At an age when many people settle into a quieter retirement, Ken Hooper, 85, is still…
Tag: invasive species management
In 2020, Tasmania treated invasive rice grass in Duck Bay; three years later, fish species had more than doubled from 5 to 11 and average catches rose from about 2 to 45 per net
Among the species benefiting from the restoration are yellow-eye mullet. A major effort to remove invasive…
In 1976, Buffalo turned a 264-acre industrial dump into a nature preserve; 50 years later, its 75-acre marsh is Erie County’s largest remnant wetland and 260+ bird species have been observed
Buffalo turned a 264-acre industrial dump into a nature preserve; 50 years later, its 75-acre marsh…
In 2011, New York covered five acres of Lake George with more than 700 mats to suffocate invasive Asian clams; 97% died, but the invader later spread to 27 locations
Representative Image (AI-generated) When invasive Asian clams were discovered in Lake George, New York, in 2010,…
In 1902, Hawaii introduced red mangroves to stabilize shorelines; 124 years later, the invasive trees clog waterways and degrade habitat used by endangered native waterbirds
Representative image of Hawaii from Canva In 1902, red mangroves were brought to Hawaii with an…
In 2003, crews began removing non-native fish from the Grand Canyon; by 2006 rainbow trout’s share of the catch had fallen from about 90% to under 10%
In the depths of the Grand Canyon, scientists were trying to give native fish a better…
More than 100 years ago, red mangroves were introduced to Hawaii; now crews are trying to eradicate them from nearly 2 miles of waterways to restore wetlands and protect endangered birds
Environmental crews and volunteers physically clear thickets of invasive red mangrove trees and tangled stilt roots…