Invasive Species

Letter: Land Trust restoration event at Francis Beach, Saturday (Coastsider)

29 Aug 2008

The Coastside Land Trust is holding our monthly restoration event at our Francis Beach properties this coming Saturday, August 30th, 12:30 to 3pm.  We’re making good progress re-establishing native vegetation on these beautiful bluff top properties. The invasive species are now dry and our dry-summer adapted native species are coming into their own with blooms, seed setting and dispersal. Lizard ...

Botulism kills shorebirds (Michigan Outdoor News)

28 Aug 2008

Lansing - Sometimes the effects of invasive species are direct, such as water intakes clogged by zebra mussels. Sometimes they're more complex - such as birds and fish likely killed by a condition aided by invasives.

Invasive species bills stuck in Congress (AG Weekly)

28 Aug 2008

WASHINGTON - Tiny foreign mussels assault drinking water sources in California and Nevada. A deadly fish virus spreads swiftly through the Great Lakes and beyond. Japanese shore crabs make a home for themselves in Long Island Sound, more than 6,000 miles away.