The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will host a webinar on how to proactively manage nuisance aquatic vegetation on Jan. 16.

Green algae in a pond. Participants will learn how to proactively manage nuisance vegetation from ponds, such as pond scum or cattails during a Jan. 16 webinar on proactively managing nuisance aquatic vegetation.
Participants will learn how to proactively manage nuisance vegetation from ponds, such as pond scum or cattails during a Jan. 16 webinar. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Sam Craft)

The webinar is from 6-7:30 p.m. and registration cost is $35. To register, visit https://tx.ag/AquaticVegetationWebinar. One Texas Department of Agriculture general continuing education unit will be available upon completion for live attendees. A recording will also be provided to paid participants who cannot attend live.

Webinar topics

The hourlong webinar will feature speaker Brittany Chesser, AgriLife Extension aquatic vegetation management program specialist and lead diagnostic scientist at AgriLife Extension’s Aquatic Diagnostics Laboratory.

Chesser said the webinar goal is to help pond owners address aquatic vegetation issues before they get out of hand. 

She will start with discussing why vegetation, like “pond scum” or cattails, may be taking over ponds. Then she will cover how to address these issues using different prevention strategies, including cultural, physical, mechanical and biological methods, to control nuisance vegetation.

There will be a 30-minute question-and-answer session at the end of the webinar.

For more information, contact Chesser at [email protected].