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Title

Aquatic Plants Technical Assistance Program 1995 Activity Report

Month-Year PublishedJuly 1996
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Short Description

Legislative action in 1991 (RCW 43-21A.660) established the Freshwater Aquatic Weed Account to provide additional expertise on aquatic plant issues and a source of grant money for local aquatic plant management projects. The need for this program was recognized when the spread of aquatic plant problems in the state′s public waters outgrew the ability of agency officials to adequately address them. To provide technical expertise for aquatic plants, one full-time position was created within the Environmental Investigations and Laboratory Services Program of the Department of Ecology. This position was filled in February 1994.

(Also see abstract below)
Publication Number96-332
Author(s)Parsons, J.
Print Availability
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Number of pages 39 pp. + app. (49 total)
Keywords aquatic, aquatic plants, environmental, GIS, grant, investigation, laboratory, legislative, money, technical, technical assistance, water
Subject Waterbodies
Lake Whatcom, Goodwin Lake, Roesiger, Lucerne Lake, Pipe Lake, Hicks Lake, Lawrence Lake, Long Lake, Isabella Lake, Limerick Lake, Spencer Lake, Bay Lake, Kitsap Lake, Panther Lake, Wildcat Lake, Crocker Lake, Leland Lake, Duck Lake, Chehalis River, Black Lake, East Bernie Slough, Coal Creek, Solo Slough, Silver Lake, Vancouver Lake, Chapman Lake, Scooteney Reservoir, Yakima River, Giffin Lake, Morgan Lake, Unnamed Lake, Babcock Ridge Lake, Canal Lake, Corral Lake, Crater Lake, Evergreen Lake, Quincy Lake, Soda Lake, Warden Lake, Winchester Wasteway Lake, Windmill Lake, Billy Clapp Lake, Wapato Lake, Alta Lake, Davis Lake, Patterson Lake, Pearrygin Lake, Twin, Big Lake, Twin, Little Lake, Green Lake, Palmer Lake, Whitestone Lake, Buffalo Lake, Ellen Lake, Trout Lake, Twin Lake, South, Curlew Lake, Columbia River
map of Washington state showing locations of subject waterbodies
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Aquatic Plants Technical Assistance Program 2000 Activity Reportsimilar topic
Abstract Long Description

Legislative action in 1991 (RCW 43-21A.660) established the Freshwater Aquatic Weed Account to provide additional expertise on aquatic plant issues and a source of grant money for local aquatic plant management projects. The need for this program was recognized when the spread of aquatic plant problems in the state′s public waters outgrew the ability of agency officials to adequately address them. To provide technical expertise for aquatic plants, one full-time position was created within the Environmental Investigations and Laboratory Services Program of the Department of Ecology. This position was filled in February 1994.

The targeted objectives for this position were as follows:

  • to provide technical assistance on aquatic plant identification and management to government agencies and the public;
  • to conduct site visits to identify aquatic plants, evaluate plant community structure and identify the existence or potential for problems; and
  • to assist with rating grant applications to the Freshwater Aquatic Weed Account.

    The purpose of this report is to document the progress of the Aquatic Plant Technical Assistance Program with respect to these objectives during 1995. A report on the program′s results from 1994 is available in Parsons (1995a).


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