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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One of the most powerful ways that citizens can help prevent the spread of invasive species like starry stonewort is to clean, drain, and dry your boating/fishing equipment. The folks at The Lindsay Advocate have written a great article on the importance of this technique and how we must be ever vigilant to stop invaders.
For additional information, visit Finger Lakes PRISM or your local invasive species authority.
One of the most effective ways to combat starry stonewort is through physical removal. Unlike chemical treatments, physical removal can address the segments of the plants above and below the sediment, helping prevent them from returning. This can be down both wading in from shore or, like the folks at Geneva Lake, Illinois, using scuba divers to access deeper areas.
You can learn more about Geneva Lakes efforts here:
Divers report success uprooting invasive plant from lake
WILLIAMS BAY — Divers pursuing the starry stonewort invasive plant species have removed piles of the unwanted greenery this week by pulling it from the bottom of Geneva Lake.In a little bit less than a week, the Starry Stonewort Collaborative will be partnering with Finger Lakes PRISM to host a webinar on 'How to Survey for Late Season High Priority Aquatic Species, Hydrilla & Starry Stonewort'. If you'd like to learn more about how to detect starry stonewort and other invasive species, this is a great opportunity!
You can join the webinar on August 12th at 12pm here:
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Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ...During a day of sampling on Owasco Lake, our partners over at the Finger Lakes PRISM found plenty of starry stonewort. Efforts like these help us map the current extent of this invasive species so that we know where to deploy our resources.
To help in detection efforts like this, you can contact your local resources or sign up here on our website: starrystonewort.org/volunteer/
In just over two weeks, Starry Trek and Snapshot Day will teach participants how to conduct rake tosses and spot invasive species.
Programs like these, and the involvement of citizen like you, are vital to monitoring and stopping starry stonewort.
Volunteers needed to scout lakes for invaders | Detroit Lakes Tribune
Becker, Otter Tail counties among sites providing training to search for starry stonewort.Want to connect more with the Collaborative? You can now find us on Instagram and Twitter!
Instagram: www.instagram.com/starrystonewortcollaborative/
Twitter:https://twitter.com/TheSSWC
Prevention and early action are important steps in controlling and stopping the spread of invasive species like starry stonewort. By acting before an invader has time to greatly proliferate, we can combat invasive species much easier and cheaper.
On August 15th, our partners over at the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center and the River Alliance of Wisconsin will host statewide, sister programs named Starry Trek and Snapshot Day, respectively. These programs are aimed at increasing citizen involvement in the early steps of invasive species control, with participants learning how to conduct rake tosses, identify plants, and report anything they find. With their help, we can detect invasive species before they become problems. Learn more or register to participate at:
Starry Trek: www.maisrc.umn.edu/ais-detectors/starrytrek?fbclid=IwAR0uG0fE_XzgmS9itc7RaB7h_oe4TC627ePMsv401EyF...
Snapshot day: www.wisconsinrivers.org/statewide-snapshot-day/
In case you missed today's webinar with Wesley Glisson and Dan Larkin on starry stonewort treatment, a recording has been posted to our YouTube channel: youtu.be/3EL0ATGWErw
(7/22/2020) Analysis of Treatment Outcomes to Advance Starry Stonewort Management
A July 22nd webinar with Dr. Dan Larkin, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist and Wesley Glisson, Research Fellow, both from the Minnesota Aquatic In...Last Friday, Little York Lake (Preble, NY) was treated with algaecide in hopes to control their starry stonewort infestation. Used in three places, the copper based chemical will hopefully, decrease the presence of this invasive species. However, chemical treatments have been shown to have mixed effect and often will not eliminate the problem, only reduce it.
This Wednesday's webinar with Dr. Dan Larkin and Wesley Glisson will explore treatments likes this, their outcomes so far, and what that could mean going forward. You can preregister to join here: hws.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpd-uorTMiGdd9Ax7EqEu3zv-F04sdIjQ8
All underwater photography on starrystonewort.org captured by Scott Brown
