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State desk / TVA's aquatic weed harvester on Lake Guntersville / TVA's aquatic weed harvester operating on Guntersville Lake. A harvester pulling up aquatic weeds and grinding them up / Story on bass fishermen angry about TVA starting to spray herbicides on the lake to kill the weeds. Fish...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nesbitt, Charles
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/208634
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Summary:State desk / TVA's aquatic weed harvester on Lake Guntersville / TVA's aquatic weed harvester operating on Guntersville Lake. A harvester pulling up aquatic weeds and grinding them up / Story on bass fishermen angry about TVA starting to spray herbicides on the lake to kill the weeds. Fishermen like the harvesters better. The harvesters will be used in addition to the herbicides. / Mike Paris / TVA engineering aide / Isaiah Hill / TVA engineering aide / Aquatic weed harvester / Hydrilla / Provide excess [r--] for public / "TVA's aquatic weed harvester cutting hydrilla on Lake Guntersville. / Mike Paris, a TVA engineering aide, drives aquatic weed harvester to site where he will cut Hydrilla. TVA cuts paths through the weeds so the public can move around on the lake without fouling their props." / "The weed harvester moves around boathouses on Lake Guntersville." / "Heavy Hydrilla growth chokes slough on Lake Guntersville. Mike Paris, TVA engineering aide, drives weed harvester." / [Work order, map, notes, and copy prints included]