Lake Wausau Uses Mechanical Weed Harvester to Remove Curly Leaf Pondweed

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Mechanical Weed Harvester in Wisconsin
The Lake Wausau Association is hoping to remove several hundred pounds of Curly-leaf Pondweed from the water and they’re working non-stop to make sure it happens as soon as possible. Curly leaf pondweed grows under the ice during the winter, but in the summer months it dies off after it reproduces. As it dies and

Pflugerville Battles Invasive Plant Species with Mechanical Harvester

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Aquatic Weed Harvester
When Pflugerville officials saw hydrilla and pondweed overtaking parts of Lake Pflugerville they called in the Moss Monster. The fast-growing aquatic plants can overcrowd a body of water, which hinders recreational activities and disrupts the ecosystem. Park and city officials fight back against the aquatic plants with mechanical trimmers and specialized fish. For James Wills,

Persistent High Lake Levels Set Stage for Big Flood

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Aquatic Weed Harvester
A lot of rain — but maybe not as much as you think — fell Aug. 20 on the shallow, 281-square-mile basin of land that drains into Madison’s lakes Mendota and Monona in Madison, Wisconsin. Most of the 12- to 15-inch deluge that drenched parts of western Dane County flowed away from Madison toward the

Mechanical Weed Harvester Removes 80 Truckloads of Biomass

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Mechanical weed harvesting removing eel grass.
A very warm winter combined with a long spring and a hot dry summer caused the weeds to flourish at an accelerated rate at Cheshire Reservoir in Massachusetts. A treatment to control Vallisnaria americana weed, also known as tape grass from the reservoir generated a massive release of the weeds grip on the lake bottom.

Harvester Removes 500 Cubic Yards of Unwanted Aquatic Vegetation

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Weed harvester removing nuisance aquatic vegetation.
The City of Pflugerville, Texas, has completed six weeks of unwanted vegetation removal at Lake Pflugerville, the City announced Thursday. According to a release by the City, the process resulted in 250 boat loads and approximately 500 cubic yards of aquatic vegetation removed. The aquatic plant harvester cuts the vegetation down approximately 2-5 feet from

Governor George Bush Takes a Spin on TVA’s Aquatic Weed Harvester

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Aquatic Weed Harvester Demonstration in Texas
Aquarius Systems joined forces with Ray Scott (founder of B.A.S.S.), the Lower Colorado River Authority, Texas Parks & Wildlife, the Tennessee Valley Authority and numerous fishing & environmental groups in giving a demonstration of an Aquatic Plant Harvester for Texas Governor George Bush. The TVA brought their specially designed Aquarius harvester from Guntersville, Alabama to

Dead fish in Shangri-La Cleaned Up With Weed Harvester

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Aquatic weed harvester is scooping up dead fish.
Indian Kashmir used to be a place people compared to mythical Shangri-La–verdant and unspoiled. And Nigeen Lake, in a green valley surrounded by the Himalayas, is considered by waterways officials to be the least polluted waterway in the city of Srinagar (population 1.3 million). Nigeen is important for tourism, recreation, and the city’s image, but

Battling Water Chestnut in an Environmentally Friendly Way

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European Water Chestnut
The annual weed pull calling volunteers to Bare Hill Pond in Harvard, Massachusetts; to yank invading water chestnut weeds from the pond’s depths wasn’t held this year. Why? Volunteer Rick Dickson said, “because we finally don’t need it.” The plant is injurious with its four-headed needle-sharp seeds typically making it to shore and cutting the

Chautauqua Lake Association Removes Over 13.3M Pounds Of Weeds

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Weed Harvester Unloading into a Shore Conveyor
Chautauqua Lake Association officials report removing more than 13.3 million pounds of aquatic vegetation from Chautauqua Lake (Chautauqua, New York) this summer. Overall, CLA officials said in a news release that the condition of the lake was wonderful this year. Average weed growth in most areas had exceptional clarity compared to past years. The CLA

Rebound in Water Quality Likely Due to Weed Harvester

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Aquatic Weed Harvester
The head of Three Mile Harbor, and Georgica, Wainscott, and Hook Ponds are among the water bodies that continued to be compromised by harmful algal blooms or high levels of fecal coliform bacteria. Georgica Pond’s water quality improved last year, Dr. Gobler told the trustees, which he said was likely the result of the aquatic