Measures from predatory beetles to chemical treatments are being taken to combat the invasive insect.
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Fighting the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in N.C.
TAGS: Carolina hemlock Eastern hemlock hemlock Hemlock Restoration Initiative invasive species woolly adelgid
Invasive Plant Density Map Shows Appalachia’s Native Resilience
A map of invasive plant species shows that biodiverse Appalachia has a lower density of invasive plants than much of the Southeast.
Kentucky Seeks to Keep Asian Carp In Check
In its first annual report to Congress on invasive Asian carp, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in February that the aggressive fish are spawning in the Ohio River at Louisville, and have been detected as far upriver as Huntington, W.Va.
Forest Fugitives
Wanted: Six invasive species accussed of trespassing on American soil and robbing her of her natural resources.
Bored to Death
By Amber Ellis Originally from eastern Russia and northeastern Asia, the emerald ash borer found its way to southeastern Michigan through infested cargo ships in 2002 and quickly became North America’s most destructive forest pest. Since then, the invasive beetle…
They’re Here: Alien Species in Appalachia
By Matt Grimley Anything that costs $120 billion every year to control can’t be good. That’s just one estimate of the costs of invasive species in the United States, courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Research Station. In Appalachia, the everyday…
TAGS: American bullfrog Appalachian Fruit Research Station beech bark disease brown marmorated stink bug crayfish plague european starling gray squirrel Great Smoky Mountains National Park invasive species Japanese knotweed Kudzu kudzu bug multiflora rose pseudorabies tree-of-heaven wild boars
