| Milfoil
effects people and communities by:
- Forming dense mats
of vegetation on the surface of the water.
- Interfering with
recreational activities, such as swimming, fishing and boating.
- Creating a breeding
ground for mosquitoes on its stagnant masses.
- Flooding caused by
the clumping of large masses.
Milfoil effects the
natural environment by:
- Preventing the wind
from mixing oxygenated surface water with deeper water, robbing native plants
of healthy oxygen levels.
- Trapping sediments,
clouding the habitat of fish and other native freshwater animals.
- Leafy extensions
take sunlight away from native plants.
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