Kirby Storter - the removal of Water Hyacinth

Pulling the Water Hyacinth out

of the pond and putting it into

plastic bags.

Lifting the bag out of the kayak

and onto the boardwalk

Dumping the Water Hyacinth out of

the plastic bags so the bags can be

used again. It also allows the water

in the Water Hyacinth to drain through

the board walk before the next step.

The Water Hyacinth is put into large

paper bags donated by ACE hardware

then set aside to dry out

and then burned.

Water Hyacinth and root system

The beauty of small things in nature...

the root system...so delicate.

Even though this is an aggressive non-native

species, it's beauty is still wonderful! If only

it could control itself...mmm...perhaps it

is a lot like us humans. We're beautiful, but

we have a tendency to be aggressively

invasive to nature....