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High School Students in MN Getting Ahead of Invasive Species!

Weevils are the Key to Their Success!
posted on 9:12 AM, August 22, 2019
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From MPR News...

For the past several weeks, a group of high school students has been on a nature scavenger hunt in the Twin Cities’ western suburbs. They’re looking for a bug smaller than a grain of rice — underwater, in the middle of a lake.

The group is part of an experiment to control invasive Eurasian watermilfoil on Christmas Lake in Excelsior — without using chemicals or mechanical cutting.

Read more here!