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"MI Environment Digest - July 8, 2022"
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Cutting the grass: EGLE helps in fight against invasive phragmites [ [link removed] ]

"July 8, 2022"

Invasive phragmites is on the march in Michigan, and conservationists backed by EGLE are pushing back.

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Herbicidal spraying with proper permits is one way to control invasive phragmites in Michigan.
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Curiosity, Jell-O give EGLE staffer a footnote in Michigan malacology history [ [link removed] ]

"July 7, 2022"

Analysis by a consultant confirmed that EGLE's Sarah LeSage had found the first invasive New Zealand mudsnails in a Michigan river in 2015.

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Kayak trip on Pere Marquette River where Sarah LeSage discovered the first invasive New Zealand mudsnails in a Michigan river.
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The state of knowledge on harmful algal blooms of cyanobacteria in the Great Lakes [ [link removed] ]

"July 6, 2022"

Harmful algal blooms are a growing threat to human and ecological health.

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Cyanobacteria bloom in July 2020 at Wenona Beach on Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron.
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Challenges and successes in managing invasive European frog-bit [ [link removed] ]

"July 5, 2022"

European frog-bit, an invasive aquatic plant on Michigan?s Aquatic Invasive Species Watch List, is spreading along Great Lakes? shorelines.

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Aquatic biologist Tom Alwin removes European frog-bit from backwater area.
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