More Calls for Algae Control
Rep. Dave Hall, R-Millersburg, Ohio, believes a gas and severance tax should be imposed on oil and gas and the revenue earned put towards water quality control. “I believe by 2020, we can have the…
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Invasive Milfoil Spreads in Maine
Non-native variable milfoil, the most prevalent invasive in the state of Maine, has been found in another water body. Of the eight samples taken in late July from Annabessacook Lake in Winthrop…
Letter to the Editor: Deadheading Loosestrife
Purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria (chesapeakebay.net) Beautiful red spikes with purple flowers? Yep, that’s purple loosestrife, a troublesome, biodiversity-killing invasive. But it’s…
Plea for Hydrilla Control, Swift Creek Reservoir, VA
A letter to the editor sent into the Chesterfield Observer presents an earnest plea for the use of more resources in preventing the spread of hydrilla. “Anyone who observes, as I have at close range,…
Phragmites Troubles North Michigan Shorelines
The Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council is optimistic in the fight against phragmites australis in their area. The region, which hosts a native variety of the common reed, has had a phragmites control…
Spiny Water Flea Invades, Not Much Happens
Spiny water flea, Bythotrephes longimanus While some news agencies have been decrying the introduction of the invasive spiny water flea into Lake Champlain as an ecological disaster, Vermont…