Items
of Interest:
Waterway
Closure Notice: Chicago Sanitary and Ship
Canal Scheduled to Close to Allow the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers to Conduct Electric
Fish Barrier Maintenance (Nov 17,
2009)
United States Coast Guard. Ninth Coast Guard
District.
In early Dec 2009, the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers will perform scheduled maintenance
of the ANS Dispersal Barrier, also known
as the electronic fish barrier (Barrier IIA),
in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC).
The combination of barriers I and IIA are
currently the only deterrent preventing the
Asian
carp from continuing their destructive
advance up the waters of the CSSC into Lake
Michigan and periodic maintenance is necessary
to maintain reliable operations and to avoid
a catastrophic failure.
EAB Risk Management Training Offered Throughout The State (Oct 27, 2009)
Illinois Department of Agriculture.
The Illinois Department of Agriculture and University of Illinois Extension are hosting a series of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Risk Management training seminars for persons looking for more information about the EAB and what they can do to help stop its spread. The day-long seminars will help attendees identify EAB, learn the early signs of an affected tree and how state and federal quarantines are implemented once EAB is confirmed in a community.
Do Chicago's Suburbs Hold the Key to Understanding West Nile Virus? (Jul 22, 2009)
University of Wisconsin-Madison. School of Veterinary Medicine.
Researchers are conducting studies to determine why one neighborhood is more affected than a neighboring area by the West Nile Virus. They are focusing on Chicago and its suburbs, which is one of the areas most affected. The study includes research on the American robin, which seems to be a key player and carrier in the spread of the virus. Information on the project's field effort "West Nile Virus: Eco-epidemiology of Disease Emergence in Urban Areas II" can be found on the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine's Eco-epidemiology of West Nile Virus site.
Invasive
Fish Survey Resumes in Illinois Waterway:
Boater safety around electrical barrier
a priority (Jun 3, 2009)
DOI.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
The U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard,
and Chicago’s Shedd
Aquarium will resume annual surveillance
efforts June 17-18 for invasive
fish and fish pathogens, across 200 miles
of the Illinois Waterway.
Fourteen
More Invasive Plant Species Are Illegal
in Chicago (Apr 7, 2009;
PDF | 30 KB)
City of Chicago. Department of the Environment.
The Chicago Department of Environment will now prosecute sellers and hobbyists
alike who import, sell or possess oriental bittersweet, Japanese hops and princess
trees, among others. Privet, a common shrub that can be found even in Grant Park,
also made the list. For more information see Invasive
Species from the Chicago Department of Environment
Viral
Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHS) - Illinois
Announces Emergency Regulations to Stop
Spread of Fish Virus (Jul
2, 2008)
Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Emerald
Ash Borer and Quarantine
Brochure (PDF | 3 MB)
Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Do Not Move Firewood, Buy it at your
destination!! |
