Saturday, April 11, 2009

Pontoon Boats: Weeds in the Way

By Chinook Boats

All around the country, lakes and rivers are being overrun with weeds. These weeds cause a great problem with the marine wildlife, so new ways of removing the weeds without disturbing the environment are being explored. The water is too murky and deep for someone to physically go in there and remove the weeds by hand, this is not a viable option. One way that many business owners are getting these weeds removed is by using a pontoon boat.

Normally when you think of pontoon boats the vision of recreation and transportation comes to mind, but times are changing and pontoons are being used for other activities as well. Weed pulling being one of the newest used. Marine and wildlife organizations are working to find environmentally friendly ways to remove and dispose of these noxious weeds. People are now realizing that the pontoon boat is one of the best ways to defeat this growing problem. It is imperative that a solution be found for this noxious weed problem endangering animals and fish in and around lakes and rivers.

Chemical substances and poisons are last on the list to remove these noxious weeds. Most everyone agrees that finding a more eco friendly way of dealing with the over running of weeds in lakes and rivers is the way to go. There was a committee that was assigned from an organization to find the best solution to this problem. A grant was even awarded to the best idea. The best solution turned out to be to use pontoon boats. These boats cause less wildlife stress, are economical and would fit within the project budget. Finding this was the best solution to their growing problem, the organization ordered the pontoon boats and was looking forward to moving on the project.

Pontoon boats were ordered and three days later the weed removal project began. This was a minimal investment for the ongoing weed problem. Blades are attached to the boats and then wrapped around the weeds to pull them out. Finding that the pontoon boats were just what was needed to finish the project and took minimal effort and time to rid the lakes and rivers of the weeds. One of the best reasons to use the pontoon was that they didn't endanger any wildlife. The weeds were completely removed and if by chance they come back the pontoon boats could get rid of them again.

This particular organization had over 25,00 acres of lakes and rivers that needed to have different types of noxious weeds removed. By buying the pontoons to remedy the problem, they could use these boats at any time to control the weed problem. It was definitely a smart decision to purchase the pontoon boats one reason was that they didn't have to use any type of poisons, sprays or chemicals. They were able to solve the weed problem without harming nature. Another good example pontoons are a very versatile watercraft. - 16887

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