News Archive: Invasives in the News
Cane Toads: The Conquest
CANE TOADS: THE CONQUEST will be released nationally by Pinnacle Films on June 2. The film is a comic yet provocative account of Australia’s most notorious environmental blunder. Filmmaker Mark Lewis (Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, The Natural History of the Chicken) explores one of Australia’s greatest environmental catastrophes as he follows the unstoppable march [...]
Jumping Fish Invade Louisiana
You can’t help but laugh watching the wild web videos of Asian carp leaping out of the water in states like Illinois and Indiana, but you may not realize this problem hits close to home. Invasive species expert Michael Massimmi from the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program says it’s no laughing matter. We spent a day [...]
Pet Shop Fish Confiscated At Airport
Fish headed to pet shop confiscated at O’Hare By Katie Drews A shipment of tropical fish commonly found in pet shops was recently confiscated at O’Hare Airport for breaking the City of Chicago’s invasive species ordinance, officials said. During a routine customs inspection at the airport, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent discovered approximately 350 [...]
County sets up border base against invasive mussels
County sets up border base against invasive mussels Twin Falls Times-News The first line of defense against two invasive species carried across the Nevada-Idaho border on boats will become a little more permanent. Twin Falls County will lease a trailer from Mid-Snake Resource Conservation and Development to hold boat inspections a mile north of the [...]
The darker side of tourism – invasive species
The darker side of tourism – invasive species Troy Media Corporation Particularly on isolated islands, invasive species are wiping out native plants and animals, destroying the environment and causing massive financial headaches to cash-strapped governments. And that’s just the cost and hassle of dealing with humans, …
Pig Declared Invasive Species
Pig Declared Invasive Species Michigan Policy Network (blog) Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment, or DNRE, has declared feral pigs to be a state invasive species. With 3000 to 5000 pigs living in more than 65 of 83 Michigan counties, these wild boars have become a problem. …
Global red fire ant invasions traced to southern US
ScienceDaily (Feb. 25, 2011) — Red imported fire ant invasions around the globe in recent years can now be traced to the southern U.S., where the nuisance insect gained a foothold in the 1930s, new University of Florida research has found. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110224145558.htm
NECIS releases An Action Plan on Invasive Species, for the Administration and the 112th Congress
NECIS groups outline the policy changes needed to curb invasive species introduction and spread, with a focus on screening intentional imports, preventing inadvertent introductions, and addressing funding gaps. http://www.necis.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/NECIS-brochure-2011.pdf
NEWS RELEASE: INVASIVE ANIMALS CONTINUE TO THRIVE IN FLORIDA
Contact: Cindy Yeast, 720-542-9455; 202-236-5413 (c) cdyeast@earthlink.net INVASIVE ANIMALS CONTINUE TO THRIVE IN FLORIDA As yet another invasive animal becomes established, environmental groups call on the federal government to screen the trade of imported animals and prevent the next problem invasion WASHINGTON (February 14, 2011)—A large, non-native lizard called the black and white tegu has [...]
What Triggers Mass Extinctions? Study Shows How Invasive Species Stop New Life
ScienceDaily (Dec. 31, 2010) — An influx of invasive species can stop the dominant natural process of new species formation and trigger mass extinction events, according to research results published December 29 in the journal PLoS ONE. The study of the collapse of Earth’s marine life 378 to 375 million years ago suggests that the [...]
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