NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORER - According to the Global Invasive Species Database -- The world’s worst invasive weed, is the giant Salvinia. a plant that grows in lakes and waterways and can wreak havoc on an aquatic ecosystem. And one of the largest and perhaps most important natural resources in the Red River Radio listening area is Caddo Lake which is situated on the Northern Texas-Louisiana Border.
This Monday evening, Jan. 28, the television program National Geographic Explorer will televise a segment on Caddo Lake and what’s being done to fight the Salvinia problem. I spoke with Laura Ashley Overdyke – Executive Director of the Caddo Lake Institute, a non-profit scientific and educational organization founded in 1992 with the mission of protecting the unique treasure that is Caddo Lake.
"This segment really focuses on the fight against salvinia and how non-profits like Caddo Lake Institute and Caddo Bio-control Alliance have partnered with the government who sprays the lake to also have a bio-control which is these weevils that only eat salvinia," explained Overdyke.
You can see the segment on Caddo Lake and what’s being done to fight salvinia this Monday on the TV program National Geographic Explorer 5pm Central Standard Time. Check your local TV listings. You can also watch it later on NationalGeographic.com/Explorer
Tp learn more about Caddo Lake and efforts to preserve it, here’s a website: CaddoLakeInstitute.org
