Visitor Center Activities Priest Lake Milfoil Wash Station
	ATTENTION BOATERS! Please help us stop the spread of Eurasian milfoil, an invasive water plant with no natural enemies. Milfoil spreads rapidly and chokes out native plants, negatively affects water-based recreational activities and harms fish and wildlife habitat. EURASIAN MILFOIL USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 2: 614. What YOU Can Do To Halt Milfoil's Spread: Stop at the Priest Lake Information Center located at the 18-mile marker on Highway 57, south of the Coolin junction on Priest Lake (see map below) before putting your boat and trailer into the lake. Forest Service personnel will be on hand to wash watercraft free of charge throughout the summer from Friday through Sunday, noon until 5:00 p.m. The wash takes 10-15 minutes to complete. What Does Milfoil Look Like? The plant has a feather-like appearance. Its leaves collapse around the stem when removed from the water. Topmost leaves and stems may be reddish-brown or pink, with mature leave arranged in whorls of four around the stem. Eurasian milfoil has twelve or more pairs of leaflets. Sometimes it resembles native aquatic plants such as Northern milfoil and coontail. Once it starts growing, it's almost impossible to control. For More Information on Eurasian Milfoil, please visit: www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/watermilfoil.shtml www.idahomilfoil.net/ucando.html Top of the page Last updated: 06/14/07
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