Update: California OKs plan to use pesticides at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 05/16/2012 - 12:56am
California's Water Resources Control Board OK'd plans on Tuesday that could allow pesticides to be used for the first time in Lake Tahoe. The measure now moves to the Environmental Protection Agency. The new rules permit pesticides as a last resort to control invasive species like Eurasian milfoil, an aquatic plansold for aquariums which is choking the bottom of marinas around the lake.
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