[APWG] NEWS: Lagoon resident leads fight for mangroves
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Dec 17 08:08:55 CST 2008
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/EastVolusia/evlEAST05ENV121708.htm
December 17, 2008
Lagoon resident leads fight for mangroves
By KELLY CUCULIANSKY
Staff Writer
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Amber Thompson has planted 17 trees over the years,
but there's one species on her waterfront property that she's likened to a
monster that just won't die.
It's a Brazilian pepper-tree cluster and she's tried everything she knows
to get rid of it. For the seven years she's owned the property, Thompson
has watched the invasive plant push out the mangroves on the shore. She's
tried to eradicate it several times.
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