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USDA Awards Grants to Fight Weedy and Invasive Species
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today awarded eight grants totaling $3.5 million in research for the management, control or elimination of...
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3rd UK invasive species conference set for April 3
The University of Kentucky College of Agriculture will present the 3rd Conference on Invasion Biology, Ecology and Management, April 3 at the UK Student Center. This year’s conference, titled “Where We...
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EPA Provides Funds to Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species into Lake George
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has provided $50,000 to the Lake George Park Commission for the purchase of two boat inspection and washing stations that will reduce the threat of aquatic...
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Lionfish Tournament: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Eat ‘Em
From the North Carolina Coastal Federation By Trista Talton More than a decade after finding lionfish established from off the North Carolina coast to Florida, marine researchers continue to look for...
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New Bugs In Florida Stymie Researchers, Threaten Crops
NOTE: the description of the brown marmorated stink bug is of the nymph, not the adult. From National Public Radio With its pleasant climate, Florida has become home to more exotic and invasive species...
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Soybean growers might as well get acquainted with the kudzu bug
In Southeast Farm Press By Xing Ping Hu, Alabama Extension Entomologist What is a kudzu bug? The kudzu bug is a small yellowish green lady-beetle-like insect. However, they are not a beetle, but a true...
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Eat ‘em to beat ‘em: public can help in fight against lionfish
From the Raleigh News & Observer The public is getting a chance to enlist in the war against the lionfish invasion along the coast of the Carolinas. The candy-striped fish with venomous spines and...
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Emerald Ash Borer takes toll in Chicago
In the Chicago Sun Times BY NEIL STEINBERG nsteinberg@suntimes.com November 2, 2013 9:40AM A beautiful autumn purple ash tree stands on the west side of St. Louis Avenue, a few steps south of Bryn...
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Virginia acts to reduce population of wild pigs, the ‘most invasive animal’...
In the Washington Post There’s a population explosion of large, wild animals in the Virginia woods, and it’s not the cute, doe-eyed kind that conjures images of Bambi. They have razor-sharp teeth,...
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Apps help identify invasive pests
by Clint Thompson, news editor with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Is there an unwanted invasive insect or plant on your farm or in your garden that you don’t recognize? The...
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