New Website Tracks Invasive Species

A new tool is available for folks who care about St. Louis Country lakes to guard against aquatic invasive species. Experts at UMD’s Natural Resources Research Institute have compiled an interactive website overlaid with multiple data sets that show 1,139 lakes...

Starry Stonewort Collaborative

Project: Starry Stonewort CollaborativeYears: 2018 – 2020Funded By: Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes Restoration InitiativeProject Manager: David Carr, dcarr@hws.edu, 315-781-4389 Nitellopsis obtusa or Starry Stonewort (P.Skawinski) Starry Stonewort...

Invasive plant species on district radar for 2019

WHITE BEAR LAKE — Non-native phragmites will be targeted next fall in a continuing campaign to eradicate invasive species in and near the lake. An extremely tall wetland grass, the plant was discovered last August by a paddleboarding “citizen scientist” and...