Geneva Lake Group Uses Divers to Combat Invasive Plant

LAKE GENEVA, WI (SPECTRUM NEWS) — The Geneva Lake Environmental Agency took a new approach to handling the invasive plant Starry Stonewart in the popular Southern Wisconsin Lake.

The Agency, or GLEA, hired divers this week to hand pick the plant from the lake floor and dispose of it.

“It`s looking like this is probably, hand pulling, it probably the most effective,” said Ted Peters, GLEA`s director.

Last year the Agency used a chemical treatment in the lagoon where Starry Stonewart was introduces, however they didn`t see a large impact...

...The divers pull plants from the bottom of the lake and put them into bags. To pull off the operation GLEA put out a call for volunteers with kayaks to bring the plants to the shore. It`s help that`s crucial for the divers....
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Ken Notes:I`ll kayak if there is a place to stay...