Elk Point and Round Hill Rock Cribs Aquatic Invasive Plant Control

From May to July 2025, divers conducting surveillance work north of Nevada Beach detected thousands of aquatic invasive plant fragments floating on the water surface and in the water column. Thousands of these fragments settled and rooted offshore in numbers and distribution far exceeding previous observations in this location. This discovery spurred a rapid response, and divers spent several days pulling the rooted plants and removing fragments. This project proposes to conduct site assessments and plant removal dive visits at this location and sites north of Elk Point in 2026, to ensure that no aquatic invasive plants are infesting the area.