Black Lake, NY, Receives $100,000 to Fight AIS
Black Lake, NY (media-cdn.tripadvisor.com) Located in St. Lawrence County, the popular lake is receiving funds to help control Eurasian watermilfoil, which in recent years has disrupted water…
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Ohio Senators Want EPA Guidelines for Toxic Algae
The bill would require the U.S. EPA to issue guidelines for acceptable toxin levels in drinking water. The bill, prompted by Toledo’s recent drinking water ban, asks the EPA to develop their own…
The State of Hydrilla in Lake Oliver, Georgia
Hydrilla (src.sfasu.edu) Hydrilla did pretty well on the Alabama side of Lake Oliver this summer, and Georgia Power, the lake’s steward, is trying to spread information and advice to the…
Hydrilla on the Rise in Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma
Hydrilla (niipp.net) According to Bill Smallwood, Corps of Engineers lake manager, the complaints he’s receiving, the ones about hydrilla in public areas and around docks, well, they’re…
Water Chestnut Removed from Lake Carmi, Vermont
Carolyn Rhodes gathers water chestnut (vtwatershedblog.com) Lake Carmi, the 26th Vermont lake/pond with water chestnut, recently had its load lightened by a group of volunteers led by Lakes…
Endocide Field Day Held in Texas
Attendees at the Red River Waterway Comission’s Aquatic Research Center learned how endocides work and received an overview of their production, application and results. “This method, like the use of…