Lake
Okeechobee Conditions Report October 21, 2008:
According
to the USACE web site,
Monthly
SAV sampling was conducted along the southern shoreline last week. A
continued decline in Chara was reported, with
sparse growth reported at 1 of 7 sites. Water clarity remains poor, with secchi depths < 0.5 m and secchi
depth:total depth ratios
< 0.2.
Vegetation
management crews are on the lake treating large areas of exotic vegetation, including water hyacinth, West Indian marsh
grass, and South American water grass (Luziola).
Treatment areas include
A
survey will be conducted this week to determine the status of large numbers of
the endangered Okeechobee Gourd that became established on the southern islands
during the drought.
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