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Article: LAKE BISTINEAU DRAWDOWN TO BEGIN ON JULY 15
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 3, 2008
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries issued the following press release:
Lake Bistineau will undergo a drawdown to assist with the control of giant salvinia, an invasive aquatic plant, beginning July 15, 2008.
This action follows two large-scale herbicide applications utilizing spray crews from around the state where over 4,900 acres of aquatic vegetation was treated, expending a total of 3,656 gallons of herbicide. The large mats of vegetation should have been thinned significantly enough from these spray efforts to allow a lot of the giant salvinia to dry and desiccate during the drawdown.
The lake will be drained 7 feet at a rate of 2-to-3 inches per day ...