Staffers are especially busy in the summer months working with landowners, businesses, and other agencies keeping current sites controlled and guarding against new infestations. Over the last few years, increased funding for the Program has produced greater results. With additional staff, the Program has been able to increase field survey, public education, and technical assistance efforts throughout the County. Not Over Yet Additional weed infestations continue to be identified each year by staffers. More information can also be found at the Noxious Weed Control Program web site .
King County lakes come in many different sizes, shapes, depths, and of course, water quality.
Regardless of these characteristics, shorelines are the most biologically diverse and functionally important areas associated with lakes. Transitions between the lake and adjacent upland and terrestrial ecosystems, shorelines provide conditions favorable to rearing fish, as well as habitat for birds, mammals, and others vertebrates. Examples include aquatic insects such as caddisflies and dragonflies, and pond-breeding amphibians such as frogs, toads, and salamanders. The shallow shoreline area, known as the littoral zone, accounts for much of the wildlife diversity seen at lakes. The wide variety of emergent plants such as grasses, herbs, rushes, and sedges in this zone provide the food and cover for an extensive aquatic food web starting with microscopic zooplankton such as water fleas and rotifers.