Current Invasive Species News:

Ballast Bill Passes House Easily But Questions Linger (Apr 29, 2008)
Michigan Live.
On a vote of 395-7 last week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Coast Guard funding bill that contained language requiring some freighters to disinfect ballast water tanks beginning next year. By 2015, all ships operating in the Great Lakes must have treatment systems on-board that kill all living organisms in ballast tanks, including pathogens. However, the bill only requires that some freighters obey the standards starting next year. It will take until 2015 for all ships to have on-board treatment systems.

National Volunteer Week: Apr 27 - May 3, 2008
National Volunteer Week offers opportunities for us to thank some of America's most valuable assets - our volunteers - and to recognize the myriad of ways they improve our communities. This special week reflects the on the power that volunteers have to "Change the World" - as volunteers encourage those they help and motivate others to serve!

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USDA and Its Partners Declare Victory Over the Asian Longhorned Beetle
(Apr 17, 2008)
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Illinois is First State to Reach Eradication of this Invasive Pest!

Sudden Oak Death pathogen is evolving, says new study that reconstructs the epidemic
(Apr 16, 2008)
University of California - Berkeley.
The pathogen responsible for Sudden Oak Death first got its grip in California's forests outside a nursery in Santa Cruz and at Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County before spreading out to eventually kill millions of oaks and tanoaks along the Pacific Coast, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. It provides, for the first time, evidence of how the epidemic unfolded in this state.

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