Lake George Milfoil Removal
Lake George, Wikimedia.org The Lake George Park Commission removed more than 67,000 lbs of Eurasian Watermilfoil from the lake this year. Tommy Thompson, owner of Aquatic Invasive Management…
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First Aquatic Species Map of its Kind
The first aquatic biodiversity map of the western U.S. will be available next year, thanks to efforts from the scientists at the U.S. Forest Service. Dubbed the "Aquatic Environmental DNA Atlas,"…
Zebra Mussels Spread Little in Minnesota
Zebra Mussel ( Dreissena polymorpha ). By GerardM - Wikimedia.org The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources updated its list of infested waters earlier last month (November, 2016) and…
Cayuga Hydrilla Bigger Problem than Thought
Hydrilla (Esthwaite Waterweed, water thyme). Public Domain, Wikimedia.org While Cayuga County has been dealing with blue-green algal blooms in Owasco Lake, Cayuga Lake has been sprouting its…
Weevils Clear Floating Fern
Water fern ( Azolla filiculoides ). Image credit:Kurt Stüber, part of www.biolib.de, wikimedia.org Twelve thousand weevils were released to deal with floating fern (Azolla filiculoides) in…
New Hydrilla Sighting in Up-State New York
The first report of hydrilla, a highly invasive aquatic plant, has been made in the Upper Susquehanna watershed (in a small dammed water body off the Little Nanticoke Creek). Despite being dammed off,…