f tamarisk from their lands. They have tried many different methods, such as treatment with herbicides, grazing tamarisk stands by goats, cutting/removing the plants mechanically, and introducing tamarisk-eating beetles from Eurasia, to eradicate the tamarisk; however, none has proved to be 100 percent effective (Pieper). Although tamarisk was first introduced to the United States as a non-threating plant, it has become a threat to the country. It's long, evasive roots, evolved to survice arid desert climates, lustily drink in every drop of water they can find. In the Western states, the tamarisk has gulped down approximately two to four-and-a-half million acre feet of water each year (ARKWIPP). The Northern Snakehead, another invasive species, was found in Lee County, Arkansas. The fish is capable of living in "both oxygen-rich and oxygen-depleted water because it can gullp air or breathe through its gills" ("The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas"). This invasive species has been disrupting the already-established ecosystem because of its voracious and aggressive nature. It is said that the fish is "capable of harming native fish populations through competition for food and predation" ("The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas"). The northern snakehead w
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