| Curly Leaf Pondweed / Eurasian Watermilfoil Early Season Dual Treatment Test Program |
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| Map of May 2008 weed treatment areas to control curlyleaf pondweed and eurasian watermilfoil. courtesy of Tom Snook, Lake Restoration, Inc. |
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The 2008 early season aquatic weed treatment to control curlyleaf pondweed and eurasian watermilfoil began on Wednesday May 14 and was completed on Thursday May 15, 2008 under the best possible wind conditions available according to Tom Snook of Lake Restoration. The treatment plan for 2008 is privately funded by subscribing shoreline property owners and includes approximately 35 participants and will cover roughly 31-32 acres of lake Sarah's littoral area. Above is a map with the treatment areas marked in red. Click here to view the map in .pdf format. For additional information regarding the treatment program please contact Tom Snook at 763.428.9777 ext 106.
Information on the TMDL, Lake Sarah Stakeholders Committee, and ongoing water quality efforts can be found on the TMDL Project page and the TMDL Maps & Charts page in the Water Quality area of this website.
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| 2007 Initial Dual Treatment Experiment |
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| Map showing May 2007 test of combination curley leaf and eurasian milfoil control areas. click on map to enlarge. |
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So you noticed a few areas on Sarah marked by red/white buoys in early May 2007 and you were wondering what they were there for? A weed control test of a 4 selected offshore areas (beyond 150' from shoreline) is being conducted to test an early season combined application of endothol (Aquathol K) and 2-4D to control both Curley Leaf Pondweed and Eurasian Water Milfoil. The test areas inside the buoy markers were treated on May 8, 2007 (click on image above to view larger map) by Lake Restoration of Rogers, MN under separate permit from the MN DNR (view permit). Last year the offshore curley leaf treatments along the Cady/Tubesing shorelines resulted in a boom in EWM that was difficult to deal with as offshore permits allow only one treatment per year. If we are going to treat large portions of the lake to reduce curley leaf pondweed in the upcoming years, it would be helpful to have a solution for the EWM that may grow in after the curley leaf is gone. This years test of the combined chemical treatment will attempt to control both invasives in a single application and allow native aquatics to reassert themselves. It should be noted that the cost of the test treatments is being absorbed by the property owners directly adjacent to the treatment areas.
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