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Venerable New York IPM Program On the Ropes Southern IPM blog, "IPM in the South" The New York IPM Program, one of the first state IPM programs and a model for many others, faces extinction. After three decades of impact developing crop protection methods and teaching farmers how to use them, enhancing environmental protection, human health AND profitability, the program faces the budgetary axe of Governor Paterson, whose new budget zeroes it out. Read more at link . --------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to NEON The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) will collect data across the United States on the impacts of climate change, land use change, and invasive species on natural resources and biodiversity. NEON is a project of the U.S. National Science Foundation, with many other U.S. agencies and NGOs cooperating. NEON will be the first observatory network of its kind designed to detect and enable forecasting of ecological change at conti...

Invasive snail may damage diet of rare Everglades bird February 4, 2010 by Tom Nordlie Physorg.com Known as the island apple snail, it could threaten an endangered bird, the Everglades snail kite. The kite normally feeds on native apple snails the size of a golf ball. But in recent years, those snails have declined in historically important kite habitat and the birds have fled. Many kites now dwell at Central Florida’s Lake Tohopekaliga, which is filled with the invasive snails. The mollusks grow larger than a tennis ball and kites have difficulty holding them. Researchers warn that young kites there may be malnourished. The study was published in the current issue of Biological Conservation. Read more at link . Photo by: Tyler Jones/University of Florida/IFAS ---------------------------------------------------------- Closing the carp highway NY Times Editorial The Asian carp, a large and ravenous invasive species, has been making a so-far-unstoppable migration up the Mississippi River...

Updated 2/12. Latest news is at the bottom of this week's blog. -------------------------------------------------------- Today: Friday 2/12 Asian Carp meeting via live web stream U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on behalf of the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, will hold a meeting in Chicago on Feb. 12 to discuss plans and get recommendations on Asian carp control efforts. The committee will answer questions and listen to comments from the public. When: 3:00 – 6:00 p.m., Friday, Feb. 12 The meeting will be available via live web stream at: http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/live --------------------------------------------------------- Invasive Species Thriving in Period of Climate Change February 5, 2010 EIN PRESSWIRE According to a study by Harvard University scientists, invasive species appear to thrive during times of climate change, meaning the species could become more prevalent and more destructive. The study suggests that the invasive species are more apt to thr...

Trends in Invasive Alien Species A publication on the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (BIP) indicator, Trends in Invasive Alien Species has for the first time highlighted the status and impact of invasive alien species. The publication “ Global indicators of biological invasion: species numbers, biodiversity impact and policy responses ”, looked at 57 countries and found that, on average, there are 50 non-indigenous species per country which have a negative impact on biodiversity. The Trends in Invasive Alien species indicator, developed by the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP), forms part of the 2010 BIP indicator suite and falls under the CBD focal area, Threats to Biodiversity. The indicator is comprised of 5 sub-indicators including the newly developed Red List Index (RLI) for impacts of invasive alien species. View the publication>> More information on the Trends in Invasive Alien Species indicator>> -------------------------------------------------...