Author: Deborah Grigsby [email protected]
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Biologists eradicate invasive giant bighead carp from Arvada park pond
For the third time in less than a month, Colorado Parks and Wildlife aquatic biologists have removed invasive giant bighead carp from a pond in Arvada’s Jack B. Tomlinson Park. The removal operation employs a boat-deployed technique called electrofishing. “So on our boats, we have generators that will push an electrical current into the water…
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Colorado’s Jefferson County targets myrtle spurge, five other invasive plants
For Alicia Doran, conversations in her office often get really deep into the weeds. Literally. Doran is the coordinator for Jefferson County’s Invasive Species Management program and a local expert on noxious weeds — plants that grow aggressively and pose a threat to agriculture, wildlife or property. Noxious weeds are a big problem not only…