On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:44:50 -0400, "PRM"
wrote:

Long time lurker surfaces to ask a question.

Any one familiar with Didymo?

There are several tailwaters in the Southeast where I fish that have been
invaded and there does not seem to be much concern about it.

I've googled it and gotten the basic info which is this is an invasive algae
that threatens a lot of insect life in trout water.

Has there been discussion in this group that I have missed?

Thanks,

Patrick



Patrick,

Got an email back from Paul Bugas, one of the fisheries biologists at
VADGIF in response to your info and they are aware of the issue.
They've put up posters at the Jackson, worked with TU and placed
articles in newspapers to get the word out so didymo can be contained.
He says there is no treatment for didymo to date and prevention is the
most important action that can be taken, which is exactly as you have
been doing. He referred me a little deeper into the EPA site:
http://www.epa.gov/Region8/water/mon...mosphenia.html
which doesn't contain a lot of extra info except the map which shows
the major outbreaks, most of them in the west.
It is alarming...and the stuff is spreading in the east.

Kiyu