INVASIVE SPECIES NEAR YOU?

Thomas F. O'Mara

July 15, 2015

This week in New York, July 12-18, brings the second annual “Invasive Species Awareness Week” (ISAW), and there’s simply no denying its importance: the impact of invasive species can be costly, and devastating.

From the longstanding battle to control the spread of Eurasian Water Milfoil (EWM) in Waneta and Lamoka Lakes in Schuyler and Steuben counties, to the more recent invasion of Hydrilla in the Cayuga Lake Inlet in Tompkins County, our waterway-filled landscape is no stranger to these threats.

But the overall danger of invasive species represents much more than just a fight against aggressive aquatic invaders. And that’s the point of the week ahead.

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