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The mile-a-minute vine is one invasive species being studied by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.

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Conn. targets invasive plants

Updated: Monday, 02 Nov 2009, 6:19 AM EST
Published : Monday, 02 Nov 2009, 6:19 AM EST

    Hartford (AP) - Connecticut authorities are hoping that new projects in four towns will help stop the spread of fast-growing invasive plants.

    The state Department of Environmental Protection says the invasive plants threaten other plants and animals in the native ecosystems.

    The biggest project is a $78,000 effort to fight the aggressive fanwort plant in the Bantam River system in Litchfield and Morris. If it's left to grow, it could harm Bantam Lake, which is Connecticut's largest natural lake.

    Smaller projects are targeting the fast-growing "mile-a-minute" vine in New Milford and Newtown, and water chestnut plants that took hold in a Hartford flood control pond after getting into the Connecticut River.

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