A new study by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has shown that ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species have been successful. The spread of aquatic invasive species has remained stable in the 1,000 Wisconsin lakes used in the study. Invasive species are still present in 75% of the lakes, but
In the fight against alien animals that invade and overrun native species, the weird and the wired sometime win. Invasive species are plants and animals that thrive in areas where they don’t naturally live, usually brought there by humans, either accidentally or intentionally. Sometimes, with no natural predators, they multiply and take over, crowding out
Penn State | News April 18, 2013 When you look at lovely water gardens in backyards and at businesses — and feel soothed by the serenity they convey — you would not guess that they represent troubled waters for ecosystems in the mid-Atlantic region. The explosion in popularity of water gardening has resulted in the