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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to delay a pilot program that would have applied a chemical treatment to improve water quality at Lake Mattamuskeet as a lawsuit against it continues.

Conservation groups argue the use of this chemical treatment will harm wildlife in a well-known bird sanctuary.

In April, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced $27.25 million will be invested in the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound. USFWS Director Martha Williams talks about this funding and its implications.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will use a chemical to improve water quality in Lake Mattamuskeet. Conservationists worry it will harm birds at North Carolina's largest freshwater lake.

Lake Mattamuskeet is the largest natural freshwater lake in North Carolina. The lake has experienced declining water quality for decades, leading to harmful algal blooms. A proposal would address these algal blooms using a chemical treatment.

Lake Mattamuskeet is infested with an invasive species that has destroyed underwater grasses and decreased water quality.

The annual migration of waterfowl to Lake Mattamuskeet is underway in Swan Quarter. Roughly 200,000 birds were counted in the National wildlife refuge…