Our most visible invader is purple loosestrife. It was brought in as an ornamental and takes over the areas where the native cat tails grow.
The Eurasian Milfoil is another horror show. Last summer the DEQ wouldn't let us cut or spray it and it shut down better than 70% of the lake.
Now we have giant hogweed moving in and that's some nasty stuff with sap that can cause permanent blindness and burns that can leave scars. I don't even want to talk about the animal invaders.
People are so foolish to introduce damaging wildlife to areas where they don’t have any natural predators. The Everglades is having a real problem with giant pythons, thanks to those persons who once had them as “pets” and then released them into the wild. Even the alligators aren’t safe!