• Sea Lamprey Control, NYSDEC, Bureau of Fisheries. The bureau undertakes sea 
lamprey control using chemicals and migration barriers. 
• Monitoring Program: zebra mussels, quagga mussels, and round goby NYSDEC, 
Bureau of Fisheries. The bureau monitors for Type E botulism and collects dead bodies. 
Control is not feasible. 
• NYSDEC, Division of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources, Region 5 and Region 6. 
The Division protects ponds that are habitat for unique strains of native Adirondack 
brook trout from species such as yellow perch. 
• Aquatic Plant Harvesting, Finger Lakes-Lake Ontario Watershed Protection 
Alliance (FL-LOWPA). The Alliance conducts mechanical harvesting in multiple 
counties at multiple sites for aquatic plants including Eurasian watermilfoil (EWM), 
muskgrass, and water chestnut. Some county programs have volunteer training and 
opportunities. 
• Invasive Species Initiative, FL-LOWPA, Hamilton County Soil and Water 
Conservation District (SWCD). The District distributes educational materials, 
including fact sheets, brochures, and signs, and is developing and encouraging volunteer 
monitoring for invasive aquatic plants, which will provide assistance to several lake 
associations. 
• Evaluating Alternative Control Strategies for Invasive Aquatic Plants, FL-LOWPA, 
Madison County Planning Department, in conjunction with SUNY Oneonta and 
Cornell University. With the goal of formulating a control strategy, the group is 
examining the impact of fish communities on EWM herbivores. 
• Zebra Mussel Monitoring in Eaton Brook Reservoir and Downstream Tributaries, 
FL-LOWPA, Madison County Planning Department. These entities are monitoring 
the zebra mussel population established in the reservoir, because it is a tributary to the 
Susquehanna River which empties into the Chesapeake Bay where the zebra mussels are 
not yet established. 
• Monitoring and Research, FL-LOWPA, Steuben County SWCD, in cooperation 
with Cornell University Experimental Ponds Program. The District is conducting 
research on the presence and impact of the European aquatic moth (an exotic species that 
feeds on EWM). 
• The Milfoil Project (Weevil Control Program), Lake Bonaparte Conservation Club. 
The Club is conducting milfoil control using weevils. 
• Milfoil Control, Upper Saranac Lake Foundation. The town contracted with divers to 
hand-cull milfoil in the Upper Saranac Lake. 
• Research, Cornell University, Research Ponds Facility. Researchers are monitoring 
and managing aquatic plant communities throughout the northeast and New York State 
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