Once established, it is impossible to control the spread of the spiny water flea, an aquatic invasive zooplankton native to Eurasia that can alter the food webs of freshwater lakes.
In 2012, the invasive was found in Lake George, having already been detected in Great Sacandaga Lake, the Champlain Canal and the Glens Falls Feeder Canal.
In July of that year, a fisherman who was trolling the waters off Mallory Island presented a volunteer inspecting boats at DEC’s Mossy Point Launch with a cluster of small organisms attached to his fishing line.
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