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Lake Tahoe EIP

Emerald Bay State Park Aquatic Invasive Plant Surveillance and Response

Project Number
01.03.01.0025
Action Priority
Prevent, Control, or Eradicate Aquatic Invasive Species
Implementers
California Department of Parks and Recreation
Primary Contact
Rich Adams (rich.adams@parks.ca.gov)
Stage
Implementation
Duration
2014 - ongoing
Aquatic Invasive Species Program Prevent, Control, or Eradicate Aquatic Invasive Species
Annual monitoring is performed by contract scuba divers and the CA State Parks Dive Team to detect and remove any invasive aquatic weeds in Emerald Bay. Emerald Bay was infested with Eurasian watermilfoil and curly-leaf pondweed starting in 2007 and after implementing a removal project that was completed in 2015, this monitoring program was designed and implemented to continue the effort to keep invasive species from establishing in the bay. There is no completion date for this project. It will continue indefinitely. See project 01.03.01.0041 - Emerald Bay Aquatic Invasive Plant Control for most recent information.

Key Accomplishments

  • Acres of Invasive Species Inventoried: 59 acres
  • Acres Treated for Invasive Species: 0.8 acres

Threshold Categories

  • Vegetation Preservation
  • Water Quality
Before After comparison (Timing: After) (~132 KB) Credit: D Shaw Before After comparison

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