{"id":238306,"date":"2013-02-05T10:33:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T16:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=238306"},"modified":"2013-02-06T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:46:00","slug":"invasive-plant-moving-into-other-east-texas-lakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=238306","title":{"rendered":"Invasive Plant Moving Into Other East Texas Lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=238479\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-238479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2013\/02\/salvania-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"salvania\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-238479\" \/><\/a>MARSHALL (AP) \u2013 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials say an invasive plant that\u2019s become a problem on Caddo Lake has been spread to at least four other East Texas lakes. The non-native giant salvinia is showing up on boat ramps at Lake O\u2019 the Pines, Lake Wright Patman, Lake Gilmer and Lake Murval. Agency spokesman Lynn Wright tells the Marshall News-Messenger boaters accelerate the plant\u2019s march through the state\u2019s lakes because it clings to boats and trailers. A single plant can double in just a week. The plant grows to a thick carpet on the lake surface, blocking light for other plants beneficial to fish. Once established, the salvinia is nearly impossible to eliminate. The problem is severe this year on Caddo Lake, where most boat ramps are clogged with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARSHALL (AP) \u2013 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials say an invasive plant that\u2019s become a problem on Caddo Lake has been spread to at least four other East Texas lakes. The non-native giant salvinia is showing up on boat ramps at Lake O\u2019 the Pines, Lake Wright Patman, Lake Gilmer and Lake Murval. Agency &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=238306\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Invasive Plant Moving Into Other East Texas Lakes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-05 08:30:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238306"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238538,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238306\/revisions\/238538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}