I returned to the Big Econlockhatchee to get those patches of Water Hyacinths. There turned out to be more that I thought. I took out 103 this trip, above you can see the before and after pictures. These Water Hyacinths were on dry land and rooting into the soil. They can't survive like this, but this area floods and that is what they are waiting for. The log in the picture blocked them from going down stream.
Since I was on foot I could only take out what I could carry through thick Cypress Swamp. I loaded fifty plants in two bags and carried one bag over each shoulder. The extra weight made keeping my balance difficult in the uneven and slippery swamp ground.
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