The new state budget includes $800,000 to help local efforts to stop the invasive aquatic plant hydrilla, which was found last year in Cayuga Inlet, Ithaca-area state senators announced Wednesday.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
State budget has hydrilla money
The new state budget includes $800,000 to help local efforts to stop the invasive aquatic plant hydrilla, which was found last year in Cayuga Inlet, Ithaca-area state senators announced Wednesday.
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Woodstock Township board votes for harvesting, no herbicide use
WOODSTOCK TWP., Mich. —- The Woodstock Township board voted 4-1 on Monday in favor of mechanical harvesting to address the problem of invasive plant species in Devils Lake.
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Scientists developing poison pill for Asian carp
Biologist Jon Amberg has spent the last two years obsessed with fish guts, laboring over a singular challenge: Develop a poison pill that will kill Asian carp and leave other fish unscathed.
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Herbicide, weed-eating carp tackle hydrilla in Spring Bayou
SPRING BAYOU -- Louisiana biologists are fighting hydrilla, an invasive aquatic weed that grows into dense mats near the surface of water, in Spring Bayou in Avoyelles Parish. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says it is fighting the fast-growing plant by stocking the bayou with grass carp, which feed on the weed.
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Banned aquatic weed 'Salvinia' found in Northland
A banned aquatic weed that forms dense mats that can double in size in days and pose a drowning risk has been discovered in two home garden ponds in Northland, prompting a warning from biosecurity experts. Salvinia (Salvinia molesta) was thought to have been officially eradicated from the region, however, Northland Regional Council biosecurity staff have in recent weeks stumbled across the plant in both the Hikurangi area, near Whangarei, and near Okaihau in the Far North District.
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JCC taking own approach to Roseberry weed issue
The Jackson County Commission is apparently taking a wait and see approach on an invasive aquatic weed problem in the Roseberry Creek embayment at Scottsboro.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Invasive algae targets Waikiki
WAIKIKI (HawaiiNewsNow) -- Waikiki Beach is under siege by a silent enemy. Invasive algae is taking over in the waters causing negative impacts to the environment.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Officials approve spraying plan to battle invasive aquatic weed
KARNACK -- Cypress Valley Navigation District officials on Monday approved spending $75,000 from Texas Parks and Wildlife for its 2012 invasive aquatic plant spraying program.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
On The Brink Of An Environmental Disaster — Weed Science Society Of America Highlights Progress Against Hydrilla Infestation In Finger Lakes Region
Six months ago one of the world’s most aggressive aquatic weeds was spotted in an inlet adjoining Cayuga Lake, part of New York’s famed Finger Lakes. The culprit was hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata), an aquatic plant species holding a well-earned spot on the federal noxious weeds list. Officials fear an environmental disaster in the making—and for good reason.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
State concerned with algae-to-ethanol process of Fort Myers company
State concerns with a Southwest Florida company’s plans to make ethanol from algae may have stalled the business’s expansion.
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Friday, March 16, 2012
OC Parks Honored for Lake Improvements
Efforts to improve the quality of lakes at nine of the facilities operated by OC Parks have earned the department an Award of Excellence from the California Park and Recreation Society. OC Parks received the award in the Park and Facility Maintenance Management category for a Lake Management Program instituted in 2010. The end result has been a decrease in complaints from the public and a number of compliments on the improvements.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
RSPB's Llandudno Junction reserve salt water to kill swamp stonecrop weed
Salt water is to be used to kill off a weed which threatens a freshwater lagoon at an RSPB reserve where thousands of birds feed on mud flats. About 7m gallons (32m litres) is being pumped from the River Conwy into the lagoon at Llandudno Junction from high tide on Thursday. It is designed to eradicate an invading weed from Australia, known as swamp stonecrop, or Crassula helmsii. The lagoon had already been emptied and will be kept salty for at least a year.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
How Much Hydrilla? The Kissimmee Chain Debate
Fishermen and duck hunters on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes have been in conflict with each other, as well as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, for the past nine months — all over a submerged aquatic weed called hydrilla that is as common to most Florida lakes as St. Augustine grass is to urban lawns.
"They've got a tough job. I wouldn't want the job to manage hydrilla to please everybody," said professional bass fisherman Terry Seagraves of Kissimmee.
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Low water now means a summer filled with weeds
Not only is Clear Lake at its lowest level in years but the water clarity is unbelievable. In many areas you can see the bottom at a depth of 6-8 feet. The low lake level and extreme water clarity will have a profound effect on the fishermen. It will also result in an explosion of aquatic weeds by midsummer.
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Aquatic invasive species creeps into Flathead Lake
A reported sighting of Eurasian watermilfoil in Eagle Bend Yacht Harbor waters led to the discovery of large quantities of curleyleaf pondweed in the harbor and waterways that surround it. A survey funded through Lake County, the Flathead Lakers and the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, and led by Eric Hanson of the Flathead Aquatic Invasive Species group found no traces of watermilfoil.
But, Hanson said the survey results showed a different aquatic invasive species, curleyleaf pondweed, has heavily infested (40 percent of the plants) the Eagle Bend harbor and channel. It was also found in patches along the Flathead River bottom leading upstream for a couple of miles, in Fennon Slough and in two places in Flathead Lake—just outside of the harbor in Somers and along a seawall outside of Bigfork.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Monster weed threatens Finger Lakes
New York -- Advocates are warning the Finger Lakes and other upstate water bodies lakes could be overrun by a hyper-aggressive invasive plant unless more money is found for a major eradication effort.
The plant, hydrilla, was found late last summer in two creeks at the south end of Cayuga Lake at Ithaca. An initial effort last fall to control it failed to beat it back.
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Bill to pay for Lake Hopatcong weed removal moves forward in N.J. Senate commitee
Trenton -- A bill to permanently fund weed harvesting at the state’s largest lake was voted out of the Senate Environment and Energy Committee Monday. The $400,000 per year for the Lake Hopatcong Commission would come from licensing fees for non-tidal boats...
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Lake Guntersville Aquatic Plant Problems
Scottsboro, AL -- Aquatic weeds in Lake Guntersville are becoming an issue. A community based organization is trying to kill the weeds before the weather gets warm. The plants are called Milfoil and Hydrilla. The aquatic weeds are starting to take over this small part of Lake Guntersville in Scottsboro called Roseberry Creek. Fishermen like it because bass fish swim near he plants and are easy to catch. But property owners on the water want the weeds gone.
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