NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Rotovating/Hydroraking-Yaphank Lakes
•Impact on
Target Plant Species- short
term control
•Impact on
Native Plant Species- significant
within cutting zone
•Impact on
Native Animal Species- some
loss within cutting zone
•Post-Treatment
Plant Coverage
–treatment
zone- minimal to low
–outside
treatment zone- all
plants
•Water quality
changes temporary turbidity
/ floating material
liberation
of sediment pollutants
•Ecological
impacts major habitat
disruption
sedimentation
outside cutting zone
•Downstream
impacts floating plant
material / turbidity
•Potential for
regrowth
–within
treatment zone- low
–from outside
treatment zone- high
•Recreational
Impacts During Treatment
–within
treatment zone- significant
–outside
treatment zone- none
•Likelihood of
Suboptimal Results moderate