Elodea in Alaska Seaplane Base
Image via wikimedia.org. Long-touted as the world's busiest floatplane center, Lake Hood in Alaska has an infestation of Elodea. The leafy, long-stemmed invasive plant was discovered in the…
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Michigan AIS Awareness Week
Asian Grass Carp (image via wikimedia.org). Governor Rick Snyder has declared June 28 - July 4 Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week. The Awareness Week will include the state's second…
$200,000 in AIS Funding
Lake Tahoe (wikimedia.org). $200,000 in funding for aquatic invasive plant species removal projects has been approved by the California Tahoe Conservation (CTC) Board of Directors, to be…
Invasive Found in Michigan Lake
Image via dnr.wi.gov. Eurasian watermilfoil has been confirmed in Bear Lake, a small northern Minnesota water body, leading the DNR to designate the lake as infested. The invasive plant,…
Clear Lake Algal Bloom
Image via research.noaa.gov. The algal bloom at Clear Lake- California's oldest and largest freshwater lake- is worse than usual this year, and, unfortunately, rather smelly. "You have…
Lake Anna Hydrilla
Hydrilla (wikimedia.org). VA.- In the 1990s when the Lake Anna Advisory Committee decided to bring in 6,200 sterile grass carp, the lake's hydrilla infestation had made many bays difficult to…