July 20, 2001

Experiment with a beetle is not removing the eurasion milfoil

Annie Feidt - Reporter

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The good news is that higher lake levels this year is slowing the growth of eurasion water milfoil. The bad news is that an experiment using milfoil-eating water beetles isn't working that well. Chip Welling coordinates the Eurasion Water Milfoil program at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. He hasn't given up on the beetles yet.

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Experiment with a beetle is not removing the eurasion milfoil