Research from Virginia Tech shows that there might be a way to stop invasive salamander species by managing the water in such a way that it gets rid of most of the hybrid salamander population that's so aggressively taking over the native species. The researches took data from the 18 different ponds which they experimented with. They found that the most important factor in keeping the native species alive was dependent on how long it would take before the pond entirely dried out. They also found that it takes more than one strategy in order to be able to fully protect the native species.