[APWG] NEWS: Officials fight invasive plant on Caddo Lake

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Mon Jun 8 08:06:12 CDT 2009


http://www.news-journal.com/hp/content/news/stories/2009/06/03/06032009_giant_salvinia.html

Officials fight invasive plant at Caddo Lake
By JIMMY ISAAC
Wednesday, June 03, 2009

UNCERTAIN -- John Sanders remembers 50 years ago when the bottom of Caddo 
Lake was a clean, almost sandy surface seen through clear, pristine water.

Tuesday morning, Sanders dredged up sludge from the shallow depths of 
Texas' largest natural lake. While he's one-half of local and state 
efforts to clear Caddo Lake of invasive aquatic plants, Sanders thinks the 
other half isn't solving the problem.

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