A PLANT which causes blisters if it touches your skin is threatening to upset the natural balance of a Welsh river, environment chiefs warned yesterday.
Environment Agency Wales and five partner organisations shave resumed their annual spray attack on giant hogweed at the Lower River Usk from Crickhowell in Powys, to Newport, Gwent, in a bid to kill off the invasive ornamental plant before it takes over.
It can cause problems for local flood defences and significantly affects the area’s ecology because of its ability to spread quickly and “shade out” native plants.
Five spray teams from Environment Agency Wales, Keep Wales Tidy, Brecon Beacons National Park Authority, National Trust, Wye and Usk Foundation and Monmouthshire County Council are working together.
May 28 2010 by Sally Williams, Western Mail
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