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High School Lake Research Paper

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The community issue that I have chosen is our lake here in Edinboro, PA. The problem with the lake is that it is infested with zebra mussels all along the bottom of the lake making it uncomfortable and causing damage to boats and their motors. This creates an environmental problem as it overpopulates in the lake and does not let anything else populate; it also costs millions of dollars in damage. The source I used is http://behrend.psu.edu/paseagrant/zm/news/ZM_in_Edinboro_Lake_DEP_PR.pdf One of the reasons why they are so bad for a body of water is that they have no predators, so nothing can keep them under control. Another problem is they cling on to any hard surface and the bottom of the lake which means that they can cling onto

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