What can you do?
Preventing the spread of nuisance species doesn’t start and end at the boat launch, it first happens with education and awareness. It happens on land and in water. Nuisance species include those invisible to the naked eye and those that are very large in size. Nuisance species are those that are capable of fundamentally changing an ecosystem indefinitely with irreversible negative consequences. With that in mind, it’s helpful to know what to look for. Click on the attachment below to find information for recent observations and point maps of specific nuisance species in locations within a 50 mile radius of Lake Underwood.