Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 05.01.2019
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, team lead of the Aquatics Division of Small craft Operators, Terry Driggers primary job here in Palatka is to keep the St. Johns River Navigable. His team assists and supports Corps biologists in the collection of the alligator flea beetle at their Palatka office. The little beetle is one of the methods that the Corps uses to control the invasive alligator weed.......
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 05.01.2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Small Craft Operators Team, assists and supports Corps biologists in the collection of the alligator flea beetle at their Palatka office. The little beetle is one of the methods that the Corps uses to control the invasive alligator weed. The alligator weed blocks transportation routes, threatens native species, and reduces water capacity in our reservoirs. The......
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 04.30.2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Harry O. Beatty, small craft operator, and Tyler J. Green, invasive species management biologist are a part of alligator beetle collection team. The beetles feed on the invasive aquatic alligator weed found in Lake Woodruff, on the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, in Deland, Florida. The alligator weed has invaded many water systems in the South and is......
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 04.30.2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Harry O. Beatty, small craft operator, and Tyler J. Green, invasive species management biologist are a part of alligator beetle collection team. The beetles feed on the invasive aquatic alligator weed found in Lake Woodruff, on the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, in Deland, Florida. The alligator weed has invaded many water systems in the South and is......
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 04.30.2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Harry O. Beatty, small craft operator, and Tyler J. Green, invasive species management biologist are a part of alligator beetle collection team. The beetles feed on the invasive aquatic alligator weed found in Lake Woodruff, on the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, in Deland, Florida. The alligator weed has invaded many water systems in the South and is......
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 04.30.2019
The alligator weed has invaded many water systems in the South and is slowly working its way to North and west of the continental United States. The alligator flea beetle is one of the methods of biocontrol that the Corps uses to control the invasive alligator weed. This noxious weed blocks transportation routes, threatens native species and reduces water capacity in our reservoirs. The U.S.......
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 04.30.2019
The alligator weed has invaded many water systems in the South and is slowly working its way to North and west of the continental United States. The alligator flea beetle is one of the methods of biocontrol that the Corps uses to control the invasive alligator weed. This noxious weed blocks transportation routes, threaten native species and reduces water capacity in our reservoirs. The U.S.......
Photo by Brigida Sanchez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District | 04.30.2019
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mark Haltiwanger, small craft operator, Chelsea Bohaty, invasive species management biologist, and Will Goodhart, heavy equipment operator collect dozens of tiny alligator flea beetles in nets. The beetles feed on the invasive aquatic alligator weed found in Lake Woodruff, on the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, in Deland, Florida. The alligator weed......
