Wildlife Gardeners - North American Wildlife Gardening - Stewardship http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/forum/ en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:09:43 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/forum/images/styles/desert_green/misc/rss.jpg Wildlife Gardeners - North American Wildlife Gardening - Stewardship http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/forum/ Stopping invasive species takes community response http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/forum/stewardship/6987-stopping-invasive-species-takes-community-response.html Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:10:30 GMT Stopping invasive species takes community response
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Stopping invasive species takes community response
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You've read this past week in the Daily Sun about two of Arizona's invasive species, the crayfish and the zebra mussel.
But did you know that there are not only hundreds more in the state but that Coconino County tops the list with 259?
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What are some examples? Here's a partial list of some of the major threats.
-- New Zealand mudsnail
-- Russian thistle
-- Roof rat
-- Saltcedar (tamarisk)
-- Peach-faced lovebird
-- Red brome
-- Giant salvinia
-- Northern snakehead
-- Zebra mussel
-- Bullfrog
-- Morning glory
-- Russian olive

These are foreign species that have not evolved to coexist with Arizona's ecosystems and for which few or no natural predators or competitors exist...
]]> Stewardship Staff http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/forum/stewardship/6987-stopping-invasive-species-takes-community-response.html Faces of the oil spill cleanup: the volunteer effort http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/forum/stewardship/6935-faces-oil-spill-cleanup-volunteer-effort.html Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:37:46 GMT Faces of the oil spill cleanup: the volunteer effort
By Chloe Stepney, Yahoo! News
Fri Aug 13, 5:27 pm ET

Faces of the oil spill cleanup: the volunteer effort - Yahoo! News
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She is terrified of snakes and murky waters.
One day her job was to help plant about 1,000 bull-reed pods to help restore the wetlands. "I never dreamed in my lifetime that I would be in a marsh," she said.

Still, she waded in, alongside people from federal Fish and Wildlife Department and the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program.

"It was probably one of the biggest highlights of my life. ... I had to do something that I was really...
]]> Stewardship Staff http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/forum/stewardship/6935-faces-oil-spill-cleanup-volunteer-effort.html The Great Water Chestnut Pull http://www.wildlifegardeners.org/forum/stewardship/6906-great-water-chestnut-pull.html Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:19:36 GMT The Great Water Chestnut Pull
Regional August 11, 2010 12:00 AM
Buffalo Rising

The Great Water Chestnut Pull - Buffalo Rising
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Just days ago, squirrels could be seen scampering across a section of Tonawanda Creek on a floating mat of water chestnuts which had filled the creek bank to bank. An invasive species which "escaped" from ornamental ponds a century ago, the European water chestnut had established this worrisome foothold alongside the island in Ellicott Creek park that was created by construction of the Erie Canal. With the potential for the invader to spread further into the canal system, the Niagara River, and adjacent waterways, a response plan was put together and the remediation got underway in earnest this month.

The European water chestnut (not to be confused with the edible plant used in stir-fry) is a particularly aggressive species which can smother an entire water body, blocking sunlight from reaching fish and plants below. It also interferes with recreational use of the water for fishing, swimming, and boating. It's been a problem in many waterways across New York and the northeast.

In Tonawanda Creek, the water chestnut was attacked with a combination of mechanical equipment and community determination to care for our waterways...
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