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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: NASA, Science and Technology, Space Programs, Port of Baltimore
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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: Arthritis, Scott Williams, Health and Safety at School, Forestry and Timber, Health
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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: Viral Diseases and Infections, Trials, Mussels, 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: Natural Resources, Boy Scouts of America, Forestry and Timber, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations
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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: Conservation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mussels, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Army
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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: Viral Diseases and Infections, Shipping Service, Tourism and Leisure, Water, Standards
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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: Rick Snyder, Conservation, Politics, U.S. Senate, Water
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The work is free and the rewards are great
July is truly summertime. We are having some fine blue-sky days but are also experiencing the white-sky, hot and muggy ones that make us long for air-conditioned interiors. Despite the discomfort to us thin-skinned mammals, life in the natural world is...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Forestry and Timber, Elections, Nature, 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, Wolfgang Puck, Dining and Drinking, Entertainment Events
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Society targets invasive plants
![<span style="font-size: small;">MISHAWAKA - The mission: search and destroy.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/381755920-22142817.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">MISHAWAKA - The mission: search and destroy.</span>")
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...
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