Wednesday, August 31st 2022, 12:04 pm - Three known populations of European water chestnut are in Ontario, including in the Welland River. Katie Church has yanked so many patches of the pesky invasive European water chestnut this summer, she has dreams about doing it. The group was tasked with searching, finding and plucking the thick, rooted green invasive aquatic plant by hand along a 30-kilometre stretch of the Welland River, in Ontario's Niagara Region. European water chestnut (EWC for short) clogs shorelines, cutting off sunlight and space for fish and native plants. Katie Church spent her whole summer searching, finding and plucking invasive European water chestnut from the Welland River, in the Niagara Region.

Source: CBC News August 31, 2022 16:16 UTC