They were moving out of there pretty fast, ... I figured they were up to no good. I was just trying to get out of their way. They hit the back of my car, fishtailed and then they rolled it.

So there was this big slug of decaying material that introduced a big slug of nutrients into the system.

We're very excited that Downs is bringing this forward. We've been waiting for it for some time. It's filling a need ... in the region.

If you kayak down Yucca Pen, it looks fine. The problem is its drainage area has been platted for development, so it drains a much larger upland area.

With terrestrial exotics, we said, 'Oops,' years later, and now we're spending a lot of money fighting them, ... In Florida, we're not there yet with invasive fish. Will they have negative impacts? We don't know yet, but it makes sense to find out. Once you're invaded, you can't get them out, but with understanding, we might be able to control them.

When an area is disturbed, it upsets the natural balance and creates an ecological open space that gives non-natives a foothold, ... Another thing is that Florida is not very species-diverse, so there are more options for invasion because there aren't many native species.