Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Invasive Milfoil in Maine.
Milfoil is taking over of lakes and killing our fish and plant life it was brought in by boat transportation. The problem with milfoil is it grows rapidly ANYWHERE and can grow 6-10 feet. The problem we have with Milfoil is it likes everything a plant shouldn't like warm water, strong currents, disturbed water and other pants so it can filter of of them. Milfoil has got to the point where it's so thick in so many places it is hard to drive your boat through water. Fish and other plants are dying because he species is killing there habitats. Ways of prevention are to always check your boat and make sure you are not dragging the weed around on your engines lower unit. Always wash your boat no matter how long your boat was in the lake. The last major concern is the boats trailer often over looked because it only in the water for 2-3 minutes but the weed can cling to the trailer and transport itself right into your next boating destination. There are people trying to stop the spread of
Milfoil but it is such a big problem that they can't do it all by themselves. It's up to us to protect our lakes and our state.
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Milfoil is definitely an important factor when trying to preserve our lakes. It is an obvious choice not to spread the invasive plant, but the problem is people usually don't even know they're doing it. With boating comes responsibility, and in order to keeps our lakes healthy for future generations, boaters need to prevent milfoil from spreading by cleaning their boats whenever they switch to a different lake.
ReplyDeleteMy opinion is that no one even really knows of milfoil other then people who live one lakes that carry it. People need to be notified and just having a little sign by a boat launch isn't the way to do so.
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