Water chestnuts growing along the side of Lake Champlain near the South Bay boat launch.(Click picture to see full-scale.)
With September drawing to a close, Dresden has completed another year of removing the invasive water chestnut plant from the South Bay of Lake Champlain.
Dresden is reimbursed up to a total of $80,000 by the Department of Environmental Conservation for removing the pesky weed from the shoreline of Lake Champlain. The big red floating harvesters can be seen throughout the summer removing the weeds from the lake.
The water chestnut creates tangled dense webs of almost impenetrable floating leaves that can snarl boat propellers.
After cutting and harvesting, the weeds are brought ashore and removed by the dump truck.
The area in front of the South Bay boat launch is now clear after the 2015 harvesting.(Click picture to see full-scale.)