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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Invasive Species Program is accepting applications for the management of curly-leaf pondweed, Eurasian watermilfoil, flowering rush and starry stonewort.
A lake property owner contacted the DNR after finding several dozen zebra mussels on equipment they were removing from Turtle River Lake for the season.
Sharon Natzel, Long Lake Area Association's AIS prevention coordinator, said they are working with a Minnesota DNR invasive species specialist and potential AIS management vendors for treatment to contain and control the starry stonewort.
Starry Trek is an annual event where members of the public first gather at training sites to learn how to identify starry stonewort and other aquatic invasive species. The newly trained citizen-scientists then branch out to local water accesses to search for signs of the invasive species.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of the invasive algae starry stonewort in Blackduck Lake near the town of Blackduck in Beltrami County.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of the invasive algae starry stonewort in North Twin Lake, near the town of Turtle River in Beltrami County.
Researchers from the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center are partnering with Beltrami County to host an event focusing on the aquatic invasive species in the region on June 23 and 24.
The Beltrami County Aquatic Invasive Species Program is asking those who live on area lakes, especially Lake Carr and Marquette, for help verifying the presence of Zebra Mussels.
