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Dec 2008
An archive of selected "In the News" items previously featured on the NISIC Home Page.
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An
Action Plan on Invasive Species for President Obama and the 111th
Congress (Dec 2008)
Union of Concerned Scientists.
This report published by the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species
outlines five areas in which the Obama administration and 111th Congress can
take action to stop invasive species in the United States. It includes: screening
intentional imports; preventing inadvertent introductions; funding early detection
and response; federal leadership; addressing other funding gaps.
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Predicting
Future Introductions of Nonindigenous Species to the Great Lakes (Final
Report, 2008)
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
Report - EPA/600/R-08/066F.
This report predicts the spread of aquatic nonindigenous species into the Great
Lakes to help resource managers focus monitoring activities on particular species
at the most vulnerable U.S. Great Lakes
ports. The report also demonstrates the use of a habitat suitability model and
ballast water discharge data to predict invasion potential.
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Grazing
Animals Help Spread Plant Disease
(Dec 29, 2008)
Oregon State University.
Researchers have discovered that grazing animals including deer and rabbits are
actually helping to spread plant disease – quadrupling its prevalence in
some cases – and encouraging an invasion of annual grasses that threatens
more than 20 million acres of native grasslands in California.
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Species
Profile -- Mediterranean Fruit Fly
USDA. NAL.
National Invasive Species Information Center.
The Mediterranean fruit fly is one of the world's most destructive fruit pests.
Because of its wide distribution over the world, its ability to tolerate colder
climates better than most other species of fruit flies, and its wide range of
hosts, it is ranked first among economically important fruit fly species.
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Species Profile
-- European Spruce Bark Beetle
USDA. NAL.
National Invasive Species Information Center.
In its native range of Europe, the spruce bark beetle is one of the most serious
pests of spruce. There is no evidence that this species is established in the
United States, but the detection signifies a threat to North American forests.
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Species
Profile -- Oriental Bittersweet
USDA. NAL.
National Invasive Species Information Center.
Oriental bittersweet is an aggressive invader that threatens vegetation at all
heights in forested and open areas. Oriental bittersweet grows fast; it can cover
tall trees in a season, causing them to collapse from the weight of the vines.
Understory plants are smothered by the vines themselves or by lack of light.
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Wood
Boring Beetles of the World (Dec 11, 2008)
USDA. APHIS. Plant
Protection and Quarantine. Center for Plant Health
Science and Technology.
A Lucid interactive identification
resource to the world's genera of wood boring beetles.
Created through a federal-state collaboration among
USDA/APHIS/PPQ – CPHST, California Department
of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), and Montana State University
(MSU).
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Managing
Invasive Plants: Concepts, Principles, and Practices
DOI. FWS. National Wildlife Refuge System.
Provides an overview of invasive plant management and planning supported by case
studies, quizzes, scientific literature, and web-based resources valuable to
natural resource professionals.
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Fire
Ants Win Out Through Land Changes, Not a Better Build (Dec
8, 2008)
The New York Times.
A large study shows that for fire ants, human
disturbance of the environment is the main force
behind their negative impact. The researchers suggest
that fire ants may not be so much an invasive species
but a "disturbance specialist," and that
other species may fit that description also.
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Species Profile
-- Didymo
USDA. NAL.
National Invasive Species Information Center.
Didymo also known as rock snot, is a freshwater single-celled alga. It is found
in streams and rivers in much of North America. Didymo increasingly poses a threat
to aquatic ecosystems because it forms extensive mats on stream beds.
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