The warm spring has created above normal pond water temperatures. Many pond owners are experiencing higher than desired levels of unwanted plants due to the warmer than normal springtime weather. Pond ...

No two ponds are exactly alike. Even ponds in the same watershed and built very close to each other can be very different in appearance, and differences in watershed and soil characteristics are ...

Aquatic plants have adapted to thrive in diverse habitats. Aquatic plants are natural parts of the aquatic ecosystem, used by many different animals as food or shelter. When aquatic plants become a ...

There are many interesting components of plant science and agriculture. County agents spend a large percentage of their time diagnosing pond weeds. Yes, there are weeds that grow in ponds. Call me ...

Also known as reeds or pencil reeds, bulrushes are considered a valuable part of a lake’s ecosystem. They grow in marshes and along shorelines of lakes and ponds up to eight feet deep and can rise ...

Runaway moss growth can make pond fishing about as exciting as, well, watching moss grow. According to Dr. Michael Masser, Texas Cooperative Extension fisheries specialist, aquatic vegetation is the ...

They may look like “water lilies” to the untrained eye, but local boaters say that invasive aquatic plants are choking coves and shorelines on Pachaug Pond, the largest freshwater lake in eastern ...

The Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization of 33,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality ...

The invasive curly-leaf pond weed that has come to dominate 90 percent of the plant life in Lake Como may be in for some rough treatment. Working hand-in-hand with neighborhood volunteers and Ramsey ...

PLAINFIELD — The town of Plainfield will spend almost $12,000 to treat a local pond with herbicides this month in an effort to keep an invasive plant under control. The Board of Selectmen this week ...

Herbicides containing glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weed killer and other similar products, have been implicated in harming aquatic wildlife. New research shows that exposure ...