Also known as reeds or pencil reeds, bulrushes are considered a valuable part of a lake’s ecosystem. They grow in marshes and along shorelines of lakes and ponds up to eight feet deep and can rise ...

Northampton County is cutting its contribution to hydrilla control. Other counties could follow suit, putting more of the burden on homeowners. Homeowners on Lake Gaston can expect to pay more this ...

Control of invasive weeds and noxious algae is critical to Lake Gaston water quality, the fishery, recreation, and our local economy. On Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 1 p.m., members ...

The Otisco Lake Preservation Association has a new weapon in its war on aquatic weeds: a big, orange weed harvester that’s already cutting swathes of invasive curly-leaf pond weed growing in the lake.

CHESHIRE — Got a use for vallisneria, also known as tape grass or eelgrass? Well, the people who live on the 300-acre north basin of Cheshire Reservoir don’t either. Vallisneria, the newest invasive ...

Now that the herbicide treatment on Chautauqua Lake has been completed for the summer of 2022, it is interesting to note where it happened and where it didn’t happen. The first application was made to ...

In the 70s', there were fears that milfoil, a green and slimy water weed that thrives in shallow waters near the shore, would destroy tourism in the Valley. For decades, the OBWB has run programs to ...