Non-native species, attack!
Arianna: 2 D Lana: 4 D
Invasive species
"Invasive species" Does it sound dangerous to you? Well its incredibly dangerous to native wildlife. Invasive species take up space and they suck up resources the native species need to survive. Many cases of this are over looked but scientist worry for the environment.
Water Chestnut, the freshwater jail!
Water chestnuts can produce a thick leafy layer over the water. This stops other species from thriving. Most animals and plants need at least a little sun to survive, but this plant stops them from getting their needed sunlight. It prohibits boats, and negatively impacts underwater plant life. They are going to spray 81 acres of infested water to cut down the population.
Round Goby, infamous killers!
This species, The Round Goby, was just confirmed this past year. They are unsure weather it will have a positive or negative effect on the Eco-system. At the moment it seems to be negative. Their numbers are growing to quickly. They are eating the organisms other fish eat therefore not leaving enough for native fish.
Purple Loostrife, beautiful but bossy
30 to 50 stalks can sprout from a single stalk! Leaving no light for other plants, how rude. It adapts quickly to any wetland, making it an invasive species. It also spreads quickly, making it a danger to plants our native animals need! Scientist needed to bring over special beetles from Asia to eat the plants because our native bugs cant consume these beautiful plants, but those beetles could cause harm to native animals!
Our experience learning about Onondaga Lake!
Lanas feild trip
My school took us to Onondaga Lake, The Salt Museum, Onondaga creek, and Onondaga Headwaters. I had a great time at this feild trip. The bikes we rode at Onondaga Lake taught me about the community use of the lake. We went to The Salt Museum, this taught me about how the environment got this way. The creek provided me with lots of info about invasive species and small critters that live in the creek. We also went fishing and many people only caught Gobys. this is how i know they are invasive. I really enjoyed my time at Onondaga lake and I think more people should know about all he bad things going on in the lake.
Arianna's field trip
In my school we went to Beak & Skiff and we went on a wagon to get a small-medium bag full of apples. Then we went to Honeywell to see the dredging boats and see how they are working on cleaning Onondaga Lake. After Honeywell we went to the Mud-boils and got to step on and observe the Mud-boils. The best part of Onondaga Lake is the fishing part someone caught a large mouth and a Small Mouth Bass, I caught two plus one Goby because my mom was with me and she caught a Goby.