Light snow cover could boost curly-leaf pondweed

Mass of curlyleaf pondweed
Photo courtesy of Chris Evans, Illinois Wildlife Action Plan, Bugwood.org.

Kirsti Marohn of Minnesota Public Radio talked with U of MN researcher Michael Verhoeven about the impact that this year’s limited lake snow could have on curly-leaf pondweed (CLP). It may be getting a growth spurt much sooner than normal. Read the full article at MPR news.