Call To Action!
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has developed a prevention and response plan to enable people and organizations to undertake low risk activities to monitor, control, and in some cases eradicate these invasive plants without the need for an authorization under the Invasive Species Act, 2015. The plan also includes detailed best management practices for water soldier.
Download the Prevention and Response Plan for Water Soldier to help monitor, control and help eradicate water soldier populations.
Water Soldier in the Bay of Quinte - 2025 Application Information
2025 Treatment Locations
( Exact dates will be posted with each location when they are confirmed)
An aquatic herbicide application (Reward (Diquat dibromide)) is proposed to occur the week of October 6th, 2025 (pending weather conditions) at the following locations around the Bay of Quinte:
- Between Baker Island and Bay Marine, Quinte West (2.3 ha)
- Near Montrose Road to Wedgewood Lane, Quinte West (1.2 ha)
- Near Gracefield Lane to Wilkie Street, Belleville (0.8 ha)
- Sawguin Creek Wetland North in Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward County (4 ha)
- Near Haig Road to Blessington Creek, Belleville (4.1 ha)
- West Muscote Bay, Prince Edward County (4.8 ha)
- Between Sawguin Island and Grape Island, Prince Edward County (19.6 ha)
- Near Manley Drive in Point Anne, Belleville (2.5 ha)
- Robinson Cove in Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward County (0.5 ha)
- Near the North Port Boat Launch in Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward County (0.5 ha)
An aquatic herbicie application (ProcellaCOR FX) is proposed to occur the week of October 6th, 2025 (pending weather conditions) at the following locations around the Bay of Quinte:
- Pine Point in Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward County (1.5 ha)
- Cow Island, Prince Edward County (0.5 ha)
- Near Thrasher Lane, Quinte West (0.5 ha)
- Near Wilkie Street, Belleville (0.5 ha)
- West Zwick’s Island Park, Belleville (2 ha)
- Bluff Point, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory (4.9 ha)
- Lower Sucker Creek, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory (1.5 ha)
- Airport Creek Marsh, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory (0.5 ha)
For more information about the aquatic herbicide application, call Solitude Lake Management at 1-888-480-5253. Calls received after hours will be returned the next business day.
Bluff Point | Tyendinaga
Gracefiled Lane to Wilkie St.
West Zwicks Island Park
Robinson Cove | Sophiasburgh
Manley Drive | Point Anne
Pine Point | Ameliasburgh
North Port Boat Launch | Sophiasburgh
Montrose Road to Wedgewood Lane
Lower Sucker Creek | Tyendinaga
Haig Road to Blessington Creek
Deseronto
Bluff Point | Tyendinaga
Baker Island & Bay Marine
Airport Creek Marsh | Tyendinaga
Monitoring
Trent-Severn Waterway
Each year from June – August, sections of the Trent-Severn Waterway are monitored for the aquatic invasive plant, water soldier. Teams from the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Parks Canada, and the Ministry of Natural Resources systematically monitor using a 50m x 50m point intercept, recording the presence/absence and abundance of water soldier. The results from monitoring help inform treatment success and needs.
Gallery
OFAH/MNR Invading Species Awareness Program. (2021). Programs – Water Soldier Eradication. Retrieved from: www.invadingspecies.com.
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Header photo by Jay Callaghan, OFAH.
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