Check, clean, dry: how can canoers help control the spread of invasive species?

By |2020-01-16T20:51:26+00:00August 20th, 2019|Freshwater biodiversity, People & nature, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Check, clean, dry: how can canoers help control the spread of invasive species?

This article was first published on the Freshwater Blog on August 16 2019 On a hot Saturday in June I rolled up at the UK’s National Water Sport Centre. The place was abuzz with cars, kayaks, club flags and paddle-carrying athletes chatting bucket starts, heats, duck tape and Nelos. Everyone was readying to race on a