37km of the River Great Ouse free of invasive Floating Pennywort
37km of the River Great Ouse free of invasive Floating Pennywort A 5 year partnership project to eliminate pennywort on a 23 mile stretch of the River Great Ouse has been a success. From: 24 May 2021 An officer from the Environment Agency holding a thick mat of Floating pennywort from the river Great Ouse. The Environment Agency, Anglian Water and various volunteer groups have worked together to free the Bedford Ouse from floating pennywort. The invasive non-native aquatic plant had formed thick mats on the Bedford Ouse and was growing at a rate of 20 centimetres a day. This meant...
Source: gov.uk