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Game and Fish asks volunteers to help eradicate invasive apple snails

Sarah Min Heller Cronkite News//March 24, 2023//

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Game and Fish asks volunteers to help eradicate invasive apple snails

Game and Fish asks volunteers to help eradicate invasive apple snails

Sarah Min Heller Cronkite News//March 24, 2023//

Apple snail owners who no longer wanted the animal dumped the snails into the Salt River, causing the population to grow immensely within the last 12...

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