Officials discover major threat at popular tourist hotspot: 'There's a lot … that's taken over'

Officials discover major threat at popular tourist hotspot: 'There's a lot … that's taken over'

Park officials in Portland, Texas, are taking action to eliminate a pair of invasive tree species causing substantial damage in the area. "There's a lot of salt cedar and white lead tree that's taken over out here and is choking out a lot of the native vegetation and wildlife as well," Quinn Hendrick, communications manager for Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program, said to KRIS 6 News. The two tree species have invaded much of the American So…