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Article: WEED CONTROL SUCCESSFUL AT DEWART LAKE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- May 27, 2008
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The Indiana Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release:
An aquatic herbicide application two years ago to control Eurasian water milfoil in Dewart Lake has nearly eliminated the noxious non-native weed from the 551-acre Kosciusko County lake.
During sampling late this month, milfoil was found at only three of 90 locations checked by DNR Division of Fish and Wildlife biologists. Last year, biologists were unable to find milfoil at any of the 90 locations in May or July.
Prior to 2006, Eurasian water milfoil covered nearly 60 percent of the shallow water area of the lake and 80 percent of the area between 5 and 15 feet deep. In some spots, the plant reached the surface ...