Items
of Interest:
Snakehead Invaders Spread to the Rhode (Jul 19, 2011)
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Shorelines.
Scientists have discovered a northern snakehead in Anne Arundel County. Biologists from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center were taking annual fish samples last week when they found the 23-inch egg-bearing snakehead in the Rhode River. Scientists are exploring whether low salinity levels in the Chesapeake Bay allowed the snakehead to travel to Rhode River.
Citizen
Science: New Website Launched Making it
Easier to Report Sightings of Chinese Mitten
Crabs (May 2011)
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
Are you a crabber, waterman, or concerned
citizen? We need your help to detect and
assess the status of Chinese Mitten Crabs
along the Atlantic and the Gulf Coasts. Recently
a new website, Mitten
Crab Watch, has been launched to provide
information on the invasion of the mitten
crab and to allow users to more easily report
catches.
Remove
A Snakehead And Win: DNR to Offer Recognition
and Prizes to Anglers Who Catch and Kill
Snakeheads (Apr 15,
2011)
Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
In an effort to stem the spread of the
invasive snakehead fish, anglers have the opportunity
to win prizes for catching snakeheads.
From now until Dec 31, 2011, anyone who catches
a Northern snakehead with a hook-and-line and
posts the catch including a photo of the dead
fish on DNR’s
Angler's
Log will
be entered into a year end drawing.
Maryland
Invasive Plant Bill Set to Become Law (Apr 6, 2011)
Anacostia Watershed Society.
The invasive
plant bill (HB 831) will deal
with the the nursery trade of invasive
plant species in the state of Maryland. It
will employ a comprehensive science-based
risk assessment protocol that will generate
a tiered list of the state’s invasive
plants. It
will ban the most highly invasive species
and includes a provision that will require
retailers to post signs, warning consumers
of the environmental hazards of these plants.
This bill is a much needed measure to address
and contribute to curbing the invasive
plant species problem from its main root
cause without affecting the horticultural
industry or the state's budget.
Hopefully it will serve as a model for
other states in the country.
DNR
Bans Felt Soles In Maryland Waters (Mar
17, 2011)
Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) is banning felt soles in Maryland waters
beginning Mar 22, 2011 to protect and preserve
native wildlife and habitats. See the Felt-Soles
Ban - FAQ (PDF | 59 KB) for more information.
Chronic Wasting Disease Found In A White-Tailed Deer In Maryland (Feb 10, 2011)
Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
A white-tailed deer harvested in Maryland has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease
(CWD). Chronic Wasting Disease is a transmissible neurological disease of deer and elk that produces small lesions in brains of infected animals.
Maryland joins 20 other states and Canadian provinces with CWD documented in deer, elk or moose.
DNR
Study Confirms Threats To Native Crayfish (Apr 26, 2010)
Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
A new study finds several species of native
Maryland crayfish are declining because of
the introduction and spread of invasive crayfish.
The threat looms large, especially with the
first-ever discovery of the Rusty
Crayfish, one of the
most notorious invasive species, in three
Maryland watersheds in 2007 and 2008.
White
Nose Syndrome Confirmed In Bats From Western
Maryland Cave (Mar 18, 2010)
Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
Biologists have confirmed that bat carcasses
collected from a cave near Cumberland on Mar
5, 2010 were infected with White Nose Syndrome
(WNS). This is the first confirmed WNS case
in Maryland.
Invasive
Algae Found In Savage River: Didymo Found Below Savage River Reservoir (Dec 16,
2009)
Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
The
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
(DNR) announced that didymo, an
invasive non-native algae has been found
in the Savage River below Savage River Reservoir.
Didymo's appearance in popular trout
fishing areas indicates that it is being
spread by anglers, particularly by felt-sole
boots. For more information, visit
Department of Natural Resource Recreational
Fisheries and Maryland
Invasive Species Web sites.
Report
Invasive Plant Pest in Maryland
Maryland Department of Agriculture.
PLEASE
CALL: 410.841.5920
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