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Tag: Invasive species

Can a filter on a boat stop zebra mussels?

Elizabeth DunbarElizabeth Dunbar March 19, 2014, 4:56 PM Mar 19, 2014
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Watershed district managers, lake association leaders and others attending a symposium on invasive species today learned about a new filter that has been shown to stop zebra and quagga mussels from spreading via ballast tanks in so-called “wake boats.” Big ballast tanks allow the boats to make waves suitable for wake boarding and water skiing. Read more →

Zebra mussels move north to Lake Winnipeg

Dan Gunderson October 22, 2013, 10:39 AM Oct 22, 2013
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Manitoba officials are trying to determine the scope of an infestation discovered recently in Lake Winnipeg. Read more →

Goats have an appetite for buckthorn in SE Minnesota

Alex Forster August 7, 2013, 3:30 PM Aug 7, 2013
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The DNR sees success using goats as a natural removal method for invasive plants like buckthorn on public lands. Read more →

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