by Gino Geruntino, WRVO
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Nature Conservancy and other environmental groups are making use of a recently developed DNA sampling technique to determine whether or not any invasive species might be swimming, living or growing in the Oswego River and Erie Canal. By taking hundreds of water samples, the group believes it can slow the growth of invasive species in the state.
Andrew Tucker leans over the front of a flat bottom boat, holding a two-liter container. The boat rocks gently as he collects surface water samples for analysis from the Oswego River in Fulton. It's the first of five days of collecting.
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