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Grand Bayou Reservoir in Red River Parish is getting a reset. The state is draining it down to fight invasive plants and fix structures before next spring.

Giant Salvinia has taken over northwest Louisiana lakes since 1998, and annual drawdowns are the top tool officials use to fight it.

Discover how the cold snap in Shreveport could help combat invasive plant species in local lakes.

It won't be long now, Lake Bistineau will be reduced to Bayou Dorcheat and an assortment of swamp-like areas.

It won't be long now, Lake Bistineau will soon be reduced to Bayou Dorcheat and an assortment of swamp-like areas.

Louisiana Representative Dodie Horton recently posted to her Facebook page, the response she got when she inquired of the LDWF plans to battle this tremendous issue.

And just like that, all our hopes and prayers that the ice storm that rolled through back in February would knock Giant Salvinia into another universe are gone

Salvinia has brought on changes for another Arklatex lake at the height of summer activity this year.

LDWF has requested the DOTD to open the water control structure on Lake Bistineau in Webster, Bossier and Bienville parishes

Riverwalk's "The Oxbow" Red River inlet has been completely overrun with the Salvinia to the point that it's hard to tell where the land ends and the water begins.