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A dozen people, many of whom were strangers, kayaked and paddleboarded around the Laurel Lake trying to make a dent in the ...
WORCESTER — A group of volunteers paddled in canoes and kayaks in Coes Reservoir Saturday morning, pulling invasive water chestnuts from the water. Volunteers removed water chestnuts from Coes ...
The town of Chelmsford and residents along Freeman Lake are taking a noninvasive approach to fighting invasive aquatic weeds ...
The mat of invasive water chestnut as seen from the channel. The channel is more than a mile-and-a-half long and 1,000 feet wide. Tom Shannon paddles through the channel volunteers in Germantown ...
Water chestnuts need to be removed annually until they are eradicated from the area. According to the DEC, the seeds within the plant’s fruit can remain viable for up to 12 years. Advertisement ...
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is looking for volunteers to help remove invasive water chestnut plants from the Turner Reservoir in ...
HADLEY — A five-year plan for addressing the continued growth of water chestnuts at Lake Warner in North Hadley will include use of the weed killer Diquat on nearly 11 acres of the 70-acre pond.
Over time, water chestnut plants sink to the bottom of the pond, where they decay, trapping gases there. Newsletters We deliver climate news to your inbox like nobody else.