AQUATIC INVASIVES

 
 
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WHAT ARE AQUATIC INVASIVE PLANTS?

  • nonnative plants that displace native plants and negatively impact the fish in our lake

  • introduced either accidentally or intentionally by human activities such as boating

HOW TO STOP THE SPREAD

Clean your boat before entering the lake. Check out this video to learn more.

  • Landscape with non-invasive plants in the garden.

  • Click Here to volunteer. Help us identify invasives in the lake, raise money, create awareness.

How Invasives Affect Home Owners?

  • If unaddressed, invasive plants will make it difficult for home owners and renters to enjoy activities on the lake such as boating, birding, hunting, and fishing.

  • Decreases property values

How Your Donations Are Used To Address Invasives?

  • Annual Cost $33,000 or about $200 per member/household

    • $9,000 / year - Rte. 74 Boat Wash

    • $24,000 / year - Harvesting

Eurasian Milfoil - This nonnative aquatic plant lives in calm waters such as lakes, ponds, and calm areas of rivers and streams. It colonizes via stem fragments carried on boating equipment, emphasizing why boats should be thoroughly cleaned, rinsed, and inspected before entering Paradox Lake.

Eurasian Milfoil - This nonnative aquatic plant lives in calm waters such as lakes, ponds, and calm areas of rivers and streams. It colonizes via stem fragments carried on boating equipment, emphasizing why boats should be thoroughly cleaned, rinsed, and inspected before entering Paradox Lake.

Curly-leaf pondweed is commonly found in alkaline and high nutrient waters, preferring soft substrate and shallow water depths. It tolerates low light and low water temperatures.

Curly-leaf pondweed is commonly found in alkaline and high nutrient waters, preferring soft substrate and shallow water depths. It tolerates low light and low water temperatures.

Zebra mussels are armed with root-like threads of protein, called "byssal threads," that allow them to firmly attach themselves to hard surfaces such as rocks, native mussels, docks, or boats.

Zebra mussels are armed with root-like threads of protein, called "byssal threads," that allow them to firmly attach themselves to hard surfaces such as rocks, native mussels, docks, or boats.