NC STATE PARKS TO SPRAY HYDRILLA NEXT WEEK AROUND CRITICAL KERR LAKE SHORELINES

While the US Army Corps of Engineers continues to study hydrilla and its effects on Kerr Lake, North
Carolina State Parks will become the first governmental agency to take action against hydrilla infested areas around the shoreline that borders some popular recreation areas. Spray treatments are
scheduled for next week.

Kerr Lake State Recreation Area leaders announced yesterday that the spraying of herbicides to help contain hydrilla
will take …

CORP OF ENGINEERS POSTS NEW HYDRILLA SURVEY CONDUCTED BY NCSU

HYDRILLA & THE OLD GOVERNMENT SIDESTEP

The only person talking about hydrilla is a Vance
County Cooperative Extension Agent and his message in summary is spray, spray, spray, but only pay to do it. So hydrilla management in the waters of North Carolina is lucrative only to the
handful of “approved” herbicide applicators who collect big dollars from the lake-front owners who are trying to keep the encroaching water weed from blocking their boating and
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GOOD MEDIA COVERAGE ON HYDRILLA MEETING

At KLPW we are interested in seeing the hydrilla situation brought to the attention of all stakeholders, plain and simple. Our media friends are doing a good job of that.
Below is a sample that shows a clip from wral.com and on MONDAY OR TUESDAY morning between 8:15 and 8:30 AM, LISTEN LIVE to Vance/Warren Extension Agent Paul McKenzie with Greg Thrift on 3WD Radio –
107.7. KLPW

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