BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – There hasn’t been an easy solution to burying the rapid spread of ball moss.
“It spreads very, very easily, so you cannot just leave it on a trash pile because it’s going to continue to propagate,” said Baton Rouge Metro Councilwoman Laurie Adams.
Adams has spent a year leading the Ball Moss Abatement Commission. The team is comprised of environmental entities, local stakeholders, and LSU. The goal is to manage the plant and prevent it from further indirect harm on local plants and trees across Louisiana.
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