A Toitū Te Whenua — Land Info New Zealand (Linz) spokeswoman mentioned divers situated the invasive lake weed and used a pipe to take away the plant, together with its roots, pumping it to the floor and amassing it in baggage for disposal.
This season’s management work began in October and was anticipated to be accomplished by the tip of June or mid-July.
“Our divers additionally perform common surveillance in cleared areas to make sure the weed has not reinvaded,” the spokeswoman mentioned.
The Otago Regional Council web site says the fast-growing freshwater pest plant is present in Lakes Dunstan and Roxburgh and elements of Lake Wānaka.
Lagarosiphon was as soon as offered as a ornament for aquariums or ponds and is believed to have been unintentionally launched to waterways via disposal into drains or ponds, it says.
