water soldier in ontario control and management · oipc winter webinar series #2 ... (m, smith,...
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WATER SOLDIER IN ONTARIO
Robert McGowan
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
OIPC Winter Webinar Series #2
Control and Management
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Overview
• What is Water Soldier?
• Where is it located?
• Trent River Monitoring and Treatment 2008-2011
• Trent River Monitoring and Treatment 2014-Present
• Black River Monitoring and Treatment 2015-2016
• 2016 Research
• Policy and Legislation Changes
• Moving Forward
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Water Soldier• Native to Europe and
Northwest Asia
• First wild population in NA located in Trent River
• Asexual reproduction by way of offsets and turions
• Forms dense mats of floating and submerged vegetation
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Water Soldier
In fall: plants sink for the
winter, rosette shoots and
turions survive on the
bottom of the lake
In spring, plants rise to
water surface and form
new roots, offsets become
active, and vegetative
reproduction begins
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Vegitative reproduction
through offsets and turions
No viable seed (no sexual
reproduction) Consistent
with popns in Europe
Each plant can have
multiple offsets and turions
Clonal fragmentation
facilitates dispersal
Fate of Turions (how long
do turions survive? Multiple
years?)
Reproduction
(Smith,2014)
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Trent River Populations
• First observed in 2008
• Hamlet of Trent River within
Lake Seymour
• May have been present 2-3
years prior to detection
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2015 Black River
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Water Soldier Management 2008-2011
Manual RemovalHerbicide Emergency Label
Extension
(D, Copplestone, 2009)(D, Copplestone, 2009)
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Integrated Management Plan
• The IMP has three main objectives:
1. Prevent the introduction and spread of water soldier to
new locations in Ontario,
2. Early detection and rapid response to new water soldier
populations detected within Ontario, and
3. Eradicate established populations of water soldier from
public waters in Ontario
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Water Soldier Working Group
Inter-agency working group consisting of:
• Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
• Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
• Parks Canada
• Trent University
• Lower Trent Conservation Authority
• US Army Corps of Engineers
• Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change.
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Management Approach
TreatMonitor Repeat
Adapt If Necessary!
(Borrowman, 2016) (Borrowman, 2016)
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Monitoring
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Monitoring
• Systematically sample TSW 50x50 metre grid
• 2014 – 5,700 point intercepts
• 2015 – Over 21,000 point intercepts
• 2016 – Over 10,000 point intercepts
• Each point intercept is given a value of water soldier present
• Shallow areas (< 1 meter) are sampled with canoes
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2014 Treatment
Pilot Control Project to utilize Reward
To treat 50 ha between Lake Seymour
And Crowe Bay.
Lake Seymour: 41.7 ha treated
Crowe Bay: 8.3 ha treated
(Wensink, 2014) (Smith, 2014)
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Spring 2015
Results of 2014 Treatment
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2015 ManagementMechanical harvester
Two acres of area covered
190 cubic yards removed
40 cubic yards put into Bio digester
Herbicide Treatment
Large Scale Herbicide treatment on Lake
Seymour
146.5 ha treated by Allied Biological
(M, Smith, 2015)(E. Gulhooley, 2015)
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Results of 2015 Monitoring
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2015 Treatment
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Results of 2016 Monitoring
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Treatment Plots 2016
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2016 Research on Trent River
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Trent University Herbicide Monitoring 2016
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Shade Cloth Enclosures 2016Shade Cloth Enclosures Pilot Project with Trent University
Three 10 ft X 10 ft enclosures Crowe Bay and Percy Reach
All three enclosures had a 100% reduction in water soldier
Great management for small populations, constraints with larger populations.
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2015-2016 Black River Population
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2013
(McCulloch, 2013)
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2014
(McCulloch, 2014)
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2015
(McCulloch, 2015)
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2016
(McCulloch, 2016)
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Invasive Species Act 2015
As of November 3, 2016, water soldier has been listed as a
prohibited species under the Invasive Species Act 2015.
This means no person shall:
(a) bring a member of a prohibited invasive species into Ontario or cause it to
be brought into Ontario;
(b) deposit or release a member of a prohibited invasive species or cause it to
be deposited or released;
(c) possess or transport a member of a prohibited invasive species;
(d) propagate a member of a prohibited invasive species; or
(e) buy, sell, lease or trade or offer to buy, sell, lease or trade a member of a
prohibited invasive species.
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Looking Forward to 2017
• How to sustain multi-year efforts
• Funding
• Efforts to control small/new populations
• D.A.S.H.(Diver Assisted Suction Harvesting)
• Shade Cloth Enclosures
• Overall impact of repeated control
efforts
• Continued monitoring/surveillance
• Education & awareness
• Invading Species Hotline/EDDMapS Ontario
for new sightings
• Workshops in 2017 for landowners (Wensink, 2014)
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Questions?
Robert McGowanWater Soldier Management Technician
705-748-6324 ext. 242
Invading Species Hotline
1-800-563-7711
www.eddmaps.org/Ontario www.invadingspecies.com