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• Sandpoint to fight milfoil by hand

  May 20, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 SANDPOINT – City officials in Sandpoint are declining an offer from the Idaho Department of Agriculture to apply herbicide in Lake Pend Oreille near city beaches to eradicate Eurasian milfoil. …

• Woman dies after being caught in milfoil

  August 5, 2010 in City on Page A5 A 23-year-old woman died Wednesday after she spent 10 minutes trapped below the surface of Horseshoe Lake by milfoil. Rachell Wood, of Elk, and her friends attempted to swim from …

• Chemicals dispute plagues milfoil battle

  August 23, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 August in Sandpoint. There are few settings more ideal for a summer vacation. The weather is warm and the lake temperature is just right for swimming, skiing, wakeboarding and tubing. …

• Bonner County plans for milfoil treatment halved

  August 13, 2009 in Idaho SANDPOINT — Bonner County officials say the state has scaled back grant funding for the control of the spread of Eurasian milfoil in local waters.

• State funds awarded for milfoil fight

  March 23, 2009 in City on Page A6 SANDPOINT – Bonner County commissioners have accepted $652,000 from the state to battle invasive Eurasian milfoil. The county had originally asked for $800,000 but was forced to pare down the …

• Milfoil may be fuel source

  September 24, 2008 in City on Page A1 Ask boaters, dock owners, swimmers or scientists and you’re likely to get the same answer: Eurasian milfoil is a good-for-nothing pest. Since the mid-1970s, the feathery water plant has spread …

• Boaters held responsible

  August 10, 2008 in Outdoors on Page T2 A new regulation puts the pressure on Washington boaters to go over their boats, motors and trailers with a fine-tooth comb every time they leave the water at any access …

• Milfoil treatment planned

  July 26, 2008 in Voices on Page V1 When the invasive Eurasian milfoil plant was found in Liberty Lake in 1995, it was initially controlled by a diver hand-plucking each plant from the ground. Since then the hard-to-kill …

• Water quality remains issue on Spokane River

  July 22, 2008 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Getting tangled in water lilies is a hazard of kayaking at Long Lake. The reservoir’s upper end sports a luxuriant growth, and as I paddled I periodically flung tendrils of … 1

• Attacking a noxious enemy

  July 10, 2008 in City on Page A1 HEYBURN STATE PARK, Idaho – The battle for Lake Coeur d’Alene is being waged on its southern shores against an alien invader. Eurasian milfoil, a nonnative weed introduced to local …

• More milfoil funds sought

  February 1, 2008 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Idaho is reporting major progress on clearing out invasive milfoil that’s been choking its lakes and waterways. State Agriculture Director Celia Gould told lawmakers Thursday that an aggressive …

• Milfoil eradicator

  September 13, 2007 in Voices on Page PF1 SPIRIT LAKE – The Inland Northwest has a new weapon in the war against an invasive, aquatic plant that chokes lakes and ponds. Her name is Kymberly Bowlby. A 15-year-old …

• Aquatic weeds, shoreline waste plague lake

  August 14, 2007 in City on Page B1 FORT SPOKANE, Wash. – Bumper crops of weeds in the waters of the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area have prompted complaints from boaters and shoreline property owners. The National Park …

• Workers fighting noxious weed

  July 31, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 The effort continues to combat an aquatic weed infesting much of Eastern Washington and North Idaho’s waters. Treatment for Eurasian milfoil started Monday on about 217 acres of Hayden Lake …

• To block milfoil, rinse and repeat

  May 17, 2007 in Voices on Page PF1 HAUSER – The Hauser community is launching a battle to prevent pesky plants from invading the town’s namesake lake. The ammunition: water.

• It’s prime time in noxious-weed war

  May 15, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – It’s noxious weed season, and a new Idaho law has put a lot more teeth into enforcement. But the basic premise of Idaho’s weed law hasn’t changed: The …

• Hauser Lake to get milfoil rinse station

  May 8, 2007 in City on Page B1 Hauser Lake is the first in Idaho to get a Eurasian milfoil rinse station for boats. The wash station is part of a new statewide effort to stem the spread …

• More tactics in milfoil fight

  February 18, 2007 in Idaho on Page B3 SANDPOINT – Officials plan to recommend a multifaceted attack to combat Eurasian milfoil this summer, a departure from last year’s exclusive use of herbicides. The Bonner County Eurasian milfoil task …

• Panel urges shift in efforts in milfoil fight

  January 17, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – There’s about $1 million left to spend in Idaho’s massive fight against milfoil, but eradication efforts may look a little different this year after an audit of the …

• Judge says dam caused some of lake’s woes

  January 11, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 The Post Falls dam is partially to blame for the milfoil, the washed-away wetlands and the unearthing of prehistoric tribal artifacts in Lake Coeur d’Alene, according to a recent ruling …

• Invasive plant war turns inward

  December 26, 2006 in Idaho on Page A1 MOSCOW, Idaho – This time of year, snow covers most of the vacant lots, neglected fields and construction sites favored by spotted knapweed. But inside a University of Idaho greenhouse, …

• Milfoil fight not yet over, experts say

  October 20, 2006 in Idaho on Page A1 Idaho is declaring victory after a massive, summerlong offensive against milfoil, but weed control experts say the state is far from wiping the exotic invader from lakes and rivers. Tons …

• Growing problem

  August 12, 2006 in SatValley on Page V1 On the north end of Newman Lake, the water is so thick with noxious Eurasian milfoil you could part it with a comb. Long, fernlike tendrils trail upward from depths …

• Milfoil found in three more lakes

  August 2, 2006 in Idaho on Page A1 The more they look, the more they find. In recent weeks, Eurasian milfoil has been confirmed in Priest Lake, in addition to two other North Idaho lakes, Cave and Medicine. …

• Milfoil sighted in Priest Lake

  July 23, 2006 in Idaho on Page B3 As officials in northern Idaho begin an aggressive eradication campaign against Eurasion milfoil, the invasive weed has found its way into another lake. Two organizations, the Idaho Eurasian Milfoil Task …

• Milfoil counterattack

  July 3, 2006 in Idaho on Page A1 Idaho has begun a $4 million campaign to pluck, poison and smother a pernicious weed that has invaded state lakes and rivers. In less than eight years, Eurasian milfoil has …

• State poised to instigate milfoil plan

  April 16, 2006 in Idaho on Page B3 BOISE – Just days after a new $4 million milfoil eradication program became law, the state Department of Agriculture is calling for grant applications to start spending the money. “The …

• Milfoil weed invasion called ‘emergency’

  February 8, 2006 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Lakes and ponds throughout Idaho are infested with a non-native invasive weed, a multimillion-dollar problem that government agencies must address immediately, lawmakers and state officials said Tuesday. “It’s …

• Milfoil concerns on minds of Legislature

  January 13, 2006 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – What began as a minor noxious weed infestation is quickly spreading around Idaho and becoming an epidemic that lawmakers learned Thursday could cost as much as $12 million …