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Limerick has Milfoil presentation from OFAH’s Rob McGowan
At their May 21 meeting, Limerick Township council had a presentation from Rob McGowan, invasive species outreach liaison with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, regarding Milfoil and miti ...
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After Four Decades, Efforts to Save Great Lakes Piping Plovers Are Seeing Signs of Major Success
With dedication and ingenuity, a recovery team has been helping the endangered shorebirds overcome old and emerging threats ...
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After Four Decades, Efforts to Save Great Lakes Piping Plovers Are Seeing Major Success
With dedication and ingenuity, a recovery team has been helping the endangered shorebirds overcome old and emerging threats ...
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How to fight invasive plants—one bite at a time
According to the National Wildlife Federation, about 42 percent of today’s threatened or endangered species are at risk because of invasive species. Be sure to forage only in nonpolluted areas ...
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Invasive Box Tree Moth has reached West Virginia's eastern panhandle
The W.Va. Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of the Box Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis) in Berkeley ...
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The Oldest Tree In Canada Has Lived On A Cliff For More Than 1,300 Years
We've covered a wide range of long-living trees around the world, from the sprawling Angel Oak in the southeast United States to the Olive tree of Vouves in Greece. While these notable elders garnered ...
One of Toronto's oldest elm trees is on its last legs. Researchers are racing to re-grow copies
One of the largest old elm trees in Toronto — possibly in all of southern Ontario — is on its last legs. But as the city ...
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Creativity is flourishing in Marmora
Marmora is home to some incredibly creative people. To illustrate, two members of the Library Writer’s Group have published books. Pathfinder by Lionel Bennett and Crow River Justice by Colleen ...
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Invasive ants are a bigger threat than we thought
Islands are the hotspots of invasion since they tend to be small and biologically isolated, often making their native species easy to outcompete for invasive ... The resulting map reveals ants ...
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Invasive plants killed off in deep Highland gorge
Rope access specialists have been tackling invasive species in the Highlands' Corrieshalloch Gorge. Invasive non-native plants have been cleared from crags of a 60m (197ft) deep gorge in the ...
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Invasive plants killed off in deep Highland gorge
Invasive non-native plants have been cleared ... rhododendron ponticum and American skunk cabbage. The species, brought to the UK from other parts of the world for planting in gardens, can smother ...
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Massive fishing tournament takes aim at species harming local waters: 'They're venomous, they're invasive, and they're delicious'
The more restaurants that serve the invasive species and the more tournaments that are held to reduce their populations, the better. CBS4 explained that lionfish don't have natural predators in ...