Eurasian Mil Foil Challenge
by Mike Phillips

Mil foil is an aquatic weed that grows in some bodies of water here in Washington as well as Idaho and other areas. Although we have not found the weed in Deer Lake up to this point, it can easily spread to our lake at any time. The most common way it is spread is by boat or boat trailer. A small piece of the weed attached to a boat or trailer can come loose in our lake and we will have the weed. Our neighbor in loon lake have been fighting an expensive and time consuming battle to rid their lake of this weed and treatments are still on going.

Please do your part by reporting any sighting of the weed and clean your trailers and boats before they are put into Deer Lake.