[APWG] NEWS: Experts Agree: Comprehensive Control Plan is Needed for Management and Eradication of Giant Salvinia

[Olivia Kwong]

http://naturalresources.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=249072

Experts Agree: Comprehensive Control Plan is Needed for Management and
Eradication of Giant Salvinia

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 2011 - Today, the House Subcommittee on
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held a field hearing
in Shreveport, Louisiana titled “Giant Salvinia: How Do We Protect Our
Ecosystems?” Subcommittee Chairman John Fleming (LA-04) and
Representative Louie Gohmert (TX-01) attended the hearing and heard
from Administration, state and local experts on the status of the
fight against giant salvinia, what control or eradication methods have
worked and at what costs, and ways by which these efforts can be
financed in the future.

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