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Kenai Peninsula partners outline elodea treatment at Crescent Lake, warn of 2027 funding gap
Summary
KP CISMA partners told the assembly they treated about 41 surface acres of elodea at Crescent Lake in 2025 using diquat and fluridone, monitored minimal non‑target impacts, but said existing grant funding will not cover a needed third treatment in 2027 and they are seeking nonfederal matching funds.
Jen Chauvet of Homer Soil & Water (KP CISMA), Peter Frank (Chugach National Forest) and Cody Jacobson (Alaska DNR Division of Agriculture) briefed the assembly on the discovery and treatment of invasive elodea at Crescent Lake.
Chauvet said the peninsula first documented elodea in 2012 and that a previously unknown population was found at Crescent Lake in 2023, with infestations covering roughly 11 acres in the western half and outlet. The partnership developed a treatment plan in 2024 and secured Alaska Sustainable Salmon Fund money to begin spot treatments in 2025.
Jacobson described…
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