Creature from the Green Lagoon

Ted Barrow (left) and a volunteer wading through Lavinia-infested waters in Willowson's Woodyard on July 13, 2017.

Texas Monthly, September 2017

Caddo Lake is being consumed by the world’s most monstrous weed. Herbicides, kitchen strainers, and even blowtorches have failed to stop it. Now a local band of volunteers is making a last-ditch effort to save these treasured wetlands.