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• FWC conducting Lake Okeechobee aquatic plant management this week

  Monday, May 20, 2024 -  Management areas include the lake’s northwest marsh between Buckhead and Dyess canals. A total of 2,400 acres of torpedograss, a Category I invasive species, will be managed.

• FWC conducting aquatic habitat enhancement in Everglades WMA Complex

  Friday, May 3, 2024 -  An aerial treatment of selective aquatic herbicides will target up to a total of 1,050 acres of invasive cattail.

• FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Cypress

  Friday, April 5, 2024 -  The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in portions of Lake Cypress the week of April 15, weather permitting.

• FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Merritts Mill Pond

  Wednesday, March 6, 2024 -  The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in the Jackson County lake in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native submersed aquatic plants and could impact access to navigation.

• FWC to conduct prescribed burn on Lake Okeechobee

  Wednesday, February 28, 2024 -  The burn area is approximately 200 acres, which includes cattail that was managed with herbicide in October 2022, along with adjacent green cattail and other associated vegetation.

• FWC to conduct Lake Okeechobee plant management this week

  Monday, October 16, 2023 -  Management areas include dense cattail marsh in Moonshine Bay at the western end of the lake with smaller treatment areas in the northwest marsh between Buckhead Ridge and the Indian Prairie Canal.

• FWC conducts plant control on Lake Seminole

  Wednesday, September 6, 2023 -  The FWC is conducting aerial aquatic plant management on Lake Seminole throughout the week of Sept. 5, weather permitting.

• FWC conducts plant control on Lake Okeechobee

  Tuesday, June 20, 2023 -  The FWC will treat invasive Wright’s nutrush (Scleria lacustris) in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native emergent vegetation and could impact access to navigation.

• FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Panasoffkee

  Thursday, May 4, 2023 -  The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in the Sumter County Lake in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native submersed aquatic plants and could impact access to navigation

• FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Rousseau

  Wednesday, May 3, 2023 -  The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in the Citrus, Levy and Marion counties lake in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native submersed aquatic plants and may negatively impact navigation and flood protection.