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Where aliens dominate, natives retreat
RaisingIslands | July 6th 2008
It won't be a surprise for anyone who has wandered under a canopy of eucalyptus or clambered through a patch of strawberry guava that you won't find many native plants there. (Image: Young leaves of 'ōhi'a, one of the overstory trees that can mark a read more
Adirondack Park Invasive Species Awareness Week
Adirondack Almanack | July 3rd 2008 by Adirondack Almanack - New York History Blog
Adirondack communities and organizations will celebrate the 3rd annual Adirondack Park Invasive Species Awareness Week July 6- July 12, 2008. WHY: Invasive plants and animals threaten Adirondack lakes, ponds, rivers, and forests, which are precious read more
Interview with a Blogger
Walking the Berkshires | June 30th 2008
I am flattered to be profiled with an interview today at a blog and environmental forum called My Greenpeace Buddies. I was approached to share my thoughts as a blogger who writes about ecological matters, among other things, and was... read more
A bogland fence at Kanaele, Kaua'i
RaisingIslands | June 27th 2008
A fence more than a mile long encloses a botanical wonderland of mid-elevation Kaua'i—the Kanaele Bog, on the slopes above Kalāheo, where rainfall averages 160 inches a year. (Image: The carniverous sundew mikinalo, which captures insects with the read more
One Way To Deal With Invasive Species: Eat Them!
Malaria, Bedbugs, Sea Lice, and Sunsets | June 24th 2008 by Rick MacPherson
The school of fish in the above image are Blue-Lined snapper or Ta'ape (Lutjanus kasmira) from Hawaii. The Blue-Lined snapper was imported from the Marquesas Islands and released into Hawaiian waters in 1958, and again from Moorea in the Society Isl read more
Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program
Adirondack Almanack | June 24th 2008 by Adirondack Almanack - New York History Blog
The Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program (APIPP) will host a training session in invasive plant identification for volunteers who want to survey lakes and ponds for aquatic invaders such as Eurasian watermilfoil that are invading Adirondack waters. read more
Kudzu Biofuel Potential
Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog | June 23rd 2008 by John Hunter
Kudzu Gets Kudos as a Potential Biofuel The kudzu vine, also known as “the plant that ate the South,” was brought from eastern Asia in 1876 and can grow more than 6.5 feet a week. Its starchy roots plunge deep into the soil, and just a fr read more
Invasive Species
Earthfriendly | June 21st 2008 by Marina Hanes
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Marine Biologists Investigate Aliens Beneath The Waves
Marine animal news | June 20th 2008 by prakash kumar
Queen's University Belfast is appealing for help from the public in looking at ways to detect and stop the spread of marine aliens.Activities such as aquaculture, shipping and recreational boating have led to an army of marine alien species hitchhiki read more
Graphic Illustration of Invasive Species Spreading Across Planet
CleanBeta | June 19th 2008 by William Pentland
Major pathways and origins of invasive species infestations in the marine environment. The graphically enhanced map featured above illustrates the most important trajectories pursued by invasive or... The Search for Sustainable Technologies read more
New Predators Lead to Changes in Nesting Behavior
A DC Birding Blog | June 18th 2008
Invasive species – plants, animals, or others – pose major problems for native species. Some of the worst cases of invasion come from Pacific islands where many birds that evolved without predators have become extinct or endangered due to introdu read more
1780 British Sloop of War Found Intact (Except for the Zebra Muss…
Walking the Berkshires | June 14th 2008
This is a great story. HMS Ontario, a revolutionary war era ship, has has been found intact at the bottom of its namesake lake. She went down with all hands in a fearsome gale on October 31, 1780. The 80ft... read more
Snakehead Fish
Fish Index | June 13th 2008 by 1greenthumb
The Snakehead Fish or Channa micropeltes can grow to 7 feet and 22lbs. The young of the giant snakehead are red in color, with orange and black lateral stripes. As the giant snakehead grows older, they lose their stripes and turn a bluish black and read more
yellowstone “wild” flowers
Lost in the Landscape | June 12th 2008 by James
There were a number of spring flowers doing their thing at Yellowstone a couple weeks ago. I saw a patch of bright yellow and took this photo: Yes, dandelions. They were all over. I talked to a ranger nearby who said that the park has a big problem read more
Invasion?
Must be the Humidity | June 6th 2008 by Sherman Hemsley
I had the kids down at ladder beach yesterday (No school, Yay!). Anyways, I noticed this ground-crawling cacti taking root all over the rocky beach. I've never in the hundreds of times I've been to "Ladder", or any other beach for that matter, seen t read more
White River Monsters?
