Aquatic Plant Management Society News |
- Reed Meets With Hydrilla Task Force
- Grass-eating fish help keep lake's weeds in check
- Eugene takes steps to fight invasive water weed
- Imported fish keep weeds at bay
- Invasive plant threatens Delta Ponds
- Marshall Co. passes support for aquatic weed control
- Hermiston Irrigation District to use herbicide
- Sen. Hagan, FIFRA and aquatic pesticide application
- City opts for herbicide in weed battle
- City expected to continue water chestnut harvesting efforts this summer
| Reed Meets With Hydrilla Task Force Posted: 09 May 2013 01:22 PM PDT Rep. Tom Reed met with the Hydrilla Task Force in Ithaca Friday to learn more about education and eradication efforts in response to the highly invasive aquatic weed in the Cayuga Inlet. Read more: http://www.lansingstar.com/news-page/9516-reed-meets-with-hydrilla-task-force#ixzz2SpSEbUbt READ MORE |
| Grass-eating fish help keep lake's weeds in check Posted: 09 May 2013 01:20 PM PDT MOORESVILLE – Officials from Duke Energy, the the Lake Norman Marine Commission and the state of North Carolina gathered at the Davidson College Lake Campus in Mooresville one morning last week for a fish release. Not game fish, but "grass carp," which the state has been using for more than a decade to control the growth of invasive hydrilla on Lake Norman. READ MORE |
| Eugene takes steps to fight invasive water weed Posted: 09 May 2013 01:16 PM PDT EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Officials in Eugene are taking steps to stop an invasive water plant from spreading from a city park. |
| Imported fish keep weeds at bay Posted: 09 May 2013 01:14 PM PDT Duke Energy intern Josh Bowen watches as 300 sterile grass carp are released April 23 into Lake Norman on the Davidson College Lake Campus. Grass carp are imported to the lake each year to control Hydrilla. About 10 years ago, it was discovered that the invasive weed was growing over about 400 acres of the lake, Lake Norman Marine Commission Executive Director Ron Shoultz said. READ MORE |
| Invasive plant threatens Delta Ponds Posted: 09 May 2013 01:11 PM PDT An invasive South American creeping water primrose is wreaking havoc at a Eugene park that the city and other government agencies have spent $9 million trying to turn into a showcase of native-species ecological restoration. READ MORE |
| Marshall Co. passes support for aquatic weed control Posted: 09 May 2013 01:00 PM PDT MARSHALL COUNTY, AL (WAFF) – Marshall County has signed on to support legislation that would form an authority board to control weeds in Lake Guntersville. READ MORE |
| Hermiston Irrigation District to use herbicide Posted: 09 May 2013 12:49 PM PDT HERMISTON — The Hermiston Irrigation District will use aquatic herbicide in its canal system over the summer, beginning May 13. |
| Sen. Hagan, FIFRA and aquatic pesticide application Posted: 09 May 2013 12:46 PM PDT U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan called Tuesday for a "commonsense" end to the "double regulation" of pesticides sprayed on or around water. READ MORE |
| City opts for herbicide in weed battle Posted: 09 May 2013 12:44 PM PDT The city is escalating its war on invasive weeds that clog Lake Winona. For nearly 30 years, the curly-leafed pondweed plants have been cut back with a harvester, a sort of underwater combine that "mows" the weeds. On Monday, the City Council unanimously approved a contract with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to add the herbicide imazamox to its anti-weed arsenal. READ MORE |
| City expected to continue water chestnut harvesting efforts this summer Posted: 09 May 2013 12:42 PM PDT NASHUA– For the third consecutive year, the city is being asked to fund the harvesting of water chestnut and other aquatic weeds along portions of the Nashua River and Mill Pond, to slow the spread of the invasive plants. READ MORE |
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