How are invasive aquatic plants, including hydrilla and hygrophila, managed?
Many people become quite concerned when they see aquatic plants being sprayed with herbicides in Florida waters. Their concerns seem to focus in two areas. First, they believe that all aquatic plants in Florida waters are beneficial to the environment, not realizing that many of these aquatic plants are not native to Florida, but are invasive non-native species that are quite harmful. Second, they believe that the use of any herbicide in water must be extremely harmful to the environment. They fail to understand that not only are approved aquatic herbicides safe to use in water when properly applied, but failure to keep invasive non-native aquatic plants under control would be devastating to the environment. The Invasive Plant Management section, within the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, administers a program involving state, federal, and local governments that is designed to ensure statewide management of noxious aquatic weeds and to protect our valuable natural ec
Many people become quite concerned when they see aquatic plants being sprayed with herbicides in Florida waters. Their concerns seem to focus in two areas. First, they believe that all aquatic plants in Florida waters are beneficial to the environment, not realizing that many of these aquatic plants are not native to Florida, but are invasive non-native species that are quite harmful. Second, they believe that the use of any herbicide in water must be extremely harmful to the environment. They fail to understand that not only are approved aquatic herbicides safe to use in water when properly applied, but failure to keep invasive non-native aquatic plants under control would be devastating to the environment. The Invasive Plant Management section, within the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, administers a program involving state, federal, and local governments that is designed to ensure statewide management of noxious aquatic weeds and to protect our valuable natural ec
