[APWG] NEWS: Hydrilla horrors: Invasive plant causes bird deaths at lake

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Fri Sep 17 08:26:45 CDT 2010


http://www.rockdalecitizen.com/newtonnews/headlines/103104724.html

Hydrilla horrors: Invasive plant causes bird deaths at lake
Reporter: By Crystal Tatum, Staff Reporter
Posted: 10:06 PM Sep 16, 2010

COVINGTON -- There's a problem at Lake Varner. A big one.

The lake has been infiltrated by a fast-growing invasive aquatic plant 
called hydrilla, and it's wreaking havoc, affecting everything from the 
water treatment process to the fishing to the bird population.

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