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Garden Q&A: Some invasive species can be controlled
My mother's landscape is full of pachysandra and periwinkle ground cover, both of which are on invasive species lists. Do I need to pull all of it out this spring?
These two are different from most non-native invasive plants. Yes, these popular...Tags: Port of Baltimore, Space Programs, NASA, Science and Technology
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A surprising connection between invasive plants and Lyme disease
Researchers from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station returned from studying invasive woodland plant species one day to find themselves mysteriously crawling with ticks.
"I've been working in these forests for 30 years, and I'd never been...Tags: Health, Forestry and Timber, Diseases and Illnesses, Scott Williams, Natural Resources
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Environmentalists threaten suit over ballast rule
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Environmental groups said Tuesday they might file another lawsuit in their long-running battle with the federal government over ballast water discharges from cargo ships blamed for spreading invasive species in the...Tags: Water, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Viral Diseases and Infections, Environmental Politics, Lakes and Ponds
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Scouts holding meeting Tuesday about forest-management plan at Camp Sinoquipe
dona@herald-mail.comThe Mason-Dixon Council of the Boy Scouts of America will hold a meeting Tuesday night at Hagerstown Community College to discuss and address concerns about a draft forest-management plan for Camp Sinoquipe in Fulton County, Pa. Development of the plan,...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Social Organizations, Natural Resources, Boy Scouts of America, Environmental Issues
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Northern Michigan conservation groups react to Asian carp study
In the Chicago area, the concern with creating a permanent barrier between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed in order to keep aquatic invasive species from slipping between the two is that of the shipping economy.
But here in Northern...Tags: U.S. Army, Bodies of Water, Lakes and Ponds, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Issues
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Environmental Protection Agency wants stricter rules for ship ballast water
TRAVERSE CITY -- The Environmental Protection Agency proposed stricter requirements Wednesday for cleaning ballast water that keeps ships upright in rolling seas but enables invasive species to reach U.S. waters, where they have ravaged ecosystems and...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Cruises, Environmental Politics, Lakes and Ponds, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Michigan to create aquatic invasive species council
Gov. Rick Snyder signed a package of legislation this week to create an advisory council to oversee ballast water discharges in Michigan.
The legislation, authored by Republican Senators Tom Casperson of Escanaba, Geoff Hansen of Hart and Howard Walker...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Frank Foster, Lakes and Ponds, Environmental Politics
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Celebrity Snakehead Dinner to benefit Oyster Recovery Partnership
The Baltimore SunAuthor, chef and National Geographic Fellow Barton Seaver joins eight chefs from Maryland and D.C. for this invasive species dinner benefiting the Oyster Recovery Partnership. Chefs include Baltimore's Spike Gjerde (Woodberry Kitchen) and Chad Wells...Tags: Washington, DC, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Annapolis, Wolfgang Puck
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Society targets invasive plants
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterMISHAWAKA - The mission: search and destroy. The target: invasive plants. The South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society Sanctuary is under attack. Trees, shrubs and plants are being pushed out by honeysuckle and bittersweet and damaging delicate ecosystems. A... -
Maryland has become ground zero for a new invasive species threat, wavyleaf basketgrass
After a recent hike through Patapsco Valley State Park, Baltimore teacher Greg Schnitzlein's jaw dropped as he watched his two dogs emerge from the woods looking, as he says, like Chia Pets, every inch of their fur slathered in sproutlike seeds....Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Carroll County (Maryland), State Parks, Executive Branch, Science
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