[APWG] NEWS: 10th Annual Great Air Potato Roundup attracts residents of all ages

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Mon Feb 2 09:39:50 CST 2009


http://www.alligator.org/articles/2009/02/02/news/local/090202_potato.txt

Monday, February 2, 2009 12:49 AM EST
10th Annual Great Air Potato Roundup attracts residents of all ages
By RACHAEL PINO, Alligator Contributing Writer

Couch potatoes were nowhere to be found at the 10th Annual Great Air 
Potato Roundup.

About 925 local residents climbed out of bed early Saturday morning to 
search for air potatoes, a non.native plant threatening Florida.s 
wildlife.  People from local environmental and volunteer organizations 
split up to uproot the plant throughout 33 sites in Gainesville.

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