Eurasian milfoil is in 200 of Minnesotaʼs lakes and up until now, the most common way to fight it was to cut it.
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> “It’s a temporary fix, like a haircut. You need to do it like, every 30 days,” explained lake homeowner Bob Pillsbury.
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> City officials budget about $115,000 per season to cut milfoil out of Lake Minnetonka. But now thereʼs a new treatment that kills it for good.
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> The Department of Natural Resources allowed a controlled application of herbicide to be spread across the lake on Wednesday. The herbicide will kill weeds and milfoil before they even begin to grow and will last all season long. The DNR says the chemical will not harm fish or swimmers.
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> The DNR first tested the herbicide in 2006. It was so successful in stopping milfoil, that lakeshore property owners started offering to help pay for the prevention program.
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> Home and property owners on Grayʼs Bay raised over $60,000 to treat the bay for milfoil. The DNR has offered to pay $25,000 to treat three more bays.
A. Is this true ??
B. Thoughts ??