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USDA Affirms Interim Rule as Final Rule for Two Noxious Weeds: Old World Climbing Fern and Maidenhair Creeper (May 3, 2010) USDA . Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. APHIS is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that amended the noxious weed regulations by adding Old…
April 2010 Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada Wildlife Species Assessment Meeting - Assessment Results Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Apr 25-30, 2010 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada * See our Conference Proceedings section for more resources.
Since the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 22, 2010, we’ve mobilized resources to support the U.S. Coast Guard and protect public health and the environment. Our Emergency Operations Center at headquarters has been activated, trained EPA responders are working on the scene, and special…
Invasive Species Boat Inspections Locations Open (PDF | 116 KB) (Apr 26, 2010) Idaho State Department of Agriculture. The Idaho State Department of Agriculture announced that mandatory watercraft inspection stations will open in Idaho on Apr 27. The purpose of these stations is to inspect watercraft…
The U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Larry Robinson by unanimous consent Thursday to serve as assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Robinson will help guide policy and program direction for NOAA’s conservation, protection and…
Climate Change Will Speed Spread of Invasive Fish to Northern Europe (Apr 29, 2010) Eureka Alert. Scientists at the University of Girona evaluated the spread of the invasive mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki , which is native to the United States and lives in Mediterranean rivers in Spain and France.…
NOAA’s State of the Climate report shows the April 2010 average temperature for the contiguous United States was 54.3 degrees F, which is 2.3 degrees F above the long-term (1901-2000) average (14th warmest April on record). April’s average precipitation was 2.18 inches, 0.25 inch below the…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NO.10-OPA50 (Chicago – May 7, 2010) -- Sixth graders from Lakeside Intermediate School’s After School Discovery program put the finishing touches on the Ashtabula River Legacy Act habitat project today by planting native seedlings on the 5 � slip peninsula. U.S
NOAA has modified and expanded the boundaries of the closed fishing area to better reflect the current location of the BP oil spill, and is extending the fishing restriction until May 17.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to make it easier for manufacturers to gain approval to sell fuel conversion systems
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 10-OPA051 CHICAGO (May 7, 2010) — U.S
(ATLANTA – May 7, 2010) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) brought in large hydraulic dredge equipment to expedite the removal of ash from the Emory River
World Governments Fail to Deliver on 2010 Biodiversity Target (Apr 29, 2010) Birdlife International. World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen biodiversity declines according to the article Global…
Species at Risk in Canada Increase in 2010 - The International Year of Biodiversity (May 3, 2010) Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. The COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) assessed the risk of extinction for 51 Canadian wildlife species when it…
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A NOAA-sponsored ocean mission, set to explore for deep sea corals, has been redirected to collect seafloor and water column data from areas near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill source.
Eliminating Weeds Could Put More Cows on the Pasture (Apr 28, 2010) USDA .Agricultural Research Service. An online weed calculator developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist tells ranchers the number of additional cows they could raise if they eliminated one or two widespread…
A New Way to Use Herbicides: To Sterilize, Not Kill Weeds (May 5, 2010) USDA . Agricultural Research Service. Sterilizing rather than killing exotic invasive grasses with herbicides might be a more economical and environmentally sound weed control strategy for rangeland, according to new ARS…
Biological Control of Tropical Soda Apple (2009; PDF | 1.6 MB) University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. TAME Invasives Portal. A new manual, "Biological Control of Tropical Soda Apple," is availableon a first come, first served basis. Development of this 23 pg…
TAME Invasives Portal University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Learn about the research and control methods being developed to fight the following species: Brazilian Pepper-Tree, Old World Climbing Fern ( Lygodium ), Melaleuca, and Tropical Soda Apple. See TAME Pesticide…