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For the first time in 21 years, Gainesville residents will be asked this holiday weekend to be invader raiders in their own backyards and neighborhoods instead of nature parks.
The annual Great Invader Raider Rally, typically held on a Saturday in January, will be held Friday through Monday in a socially distanced format because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Gainesville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department has organized many volunteers every year since 2000 to remove invasive plants from local parks and natural areas.
The event’s organizers said the focus this year is on reducing the amount of plants that jump from the community into nature parks.
Gainesville’s Creeks Continue To Suffer From Unsustainable Shark Tooth Hunting
By Lianne D Arcy
January 11, 2021
Hogtown Creek is an urban creek in Gainesville and has delicate banks and creek beds that are easily damaged by fossil and teeth hunter hobbyists. (Lianne D’Arcy/WUFT News)
When you visit Gainesville’s creeks, it’s easy to hear the chorus of rushing water running past. It’s a relief to breathe in fresh air, feel the crunch of sand under your shoes, and enjoy a moment of serenity away from the city without ever leaving it.
But it’s also easy to spot deep gouges in the creek-bed, gaping wounds left behind by a once-harmless hobby.