In addition to the tremendous difficulties faced by victims of Hurricane Harvey as a result of flooding, natural resource managers are facing the potential spread of aquatic invasive species. Flooding can connect normally separated drainages, which can spread invasives from one body of water to another. To help explore this possibility, the U.S. Geological Survey has produced an on-line mapping tool that illustrates the potential for aquatic invasive species to spread as a result of the deluge. NOLA-The Times Picayune talks Harvey’s flooding, non-native species and what one Geological Survey biologist is doing to track them. Read more…
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