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,…
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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…
Louisiana Officials Prepare for Invasives
A water hyacinth in bloom (wikimedia.org). Though the infestation is lighter than usual this season in the Lafourche Parish Freshwater District, work has already begun to remove water…
Fewer Severe Harmful Algal Blooms Predicted
Image via i.huffpost.com. Forecasts for severe harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie's western basin are lower than in previous years, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Toxic Bloom off West Coast Largest Ever?
Algae in the baltic sea (image via greenfudge.org). That's what a team of federal biologists from Oregon are trying to figure out. With effects ranging from Central California to British…