Imagine that you're spending a leisurely spring day on the water in Texas and the next thing you know, you've found giant, highly destructive, invasive snails. Ewwww!
Congressman John Fleming, M.D. will be hosting a Congressional Field Hearing on Giant Salvinia, an invasive aquatic fern that has rapidly proliferated throughout waterways in the Ark-La-Tex. Native to Brazil, Giant Salvinia clogs waterways, blocks sunlight, and depletes oxygen levels, resulting in severe impacts on commercial and recreational activities.