Although the angles of these photos differ, they all show the head of Muskingum Island on the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge approximately one year apart. When the ORVE team visited the island in June, 2001, virtually no aquatic vegetation grew along the island’s head. The team planted "plugs" of Justicia americana, a native emergent aquatic herb. As the bottom photo shows, the team’s planting efforts paid off.

At 2 Months...

At 1 Year...