The fiction about weed management in ponds and lakes in Texas, for that matter, everywhere, has grown to a point, where it now supports it’s own mythology! I want to clear out some of the weeds, and do so without muddying the water!
First, Without doubt, without argument, without room for compromise, preventing the invasion of exotic lake weeds is the very best way to solve the lake weed problem! That issue is dealt with at length in the TexPest Services Aquatic Weed Control Directory, and Preventing Exotic Aquatic Weeds, and other articles on this site. Another point on which there should be no argument, is that it would be unwise to do away with all pond and lake weed vegetation. I have however heard it set up as a straw man, by people who have a vested interest in one side of this issue. The idea seems to be, that chemical and biological vegetation managers are trying to destroy all vegetation in lakes, and poison and pollute them at the same time! It is not too hard to guess the source of this argument.
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