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 ...

Control of invasive weeds and noxious algae is critical to Lake Gaston water quality, the fishery, recreation, and our local economy. On Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 1 p.m., members ...

Northampton County is cutting its contribution to hydrilla control. Other counties could follow suit, putting more of the burden on homeowners. Homeowners on Lake Gaston can expect to pay more this ...

The Otisco Lake Preservation Association has a new weapon in its war on aquatic weeds: a big, orange weed harvester that’s already cutting swathes of invasive curly-leaf pond weed growing in the lake.

CHESHIRE — Got a use for vallisneria, also known as tape grass or eelgrass? Well, the people who live on the 300-acre north basin of Cheshire Reservoir don’t either. Vallisneria, the newest invasive ...