A helicopter will be flying over Presque Isle State Park on Wednesday, October 10 applying herbicide to 170 acres of land inundated with two invasive plant species. The invasive species are Narrow-leaf Cattail and Phragmites. The presence of these plants is damaging to the native plants as well as the overall habitat and ecosystem health of the park.
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Frank Taylor with A&L Aquatic Weed Control shreds vegetation near the Heagy-Burry boat ramp on Orange Lake in Orange Lake Monday morning.
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Victorian scientists are working on a solution to control aquatic weeds that block irrigation channels. Scientists … are testing a potential new herbicide to wipe out submerged aquatic weeds. DPI Senior Research Scientist Tony Dugdale said efficient water delivery was of critical importance to irrigators, farmers and the community. "When these weeds infest irrigation channels, the hydraulic capacity of the channels is reduced and the delivery of water becomes compromised," Dr Dugdale said. "This ultimately leads to reduced water delivery to irrigators."
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Dearl Sanders calls himself a bug chauffeur. The LSU AgCenter scientist is trying to move as many salvinia weevils as he can to combat the invasive aquatic plant giant salvinia, which is clogging waterways across Louisiana.
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Residents living along East and West Crooked Lakes in Genoa Township continue to disagree whether a large-scale chemical weed-control project would pose risks to human health or aquatic life.
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The holy river Pampa, which has already been a victim of indiscriminate human intervention and high levels of pollution has, of late, become a fertile area for invasive weeds native to America. A recent study... found spreading presence of Cabomba, a fast-growing submerged aquatic species along the Aranmula stretch of the river...
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A mysterious aquatic plant that fouls boat propellers, makes boating and swimming difficult, and has the potential to make fishing less productive has been identified as hydrilla, an invasive species.
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Ann Arbor, Mich. – The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) has received a $400,000 grant through the U.S. EPA-led Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to develop and demonstrate web-crawling software to assess the availability of aquatic invasive species for purchase – and identify sellers of those species – on the Internet.
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Shawnee County Parks and Recreation announced Thursday it would work Wednesday with Brunswick, Ga.-based Estate Management Services to apply aquatic herbicide to Lake Shawnee to kill Eurasian watermilfoil, an invasive aquatic plant.
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Water hyacinth is considered one of the most notorious aquatic weeds. It proliferates rapidly in lakes, dams and irrigation channels and chokes them. But scientists have now shown that the infamous weed is a rich source of carbohydrate and can be used to make biodegradable plastic.
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The herbicide Roundup may be contributing to the growth of harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie, according to Ohio Sea Grant researchers. Drs. R. Michael McKay and George Bullerjahn of Bowling Green State University are studying the impact of glyphosate, a phosphonate and the main ingredient in the commonly used herbicide, on the strains of blue-green algae found in Lake Erie.
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