Attention Campers, Boaters, Hikers Your Help is Needed To Protect Our
Natural Resources!
BOATERS & ANGLERS ALERT: NONNATIVE, INVASIVE ZEBRA AND QUAGGAS MUSSELS damage freshwater ecosystems and inhibit boating experiences. Your help is needed to Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! Please visit these sites prior to your visit:
http://www.protectyourwaters.net/
http://www.anstaskforce.gov/default.php
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/
Photo Credit:
Zebra Mussel
Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas)
Photo by Randy Westbrooks, U.S. Geological Survey, Invasive.org
CAMPERS ALERT: QUARANTINES ON MOVEMENT OF FIREWOOD EXIST IN SOME STATES TO PREVENT SPREAD OF NON NATIVE ASIAN LONG HORNED BEETLE AND EMERALD ASH BORER. These pests will devastate our forest ecosystems if left unchecked. Your help is needed in preventing and detecting destructive
Emerald Ash Borers and Asian long horned beetles. Please visit these sites prior to your visit:
1) Asian long horned beetle:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/asian_lhb/index.shtml
Photo Credit:
Asian long-horned beetle
Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)
Adult(s)
Photo by Michael Bohne, USDA Forest Service, Invasive.org
2) Emerald ash borer:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/emerald_ash_b/index.shtml
Photo Credit:
Emerald Ash Borer
Agrilus Planipennis Fairmaire
Adult(s)
Photo by David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Invasive.org
DESERT HIKERS AND CAMPERS ALERT: HELP DETECT INVASIVE CACTUS MOTH Nonnative invasive cactus moth threatens Opuntia cactus species in the southern US and Mexico. Your help is needed in detecting this devastating pest. Please visit this site prior to your visit:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/cactoblastis/index.shtml
Photo Credit:
Cactus Moth
Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg)
Adult(s)
Photo by Don Herbison-Evans, University of Sydney, Invasive.org
|
