Mar 25 1973
From The Space Library
Kennedy Space Center's Earth Resources Office would participate with Florida's Dept. of Natural Resources in a three-year experiment to determine whether Siberian white amur could check the growth of aquatic weeds choking Florida's inland waters, KSC announced. Four experimental ponds and lakes would be stocked with white amur. Specially equipped NASA-6 twin-engine Beechcraft aircraft would photograph the fish's progress using color infrared and standard photography. If the resulting vegetation maps indicated the white amur ate undesirable vegetation, it would be introduced to other areas, saving the Government $10 million a year in harvesting and research expenses. (KSC Release 50-73)
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