasive species can be intentionally consumed for your pleasure without accidentally taking in a mouthful of lake water.

]]> Black Lake Weed Harvester Removes 6,000 Pounds of Invasive Milfoil to Improve Boating Access https://aquarius-systems.com/mechanical-harvesting-removes-invasive-eurasian-watermilfoil/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 21:14:47 +0000 https://aquarius-systems.com/?p=2228 In the last few decades, the lake’s weedy, northern-most portion has clogged hulls and deterred boaters from entering the lake from the Oswegatchie River. Patches of weeds greet the water’s surface near every dock, and nearly invisible from a distance on a windy day, matted greenery creates a basin of weeds seven-feet-deep in some spots.

As part of a summer-long effort to cut a channel in Black Lake (New York), the Black Lake Association used an aquatic weed harvester to cut and remove invasive Eurasian watermilfoil.  On one September afternoon, the Black Lake Association harvested roughly 6,000 pounds of invasive wet weeds in less than two hours.

The harvested vegetation was taken to a local dairy farm to be used as fertilizer.

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