Schumer: $900k To Battle Invasive Species In Finger Lakes

SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The Finger Lakes are getting almost $900,000 in federal funding to help battle invasive species.

Sen. Charles Schumer says the Environmental Protection Agency is awarding almost $600,000 to the Finger Lakes Institute to help control a recently discovered Hydrilla infestation in Cayuga Lake.

The fast-growing aquatic weed can make boating and fishing difficult.

The institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges also is getting just under $300,000 to address another aquatic invasive plant species known as starry stonewort.