Invasive species pose a great harm to our native ecosystems. The introduction of exotic species can disrupt intricate balances and relationships evolved over thousands of years among native species and their communities.

The Osprey team is currently working with the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program on the management and eradication of the invasive Island Apple Snails at Langan Park in Mobile, Alabama, as outlined by the 3 Mile Creek Watershed Management Plan. Apple snails are known to be destructive to the native aquatic vegetation, and with no natural predator, they affect the food supply for native animals. Our goal is to help return the ecosystem to balance and ensure the snails do not escape the lakes and invade the Mobile–Tensaw River Delta, the largest river delta and wetland in Alabama