Flyfishmagazine.com | May 29th 2008 by Lee Murdock
FlyFishMagazine.com's Leftentant of Tail Water Fisheries, Jeff Paisley found an interesting note in yesterday's Baxter Bulletin about a side effect of the recent flooding on the river's North fork. It seems all manner of large warm water predators ha read more
Vacation: Part 11 - Invasive Species
Passion = Truth | May 28th 2008 by Jeff Ircink
Jason's holding up two of the invasive species found in Wisconsin: garlic mustard and the Eastern tent caterpillar. Wisconsin faces an onslaught of invasive species from other regions and countries. These non-native plants, animals and pathogens disp read more
Massive conservation partnership covers 25% of Hawai'i land area
RaisingIslands | May 27th 2008
Partnering is the new paradigm in conservation in Hawai'i, and a group of Big Island partners have announced a stupendous new camaraderie. It will join together for conservation a quarter of all the land in the state—a million acres that sweeps acr read more
INVASIVE SPECIES adding difficulty to Everglades wildfire fight
The Conservation Report | May 27th 2008 by Buck Denton
Boa constrictors and pythons and melaleuca trees! Oh, my! Florida's warmer climate is supporting some nasty invasive species and making the Everglades wildfire fight difficult. read more
Don’t Move Firewood
New York Outdoors | May 27th 2008 by Sue Freeman
Summer camping season is approaching and you make be tempted to take along some firewood to create that quintessential camping experience - the campfire. Please don’t. Eggs and larvae of insects such as the emerald ash borer, Asian longhorn bee read more
INVASIVE SPECIES: Invasive Burmese pythons spreading rapidly acro…
The Conservation Report | May 22nd 2008 by Buck Denton
IMAGES: The first or top continental United States map illustrates climate that matches that of the Burmese pythons’ native range in Asia today. The lower map illustrates the situation when global warming data is considered. The map shows how the read more
the danger of houseplants
Lost in the Landscape | May 20th 2008 by James
Confession time. I have this fixation on Antarctica. Most people who go to spas and do time in hotels with pool bars don’t understand it. But, as with all other perfectly honorable fetishes, it’s surprising and reassuring the number read more
Hawai'i bird extinction: size matters, but also habitat, predato…
RaisingIslands | May 20th 2008
Each time a new class of humans appeared in Hawai'i, the native birds suffered. New research shows that native Hawaiian birdlife underwent two massive extinction events, coinciding with the first arrival of Polynesians in the Islands, and then with t read more
Hop to It
Walking the Berkshires | May 17th 2008
Instead of crying in your increasingly expensive beer, time to get in early on the hop revival. People may cut back in other areas when times are tight, but they are unlikely to give up beer. There was a time... read more
Effort to Knock Out Invasive Flathead Catfish Species Resumes in…
The Great Outsmores | May 17th 2008 by OutdoorsBlogger
Last year’s efforts to eradicate the effects of the unwelcome, invasive flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) on native fish populations in the Satilla River resulted in the removal of exactly 4,399 flathead catfish. This year, those efforts conti read more
Butterflies and the Lantana bushes
Wisdom of wildlife. From the rainforest to urban life | May 8th 2008 by Nurul Winarni
Lantana bushes (Lantana camara) are invasive plants. From urban to rural, forest to non forest, they are there, providing a good indicator of disturbance. Yes, Lantana likes open, unshaded habitats, just like butterflies. The birds like the fruits, read more
Fleas Could Impact Canadian Freshwater Fisheries
Muskoka Outdoors | May 6th 2008 by Bill Anderson
The United Press International reports that, “The spiny water flea, has made its way into more than 100 North American lakes after arriving in the ballast water of an ocean-going ship from Europe or Asia and Dr. Shelley Arnott said the fleas ar read more
INVASIVE SPECIES: Unwanted exotic pets becoming invasive species
The Conservation Report | April 28th 2008 by Buck Denton
The adoption or purchase of an animal or pet should be a life commitment. These animals should not end up in shelters, sewers or the streets. The same is true for plants. Exotic pets can be especially detrimental. Burmese pythons (Python molurus b read more
Monumental monument management plan, made manageable
RaisingIslands | April 26th 2008
If there were ever a way to scare people away from a document, how about putting it in four volumes and letting it run to 1,200 pages? That's the new Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Draft Management Plan. (Photo: IKONOS satellite image o read more
Snakes and other scary invasives targeted
RaisingIslands | April 25th 2008
The threat of new invasive species in Hawai'i grows with the expansion of trade, and with each increase in incoming cargo.(Image: A brown tree snake fang. USGS photo.) A bill that is moving well in the Hawai'i state Legislature seeks to help fund the read more
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