FWC News

Showing 1 through 10 of 58 articles for tag invasive plant treatment

• FWC conducts Lake Okeechobee organic sediment removal

  Monday, March 2, 2026 -  The projects will be completed during natural low-water conditions using mechanical scraping with excavators, dozers and dump trucks, and will run through June.

• FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Rousseau

  Friday, February 20, 2026 -  The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native submersed aquatic plants and where it may negatively impact navigation and flood protection. There are no restrictions for swimming, fishing, or turf irrigation after treatment.

• FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Okeechobee

  Thursday, October 2, 2025 -  The FWC will treat invasive Luziola subintegra (neotropical water grass) in areas where it exists in dense monocultures to limit ecological damage to the lake’s beneficial native plant communities and to preserve native habitat.

• FWC conducts Lake Okeechobee invasive plant management starting July 28 

  Friday, July 25, 2025 -  A total of 2,500 acres of torpedograss, a Category 1 invasive species, will be managed.

• FWC conducting habitat treatment at Lake Tohopekaliga

  Friday, May 2, 2025 -  The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in the Osceola County lake in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native submersed aquatic plants and could impact access to navigation and flood protection.

• FWC to conduct prescribed burn on Lake Okeechobee

  Wednesday, March 19, 2025 -  The burn area will be up to 28,000 acres and includes 700 acres of cattail that was managed with herbicide in October 2024, along with adjacent green cattail and other associated vegetation.

• FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Tohopekaliga

  Tuesday, January 28, 2025 -  The FWC will treat invasive hydrilla in the Osceola County lake in areas where it is encroaching on beneficial native submersed aquatic plants and could impact flood protection and access to navigation.

• FWC conducting habitat enhancement and public access improvement in Fisheating Creek WMA

  Tuesday, November 26, 2024 -  FWC project managers will be on-site throughout the treatment process to ensure the contractor treats within project boundaries and meets the specifications outlined in the scope of work.

• FWC conducts Lake Okeechobee plant management starting Oct. 28

  Monday, October 28, 2024 -  A total of 1,015 acres of aquatic plants will be managed. Due to the large scale of the project, management will be conducted using helicopters.

• FWC to hold public meeting on aquatic habitat management in the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes

  Thursday, August 29, 2024 -  The meeting will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept.18. at the UF/IFAS Extension Office, 1921 Kissimmee Valley Lane, Kissimmee, FL, 34744.