Bringing together and increasing the capacity of experts, resource managers and citizen scientists to manage Starry Stonewort across the Great Lakes basin
Learn about Starry Stonewort, an invasive aquatic species threatening the Great Lakes basin.
Reports, presentations, training materials, and links to information about Starry Stonewort in the basin.
We need help identifying the extent of the infestation of Starry Stonewort in the Great Lakes basin.
Keep informed about what’s going on across the region in the fight against Starry Stonewort and other aquatic invasive species! Events coming soon are listed here, click to get more details. View our full calendar of events here.
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If you're attending the Michigan Inland Lakes Conference tomorrow, be sure to watch "An update on critical aspects of the forty-year starry stonewort bio-Invasion" at 9am! This will feature experts Scott Brown and Wesley Glisson, along with Collaborative Project Manager David Carr.
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This video by the Cornell Cooperative Extension for Yates County wonderfully covers the harvesting efforts on Keuka Lake and why starry stonewort is a problem. Watch to the end to get a glimpse of Project Manager David Carr!
Want to learn more about starry stonewort? The Collaborative maintains a library with fact sheets, identification guides, presentations, and reports. You can also find recordings of our webinars and training sessions.
Learn more about our library here:
Publications – Starry Stonewort Collaborative
A Collaborative’s success requires strong communication and open sharing of ideas and information. This Library for Starry Stonewort information of all kinds was developed to support this idea.Thanks to the Starry Trek program and the volunteers that participated, a new lake in Minnesota has been found to have starry stonewort. Programs like these allow for better tracking of and reaction to invasive species. In the future, the Collaborative would like to see more of the programs initiated across the region.
You can learn more about the results of Starry Trek here:
www.albertleatribune.com/2020/09/starry-stonewort-confirmed-in-stearns-county/
Starry stonewort confirmed in Stearns County - Albert Lea Tribune
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the invasive algae starry stonewort in Lake Carnelian, near Kimball in Stearns County, according to a press release. DNR invasive species sp...Citizen scientists, like those at Stoney Lake in the Kawartha Lakes region, are critical to tracking the spread of starry stonewort. Their rake tosses and reports allow for quick detection of new infestations.
You can sign up to help out here: starrystonewort.org/volunteer/
I recognize those hands and that bay! Thanks Collaborative for all of your support!
The efforts of citizen scientists provide us with invaluable data on starry stonewort. Using rake tosses, they determine the current locations of this invader, as well as detect it quickly when it arrives.
You can see a live map of our citizen scientist rake tosses here:
Maps – Starry Stonewort Collaborative
Maps Citizen Science Survey Locations Live rake toss survey Map: These points represent citizen scientist rake toss survey locations that were recorded using the Survey123 application on a cell phone ...Today, Keuka Lake (Penn Yan, NY) combated their starry stonewort infestation using a mechanical harvester. This vehicle uses moving blades and a conveyor belt to cut down aquatic plants and remove them from the water, after which they can be moved onto land and disposed of. Although these can take out large swaths of starry stonewort, it cannot reach the parts below the sediment. As such, the problem will likely return.
Missed this morning's webinar with Blake Cahill? You can now find it on our YouTube channel and the video library on our website.
All underwater photography on starrystonewort.org captured by Scott Brown
