invasive species

Goat on the lam at state park?

Sep 4, 2024

Frontenac State Park officials are seeking information on a guest believed to have overstayed its reservation. The park contracts to have herds of goats brought in to graze on invasive buckthorn. The goats are confined, but one is believed to have escaped last year and has since become known by...

Meetings on invasive carp planned

Dec 27, 2023

The Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance (LPLA) and Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) are hosting four community action meetings (including a virtual option) “to engage people in efforts to protect our rivers, lakes and streams from invasive carp,” the groups said in a news release. These meetings will...

Buckthorn removal lesson is Nov. 4

Nov 1, 2023

The Friends of Frontenac State Park Association is holding a hands-on lesson on removing buckthorn at the park on Saturday, Nov. 4, at 10 a.m. “Invasive Species Management: Buckthorn Removal is a free, family friendly event on how to deep-six that darned buckthorn from the wild, and from your yard...

DNR-contracted commercial fishers capture 30 invasive carp on Mississippi

Mar 29, 2023

A commercial fishing business contracted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) captured 30 invasive carp Monday in Pool 6 of the Mississippi River, near Winona. While invasive carp have been previously captured in Pool 6 and upstream as far as the Twin Cities metro, this is the...

Flowering Rush control coming to area backwaters

Jun 29, 2022

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is asking boaters to avoid specific backwater areas of Upper Mississippi River Pools 4, 5, 7 and 8 during upcoming invasive species control efforts. Beginning the week of June 27, 2022, the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (Refuge)...

Voth dairy expansion approved and other things to know

May 12, 2021

The Goodhue County Board of Commissioners met on May 4 to discuss an array of topics, including the Voth Dairy expansion, aquatic invasive species removal and a new solar energy system. Here is what you need to know: Aquatic invasive species Through a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources...

Four silver carp fitted with trackers on Mississippi River

Oct 28, 2020

As part of extensive efforts to prevent the spread of invasive carp, four silver carp were recently captured, fitted with tracking devices and released in Pool 8 of the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wis. A commercial fishing operation contracted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources...

Emerald ash borer is destroying trees here

Aug 5, 2020

Earlier this spring, the Lake City City Council established the Forestry Advisory Committee to help deal with the loss of trees due to storm damage and infestation from the emerald ash borer. The committee is headed up by Charlotte Eastin and committee members include Katie Himanga, and Kathy...

Gypsy moth treatment coming to Oak Center

May 6, 2020

Oak Center is one of two areas in southeastern Minnesota to be treated for gypsy moth infestations in the coming weeks. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is preparing to treat two areas in southeast Minnesota, one near Hokah in Houston County and another near Oak Center in Wabasha...

Kiwanis hears about invasive species

Feb 14, 2019

Tim Jackson, Wabasha County’s environmental resources technician, spoke to the Lake City Kiwanis club about invasive species at the club’s Feb. 6 meeting. His message for preventing the spread of invasive species is “Clean, Drain, and Dry.”