Lake Thoreau Closed Thursday for Herbicides

Source: Patch.com (Reston, Virginia)
Date Published: 06/19/2012

Lake Thoreau will be closed to boats on Thursday so the water can be treated with aquatic herbicides. The lake is experiencing dramatic growth of aquatic plants, including Eurasian Water Milfoil, Yellow Floating Heart (both non-native invasive plants) and Floating Leaved Pondweed.

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County may look at chemical solutions to weed problem

Source: The Daily Telegram (Adrian, Michigan)
Date Published: 06/16/2012

ROLLIN TWP., Mich. — The treatment option of using aquatic weevils to control Eurasian milfoil at Round Lake may soon come to an end.

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Weed infesting waters from Tahoe to Pyramid

Source: RENO GAZETTE-JOURNAL (RENO, NEVADA)
Date Published: 06/18/2012

RENO - A troublesome water weed that has spread through Lake Tahoe for decades is now established along the length of the Truckee River, posing possible problems of unknown scope and scale.

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Group: Holliston lake problem needs action, not study

Source: MetroWest Daily News (New York)
Date Published: 05/21/2012

HOLLISTON — Town officials and a local advocacy group are butting heads over how to tackle the weed problem in Lake Winthrop.

Officials plan to take the first of three water samples this month, the first step in a new study of the lake, said Conservation Agent Chuck Katuska.

But the Lake Winthrop Watershed Association, an active but unofficial town committee, is fed up with studies.

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Residents of Rock Lake upset over dirty aquatic weed harvester

Source: WEST OF THE I (WISCONSIN)
Date Published: 06/11/2012

Rock Lake Residents were shocked to see a weed-harvesting machine apparently covered with zebra mussels operating on their quiet waters, Saturday morning.

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Invasive species ride tsunami debris to US shore

Source: AP News (West Coast US)
Date Published: 06/09/2012

When a floating dock the size of a boxcar washed up on a sandy beach in Oregon, beachcombers got excited because it was the largest piece of debris from last year's tsunami in Japan to show up on the West Coast.

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Eagle Bend treats aquatic invasive species

Source: Flathead Publishing Group (MONTANA)
Date Published: 06/06/2012

In May Eagle Bend took the first step toward eradicating curleyleaf pondweed from its channel and harbor by treating them with herbicide. The next step is to come up with a plan for treatment of Flathead Lake, Flathead River and Fennon Slough. Erik Hanson of the Aquatic Invasive Species working group is crossing his fingers that treatment can start before the end of the summer.

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Weeds, algae choke Indianapolis-area waterways

Kenneth L. Hawkins Jr. / The Star

Source: Indianapolis Star
Date Published: 06/07/2012

Five years ago, he says, the weeds weren't there. Now, patches are starting to show up everywhere along the river.

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Former trustee advocates for Silver Lake district to tackle weeds

Source: West of the I (Wisconsin)
Date Published: 06/09/2012

A former village trustee used citizens comments at Wednesday’s Village Board meeting to make a pitch for a more proactive approach to aquatic weed management on Silver Lake.

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Savannah River to be lowered 3 feet for June 19 herbicide spraying

Source: The Augusta Chronicle (GEORGIA)
Date Published: 06/05/2012

The Savannah River will be lowered about three feet later this month to accommodate contractors who will apply herbicide to control aquatic weeds on June 19. The project, costing about $6,500, involves treatment of about 15 acres of invasive weeds in the river channel along downtown Augusta, said Wayne Hawkins, the chairman of the Augusta Port Authority.

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