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freshwaters across the northeast have been dealing with invasive water chestnuts for years. they have proven to be a difficult species to combat, as they can create large patches of new growth in just a few months. the charles river in massachusetts was also suffocating from water chestnuts, until local residents decided to take the matter into their own hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

click on the presentation below<\/strong> to meet the water stewards protecting the charles river!<\/p>\n\n\n

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