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INVASIVE PLANT WORKSHOPS
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| Education is the key to learning. To this end, TLIA sent
four volunteers this summer to Invasive Plant Seminars hosted by Scott
Williams via his Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program. These meetings
included viewing one of the newest threats to Maine waters, Variable
Milfoil, at Lake Auburn. After discussion and receiving photographs of
invasive plants, the groups visited the site for a closeup of this
invasive species at its worst.
Ron Getchell and George Kelley attended a June meeting, while Jamie
Rothfus and Susan Stegman attended one in July. A sample of Variable
Milfoil was taken from Lake Auburn and displayed at the Annual Meeting.
Its long stems and feathery leaves are a fearful reminder of what could
possibly happen in our lake. Though all milfoil isn’t invasive, this
variety is. (See "Demystifying Milfoil" article elsewhere in
this Newsletter).
Variable Milfoil has been known to exist in Thompson
Lake for a number of years and was found in Upper Range Pond, near the
boat launch, this past summer. |
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| Both lakes have used deep-sea divers to try to remove it.
One can only hope that their efforts have been successful. |
Variable Milfoil |
| Since it’s transported mainly by boats from
lake to lake, it proves how vigilant we must become to prevent this
occurrence at Tripp. Both Thompson and the Range Ponds Associations will
have volunteers at their boat launches on weekends next summer to check
boats, pass out literature and talk to folks about invasive plants. It
seems like a good idea for our Association as well.
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