{"id":6273,"date":"2012-07-12T12:45:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T16:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2012-07-12T12:49:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-12T16:49:01","slug":"breaking-spiny-waterflea-set-to-infest-lake-champlain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/07\/12\/breaking-spiny-waterflea-set-to-infest-lake-champlain\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING:  Spiny water flea set to infest Lake Champlain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6274\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/07\/12\/breaking-spiny-waterflea-set-to-infest-lake-champlain\/spinywatflea2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6274\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6274\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6274\" title=\"spinywatflea2\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/07\/spinywatflea2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/07\/spinywatflea2.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/files\/2012\/07\/spinywatflea2-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: NYS DEC<\/p><\/div>\n<p>State officials say a nasty invasive species has been identified in the Champlain Canal and the Glens Falls Feeder Canal.<\/p>\n<p>According to the state Department of Environmental Conservation, the &#8220;spiny water flea&#8221; was identified in water samples collected June 12th at two locations by researchers working for SUNY Plattsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>The invasive creature, originally found in Europe and Asia, is notorious for fouling fishing gear, but it also disrupts the natural food chain, often out-competing native fish and organisms.<\/p>\n<p>A researcher with the University of Vermont told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burlingtonfreepress.com\/article\/20120711\/GREEN01\/307110022\/Invasive-water-flea-found-Champlain-Canal?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE\">Burlington Free Press<\/a> that it now appears certain that the spiny water flea will make its way into Lake Champlain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unless we do something to close the canal, it is inevitable,&#8221; said fisheries biologist Ellen Marsden.<\/p>\n<p>Spiny water flea is only the latest foreign creature to make its way into North Country waters.<\/p>\n<p>Anglers and boaters are urged to use washing stations to clean their gear and boats before moving between lakes and rivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State officials say a nasty invasive species has been identified in the Champlain Canal and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[884,5669,959,6902],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}