Banned EU Plants Still Available
Yellow skunk cabbage ( Lysichiton americanus ). By Martin Bravenboer - Own work, Public Domain, Wikimedia.org While 4 aquatic plants have been placed on the EU's banned species list,…
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Researchers Reverse Metabolic Resistance to Pre-emergent Herbicide
In a discovery that is welcoming news to many grain growers, an organo-phosphate insecticide known as phorate has been shown to reverse metabolic resistance to the pre-emergent, soil-applied herbicide…
Montana Plan To Prevent Invasive Mussels
A quagga mussel. Wikimedia.org A $10.2 million plan to keep invasive zebra and quagga mussels out of Montana waterways is getting underway. And this comes alongside some new regulations to…
Illinois Waters Impaired 25+ Years On
A view of West Loon Lake, Lake County, Illinois. Dealing with issues such as algal blooms, low oxygen levels, silt deposits and invasive species, the water bodies in Lake County, Illinois had…
Minnesota Association Success in Novel Eurasian Watermilfoil Treatment
A trial protocol employed by the Big Marine Lake Association (BMLA) seems to have been effective in the control of Eurasian watermilfoil. By applying multiple herbicide treatments within a 24-hour…
Washington to Bolster Invasives Program
A quagga mussel. Public domain, Wikimedia.org With the recent discovery of quagga and zebra mussel larvae in the Missouri River system of Montana last year (their first appearance in the…