damaging the lake ecosystem. He was on a visit to Kigongo in Misungwi District, Mwanza Region, an area heavily affected by invasive water weed, accompanied by officials from the Regional ...

Over the past 22 years, the Leech Lake Ice-Out Contest has turned out to be more than just cheap entertainment while waiting for Leech’s ice to melt. One of the major plusses is how it keeps people ...

For the Aune and Anderson families, their sons died two years apart working similar jobs at different companies to remove underwater weeds that are a pesky problem for lake enthusiasts.

Two Minnesota teens recently died at their summer jobs removing weeds from lakes. Now lawmakers are considering new safety rules to prevent those tragedies from happening again. Ukraine agrees to ...

DAR ES SALAAM, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A new type of weed has invaded Lake Victoria, affecting marine transport on the world's second-largest freshwater lake shared by Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda, a ...

DAR ES SALAAM, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A new type of weed has invaded Lake Victoria, affecting marine transport on the world's second-largest freshwater lake shared by Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda ...

Less than a week into the 2025 Leech Lake Ice-Out Contest, and we’ve received a smattering of ice-out entries. Smattering (def.): a few, handful, sprinkling, pinch. In other words, not many, but ...

MWANZA: THE Lake Victoria has been invaded by a new type of weed, ‘Salvinia,’ with the transport sector being the most affected. The weed clings to the bottom of marine vessels, especially propellers, ...

THE rapid spread of the invasive water weed salvinia in Lake Victoria is threatening aquatic life and economic activities in the Lake Zone regions, experts say. Jerome Kayombo, the Lake Zone manager ...

After a year of product tests that show pesticides in California cannabis products, regulators have yet to update standards. Santa Cruz County commissioners say the delay warrants a “public ...

“This guy is a leech on the public. No matter how many billions he gets in tax cuts and government contracts, it will never be enough for him,” the representative wrote on X Saturday.