{"id":13755,"date":"2022-07-05T17:01:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T21:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/?p=13755"},"modified":"2022-07-05T17:01:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T21:01:25","slug":"what-you-should-all-know-about-eurasian-watermilfoil-and-especially-how-to-prevent-its-arrival-in-dunany-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/what-you-should-all-know-about-eurasian-watermilfoil-and-especially-how-to-prevent-its-arrival-in-dunany-lakes\/13755","title":{"rendered":"What you should all know about Eurasian Watermilfoil and, especially, how to prevent its arrival in Dunany Lakes."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the guy in charge of lake management in Dunany I was asked the other day: is there anything that keeps you awake at night? I said yes. Definitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/myriophylle-a-epis.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13759\" width=\"478\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/myriophylle-a-epis.jpg 602w, https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/myriophylle-a-epis-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Its Eurasian Watermilfoil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is that? Simply because once a lake has been contaminated it is almost impossible to get rid of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Globally, our lakes are in very good shape. Clarity is good, phosphorus is low, there are no blue-green algae and it has been like that for many years now. We have strong data to support this affirmation. And you made it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, Eurasian Watermilfoil can spoil all that. I do not want to be alarmist but even if our risk is low &#8211; no motorboats and trailers to bring it &#8211; that risk is not inexistant. Sometimes, a small invasion can be controlled but it is an eternal beginning and the cost is huge.  And just a few fragments of the plant can contaminate a lake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here again is what you can do to prevent our lakes and your assets from this devilish plant brought from Europe and the Middle East many decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>So, this summer, make sure that the boats such as kayaks, canoes, paddleboards, their accessories as well as small electric motors, and fishing gear brought in by renters, family and friends are thoroughly washed before they navigate our lakes.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how to proceed. Follow these four steps:&nbsp;<strong>inspect \u2013 drain \u2013 clean \u2013 dry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Inspection<\/strong>&nbsp;is the most important. If you look carefully, you will locate even small fragments of the plant.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Drain<\/strong>&nbsp;to make sure there is no leftover water at the bottom of your kayak, for example.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Clean<\/strong>&nbsp;with fresh water and a bit of&nbsp;<strong>bleach<\/strong>. <\/li><li>Finally, let<strong>&nbsp;dry<\/strong>&nbsp;in the sun.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>All this should evidently be done at a good distance from the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, if you are a bit curious and want to know more about the plant, how to identify it, have a look at this video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Identification du myriophylle \u00e0 \u00e9pis\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WLs0xwrA2Ik?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the guy in charge of lake management in Dunany I was asked the other day: is there anything that keeps you awake at night? I said yes. Definitely. Its Eurasian Watermilfoil. Why is that? Simply because once a lake&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13755"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13784,"href":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13755\/revisions\/13784"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dunany.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}