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Category Archives: invasive species
This week is “National Invasive Species Awareness Week” and a number of organizations around the country are holding workshops or distributing information to educate and inform the public about the threats invasive species pose to our natural resources including wetlands. … Continue reading
“The rapid development, as far as we can judge, of all the higher plants within recent geological time is an abominable mystery.” ~Darwin Last night I enjoyed Woody Allen’s film, “Midnight in Paris,” a surrealistic journey into the past. Cinematic … Continue reading
Posted in aquatic plants, biodiversity, invasive species, water quality
Tagged aquatic plants, floating fern, Midnight in Paris, water lily, wetlands
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I was in the Wetlands this morning, just exploring around, and on my way back I saw this strange sight. Everything was on fire. -Halidorn, World of Warcraft game forum The popular multi-player video game, World of Warcraft, which I’ve … Continue reading
A major problem on many wetland restoration projects including mitigation sites is the presence and even dominance of invasive species. An “invasive species” is defined as 1) nonnative (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration and 2) whose introduction causes … Continue reading
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Tagged honeybees, invasive species, purple loosestrife, wetlands
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Billboards are fairly common throughout the country and popular ways to advertise businesses, sports, politics—you-name-it. But invasive species? A local-state-federal partnership for restoring the Everglades launched its invasive species campaign at the end of 2009. The U.S. Army Corps … Continue reading
“And there be now many men of great wisdom, learning and experience, which love and practice this art, that know I speak the truth.” –The Compleat Angler In school some kids have parents with cool jobs and some don’t. Working … Continue reading
Recently a colleague sent me a list to a webpage with “weed recipes” with information about invasive species. (Thanks, Ruth!) I posted the link on Facebook thinking of friends who are always on the look-out for new ideas on cooking, … Continue reading
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Tagged eat invasives, invasive species, Japanese knotweed, weed recipes, wetlands
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Laguna Creek Wetlands Salamander By Paul Dale Roberts – Chronicles of a Ghostwriter/Ghosthunter This is a funny blog – not serious (the photo is a Chinese Giant Salamander, not native to CA) http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/22632/Laguna_Creek_Wetlands_Salamander
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Recently I saw an interesting video on New York City’s finest—these are the eco-cops on the environmental violation beat! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctokstlyg1s I wondered if kids in school are starting to say, “When I grow up, I want to be an eco-cop.” … Continue reading
When I was a little girl, my Gramma gave me some of her old fur stoles for playing dress-up. I was equally drawn to and disgusted by them. I liked to run my fingers over the ringlets and ripples of … Continue reading
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Tagged cooking nutria, Cree McCree, eco-fur, faux fur, fur, invasive species, nutria, nutria fashion, Righteous fur, wetlands
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