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It's definetely on the spread in the Tri-Lakes. In the 15 years I've been here, I've seen huge expanses of water get all choked up. The worst is probably around Flood's Landing on Pigeon.

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Just did a google search and found this thing “The V’eed Cutter”.

It looks like it could work pretty good and there seems to be quite a few outlets around Ontario that sells it.

As someone else suggested; check with the Ministry, if it’s ok to cut the stuff down?

 

Dan.

 

http://www.cuttingedgedistributors.ca/veedcutter.html

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Just did a google search and found this thing “The V’eed Cutter”.

It looks like it could work pretty good and there seems to be quite a few outlets around Ontario that sells it.

As someone else suggested; check with the Ministry, if it’s ok to cut the stuff down?

 

Dan.

 

http://www.cuttingedgedistributors.ca/veedcutter.html

 

 

I borrowed one of these from my neighbour (who borrowed it from a friend of his) last summer. Does a pretty good job, cleared most of my shoreline in a couple hours. Expensive though, he told me it cost over $200 at Home Hardware.

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And place/anchor sheets of black plastic on bottom to keep from growing back.

Why not just use herbicide? :sarcasm:

 

Call the MNR and ensure they know there's a problem. And ya harvest the stuff. Wish I had close access to some and don't tell the freakin P3tah folks. Let em buy it from China and other morally superior places like they already do :sarcasm:

 

I can understand why a hunter put it there but he never forecasted the big picture as in most cases of introduced species and he probably feels like an :asshat: .

 

This might even be a case for the invading species hotline http://www.invadingspecies.com/Report.cfm . Just because a plant is indigenous doesn't mean it belongs everywhere in Ontario.

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