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Views: Invasive Plants Degrade Habitats 100%

Vancouver Sun 05/01/2008 The Invasive Plant Council of B.C. notes that invasive species have been identified by world scientific organizations as the second-greatest threat to ...

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Catching Invasive Hitchhikers 99%

Seattle Post-Intelligencer 09/02/2008 The federal government spends more than $1.3 billion every year on detecting, eradicating and controlling invasive species, according to the Interior ...

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Invasive plants are a major problem, big cost 99%

Olympian 06/02/2008 The United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Center for Invasive Plant Management estimates that the effect of invasive plants on ...

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Views: Idaho Model for Oregon Fight Against Invasive Species 97%

Salem Statesman Journal 11/12/2008 Idaho recently passed an Invasive Species Act that provides as much as $5 million of legislatively authorized emergency funding to respond to new invasions. ...

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Fighting Puget Sound's Invasive Species 96%

KUOW 06/10/2008 Federal inspectors at Puget Sound ports are discovering more invasive species than ever before. Pests like the Mediterranean snail cost millions of dollars to ...

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Awareness Grows for Invasive Weeds in Oregon 94%

Salem Statesman Journal 05/19/2008 There's a lot more to know about weeds than most people think. That's partly why Gov. Ted Kulongoski proclaimed the Fourth Invasive Weed Awareness Week from ...

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Invasive Species Summit Highlights Funding Challenges 94%

Oregon Public Broadcasting 11/20/2008 Three years ago, the city of Portland held a town hall meeting to address the rising problem of invasive species. Tuesday, the city took stock of how far it's ...

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Invasive Species Bills Stuck in Congress 93%

Boston Globe 08/04/2008 Congress is moving to address the problem of invasive species at the pace of a plain old garden snail. With time for passing laws rapidly diminishing in ...

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Getting Rid of Invasive Tunicates 93%

KUOW 05/29/2008 Slimy, hungry invaders are moving through Puget Sound. They're called invasive tunicates, or sea squirts. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife is trying ...

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An Upside to the Invasive Zebra Mussel? 91%

NPR 03/03/2008 The dreaded zebra mussel — an invasive species — is killing off native species in lakes and rivers all over the country. But in Lake Ontario, it turns out the ...

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WA Fish and Wildlife Remove Invasive Sea Squirts 89%

Tacoma News Tribune 05/29/2008 Divers will be at several Puget Sound marinas through the end of June removing sea squirts from boat hulls, the state Fish and Wildlife Department said this ...

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Web Site Would Track Invasive Plants in Washington 86%

Seattle Times 01/16/2009 University of Washington researchers say they're on their way to predicting which lakes and streams in the state are most vulnerable to invasive plants that ...

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Invasive Snail Makes Inroads Across U.S. 85%

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 08/09/2008 The invasive New Zealand mud snail, first detected in Lake Ontario in 1991, now inhabits four of the five Great Lakes, scientists reported at the Ecological ...

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Montana Biologists Battle Invasive Trout 82%

Missoulian 12/29/2008 Swan Lake is a stronghold for bull trout, one of a few remaining places in the nation where anglers can catch and keep the native fish. But their future here ...

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Town Houses: Seattle's Invasive Species 81%

The Stranger 06/12/2008 Seattle City officials are trying to make these town houses metamorphose into models for urban density and neighborhood charm. Later this month, the Department ...

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Invasive Climate 81%

08/26/2004

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Invasive Weed Affecting Horseshoe Lake 78%

Longview Daily News 04/01/2008 Lurking beneath the surface of Horseshoe Lake, an evasive weed is beginning to bloom, and some citizens fear the lake will soon be unsuitable for boating or ...

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Oregon Plots Strategy for Combating Invasive Species 77%

Oregonian 07/22/2008 State officials have identified 20 new insects and snails that have arrived in Oregon since 2007, including some with the potential to turn into destructive ...

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Federal Invasive Species Rules Fall Short, Oregon says 77%

Oregonian 10/27/2008 The standoff underscores increasing impatience by state and environmental leaders who have long wanted the federal government to impose consistent national ...

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Scientists test ways to control invasive sea squirts in Puget Sound 75%

Tacoma News Tribune 03/24/2008 Could a salad dressing ingredient help stewards of Puget Sound control aquatic aliens? In theory, yes. In practice, the answer could depend on the outcome of ...

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Forest Service Fights Weeds in Montana, Idaho 72%

Bitterroot Valley Ravalli Republic 05/13/2008 With non-native plants a growing concern in the 1.35 million-acre Selway Bitterroot Wilderness, the Bitterroot National Forest and three other forests plan to ...

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Judge Blocks Moth Spraying in Monterey Peninsula 68%

San Francisco Chronicle 05/13/2008 A judge ruled Monday that aerial spraying to eradicate an invasive moth in Monterey County may not go forward in populated areas without a full environmental ...

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New Squid Species Spotted Off Washington Coast 63%

KUOW 05/12/2008 Marine scientists in Washington state will be on the lookout this summer for a new type of invasive species. It's a kind of squid that has recently appeared in ...

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Clackamas County Employs Weed-Gobbling Goats 63%

Oregonian 05/08/2008 Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District would like to use goats for targeted grazing as one of its preferred weapons against invasive weeds and ...

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Sudden Nursery Death 63%

12/23/2004 Federal restrictions try to stem global spread of invasive species.

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Views: Turning a Farm and Farmer Green 62%

Yes! 10/02/2008 Regardless of political affiliation, farmers remain the closest Americans to the earth. Though I write about these issues every day, I can't really understand ...

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Views: Unwelcome Species Hitch a Ride to Columbia River 60%

Astoria Daily Astorian 01/15/2009 The troubling irony at our doorstep is how the sublimely beautiful Columbia River estuary can also be so profoundly screwed up. A big reason for the lower ...

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Willapa Bay Oyster Grower Sues State Over Herbicides 59%

Longview Daily News 09/10/2008 One of the largest organic oyster growers in Washington has filed suit against the state for spreading herbicides on her oyster beds in Willapa Bay. Fritzi ...

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Alien Invasion? 58%

05/26/2004

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Frog Gonnit 58%

06/13/2006 Invasive bullfrogs threaten BC's native amphibians.