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  • New App Lets You Report Invasive Species

    Oct 18, 2012
    https://cfaes.osu.edu/node/684

    Ohio State University. College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

    Ohio State University Extension has released a new app for spotting and tracking invasive species -- non-native organisms such as Asian carps, purple loosestrife and Asian longhorned beetle -- to try to keep them from setting up beachheads and hurting the economy and environment. By using the free Great Lakes Early Detection Network app, a person can take pictures of suspected invasive species -- whether of farm, forest or water -- and upload the pictures and locations for verification. Based on this early warning, scientists can send out alerts, map the spread and figure out a battle plan.

  • New Manager’s Guide for Controlling Hemlock Woolly Adelgids

    Sep 24, 2020
    https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/compass/2020/09/24/new-managers-guide-for-controlli…

    USDA. FS. Southern Research Station. CompassLive.

    Forest Service scientists have published a guide synthesizing best practices for controlling these tiny bugs. It promotes a strategy of combining insecticide use with adelgid-eating insects.

  • New NW CASC Synthesis Explores the Effects of Climate Change on Invasive Species in the Northwest

    Apr 16, 2020
    https://nwcasc.uw.edu/2020/04/16/new-nw-casc-synthesis-explores-the-effects-of-…

    University of Washington. Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center.

    There is growing concern that changing climate conditions will amplify the negative impacts of non-native invasive species and facilitate their expansion. Despite the potential ecological and economic impacts of invasive species expansions in the Northwest, there has been no comprehensive synthesis on climate change effects on invasive species – until now. NW CASC-funded researchers Jennifer Gervais (Oregon Wildlife Institute), Clint Muhlfeld (U.S. Geological Survey) and colleagues conducted an extensive literature analysis to determine the current state of knowledge about climate change effects on non-native invasive species in the Northwest.