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DNR Confirms Starry Stonewort Infestation

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed Minnesota’s third and fourth cases of the invasive algae, Starry Stonewort, found this time in Upper Red Lake and in Cass Lake within the Leech Lake Reservation. On Upper Red Lake, DNR staff confirmed a heavy growth of Starry...

New York Botanical Garden is canvassing Maine’s lakes to look for invasive algae and document native species

A team from the New York Botanical Garden is in Maine this summer documenting species of algae while searching for an invasive species that has decimated lakes in their home state. “We’re finding good diversity,” said the botanical garden’s Robin Sleith, who spent part of Wednesday collecting samples on Minnehonk Lake in Mount Vernon. “All of these species, up to a point, require intact and…

GoPro video: Watch divers take on invasive algae in Little Muskego Lake

Little Muskego Lake officials are dismayed by the virulent growth of the lake-killing starry stonewort lake algae that was only discovered in the lake last fall. Volunteer diver Rob Glazier, a former Muskego alderman, said after Tuesday’s dive that the algae was only in scattered spots when they dove about a month ago, now it looks like a carpet. The algae dies back in winter and is only now…

Divers to try removing invasive algae from Wisconsin lake

MUSKEGO, Wis. (AP) – Community members and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are fighting back against an invasive algae found last year in a Waukesha County lake.

The type of algae called starry stonewort was spotted in Little Muskego Lake, making it the first time it has been found in Wisconsin. Starry stonewort can crowd out native plants and destroy habitat for young fish.

Little…