{"id":269,"date":"2018-02-09T23:23:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T23:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakehopatcongcommission.org\/?page_id=269"},"modified":"2025-05-27T12:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:39:12","slug":"weed-harvesting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lakehopatcongcommission.org\/index.php\/weed-harvesting\/","title":{"rendered":"Weed Harvesting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many shallow sections of Lake Hopatcong are susceptible to an abundant density of rooted aquatic plants, commonly referred to as weeds.\u00a0 To harvest these areas, the harvester operator cuts the weeds toward the center of an\u00a0 infested area typically closer to the middle of the lake and will remove weeds closer to the shoreline as the harvesting is completed in that area.\u00a0\u00a0 Before moving to another section of the lake, the operator will pick up floating weeds (floaters) with the harvester near the shoreline.\u00a0 The operator will not harvest weeds near rocks, in shallow water or near bulkheads.<\/p>\n

When cutting weeds, the harvesters move at less than 5 mph and move considerably slower if the water is choppy or if it is windy.\u00a0 As an example, on a beautiful sunny day with no wind or waves, it takes the harvester approximately 15 minutes just to travel from the Point Pleasant in Hopatcong to the beach at the State Park when the harvester is not cutting weeds.\u00a0 Under the same conditions, if the harvester was cutting one pass from Point Pleasant to the State Park beach, it would take at least 30 minutes to harvest that distance.<\/p>\n

The original weed harvesters are still in operation today, making them 16 years old this year. \u00a0During the off season the field staff maintain and repair the harvesting equipment to keep the machines in good working condition.<\/p>\n

Click here to learn more about the benefits <\/a>of weed harvesting.<\/p>\n

Are you interested in identifying the types of native and invasive aquatic plants found in Lake Hopatcong or to learn about notorious invasive species currently not found in the lake?\u00a0 If so, the Identification Manual of Aquatic Plants in Lake Hopatcong and Potential Future Invasive Species<\/a> is a great learning tool.<\/p>\n

2025 Weed Harvesting Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Many shallow sections of Lake Hopatcong are susceptible to an abundant density of rooted aquatic plants, commonly referred to as weeds.\u00a0 To harvest these areas, the harvester operator cuts the weeds toward the center of an\u00a0 infested area typically closer to the middle of the lake and will remove weeds …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1029,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-269","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakehopatcongcommission.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakehopatcongcommission.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakehopatcongcommission.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakehopatcongcommission.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakehopatcongcommission.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/lakehopatcongcommission.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3386,"href":"https:\/\/lakehopatcongcommission.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/269\/revisions\/3386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakehopatcongcommission.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakehopatcongcommission.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}