"Fight the Phrag" in New York
"Fight the Phrag" began this month, an effort to remove the invasive phragmites that has crowded out Brooklyn's only lake. Some stands of the plant have reached 18 feet in height, making this no easy…
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Campers Help Map Treatment Areas
Michigan – Heather Rawlings, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, lead campers from Camp Chickagami in an effort to identify phragmites and other invasive species in the Presque Isle Quarry.…
Golf Course Industry Publishes Annual Water Industry Issue
The annual issues covers everything from best irrigation practices to the current drought conditions in California. Water conservation is a real issue for golf course superintendents everywhere.…
Michigan Students Protect Local Lakes
With the help of outreach specialist Jo Latimore, two MSU students have traveled to at least 15 boat launches throughout the state this summer. Equipped with a mobile boat-washing unit, the group…
The Hunt for Water Soldier
Water soldier (courtesy of orilliapacket.com). Ontario, Canada – A portion of the Trent-Severn Waterway has been invaded by the only known wild population of water soldier in North…
Update: Cayuga Lake Inlet Hydrilla Treatment
Hydrilla (courtesy of extension.entm.purdue.edu). New York - After being treated with an herbicide on July 29, a few hydrilla plants in the Cayuga Lake Inlet are still green and growing. In…