What are Aquatic Hitchhikers?
Aquatic hitchhikers also known as nuisance and invasive species: • Include both plants (such as salvinia, hydrilla), animals (such as zebra mussels, crayfish and New Zealand mudsnails) and diseases and pathogens. • Are not native to Arizona. Although not all non-native species are bad, some can be devastating. Click here for examples. • Cause physical and economic damages to our recreational, commercial, environmental, cultural or historic resources and/or create public health problems. Click here to find out more negative impacts. • Can impair water resources. Water is life in the desert and aquatic nuisance species that impair water resources, wildlife health, water quality or water conveyance, threaten us all.
