Facilities and Capabilities of the ERDC's LAERF (Lewisville Aquatic Ecosystem Research Facility), Lewisville, TX
Lynde Dodd, CERP, Research Biologist 28 August 2019
Lynde Dodd is Research Biologist with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers Engineering
Research and Development Center (ERDC) and is stationed at the Lewisville Aquatic
Ecosystem Research Facility (LAERF) in Lewisville, TX. As a member of ERDCs Aquatic
Ecology and Invasive Species Branchs Ecology Team, her and her teammates research
restoration and invasion ecology of freshwater macrophytes and management of invasive
aquatic plant species. Much of LAERFs current work includes assistance to COE Districts
on Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration for General Investigation or Continuing Authorities
Program projects (Section 206 and 1135). Her presentation will highlight the facilities and
capabilities of the LAERF for Corps field operations and touch on several current projects
where invasive species management and restoration of native aquatic and riparian
vegetation are on-going.