Trumbull County Commissioners approved spending more than $300 dollars to stop the spread of a newly discovered invasive species in Mosquito Lake.

They're called Hydrilla and it looks like seaweed, but reduces water flow in waterways, affecting the fish population. It's currently across 100 acres of the lake and is expected to grow.

Commissioner Denny Malloy says the money will buy treatments using the chemical Fluridone, a type of bleach to eradicate the hydrilla along 300 acres.

The chemical is not harmful to native plants and humans.

"We hope every three year's we'll eradicate it from the lake," Malloy said. "This thing spreads really quickly so it's crucial now. If somebody were to have a piece of this Hydrilla stuck to their boat, bilge pump or bathing suit and they left here and went to another lake, they could cross contaminate it to another lake and it could grow into a whole Hydrilla patch."

So he says anyone who visits the lake, to make sure to wash your swim suit and equipment before going into another body of water.