New Regulations to Help Fight Aquatic Invasive Species

Visitors to Wyoming state park lakes can expect minor delays due to an ongoing battle to prevent quagga and zebra mussels, two types of aquatic invasive species. Wyoming State Legislature has allocated $1.3 million to implement new programs to aid in this prevention. Click the link to read more.

CISEH Makes Headlines on Southeast AgNet

The Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health was recently awarded a $328,714 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to provide high definition videos and presentation materials on high consequence plant pathogens, arthropods and invasive plants. This story made headlines yesterday on Southeast AgNet. Click here to read more about the grant and Center.

Feds propose limits on nine giant snakes

See article here: http://whyfiles.org/324giant_snake/

First parasitic nematodes reported in biofuel crops

See article here: First parasitic nematodes reported in biofuel crops

First Amphibious Insects Found in Hawaii

See National Geographic article here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100323-first-amphibious-insects-caterpillars-hawaii/

Florida Invader Updater Newsletter

The Invader Updater is a quarterly electronic newsletter published by Dr. Steve Johnson and Monica McGarrity of the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center. The Invader Updater focuses on topics related to invasive vertebrate animals in Florida and the southeastern U.S.

Check it out here: http://ufwildlife.ifas.ufl.edu/InvaderUpdater.shtml

Texas Launches New Invasive Species Website

Texas Launches New Invasive Species Website
http://www.texasinvasives.org/  


By Damon Waitt and Travis Gallo

Texasinvasives.org is sporting a new user-friendly interface and new features like Eco Alerts by Region, where you can search Texas Ecoregions to see what species are a problem in your area; a Report It feature to help keep the worst of the worst out of Texas and social media like You Tube and FaceBook. The site is still home to the Texas Invasive Plant & Pest Council, the statewide invasive species conference, the Invaders of Texas citizen science program, and an invasive plant database. The website also contains an interactive mapping application, downloadable invasive species publications and links to national, regional, and state invasive species resources. The new and improved website was made possible by funding from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and in-kind support from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas.