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NECN discusses the use of Galerucella beetles in New England (7/15/2008)

News Channel 8 in New Hampshire reports on a local golf course's efforts to combat loosestrife with the Galerucella beetle (7/10/2008)

Vermont Public Radio reports on local efforts to combat invasives (7/08/2008)

The Providence Journal warns its readers of the dangers of invasive Dame's Rocket (7/06/2008)

An interesting look at methods of detecting the invasive emerald ash borer in New Hampshire, from WCAX (7/02/2008)

New Hampshire Business Review takes a look at invasives in a warming world (06/06/2008)

WCVB in Boston reports on local students efforts to fight invasive plants (06/03/2008)

WCVB in Boston reports on local students efforts to fight invasive plants (06/03/08)

The Nashua Telegraph reports on New Hampshire efforts to combat aquatic invasives (06/01/2008)

New partnership creates the Coastal Watershed Invasive Plant Partnership in New Hampshire (05/30/2008)

The Burlington Free Press highlights local efforts to combat aquatic invasives, Charlotte, VT (05/30/2008)

MetroWest Daily News reports on local residents efforts to restore invaded pond in Westborough, MA (05/21/2008)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife grants help Maine fight invasive milfoil (The Kennebec Journal). (05/03/2008)

The Lake Winnisquam Watershed Association is initiating a new "Lake Host Program", Laconia, NH. (04/23/2008)

The New York Times reports on leaf-cutting ants as dispersers of invasives. (04/22/2008)

The Kennebec Journal reports on the invasion of garlic mustard in Gardiner, Maine. (04/20/2008)

Report on the New Hampshire prohibited invasive species list. (04/18/2008)

The Connecticut Post reports on the decline of muskrat populations due to invasive plant species. (04/15/2008)

The Sun Chronicle looks at North Attleboro's efforts to combat invasive species in local ponds. North Attleboro, MA . (04/09/2008)

Hudson County, New Jersey claims successful eradication of Asian long-horned beetle. (04/07/2008)

The Cape Cod Times reports on invaders to the Cape landscape, Cape Cod, MA. (04/06/2008)

Invasive hairy-clawed crab may be headed to New Hampshire waters. (04/02/2008)

Rock snot has outdoors enthusiasts concerned in Maine. (03/30/2008)

The New York Times reports about a Fairfield, woman who turns Oriental bittersweet into art, Fairfield, CT. (03/30/2008)

The Boston Globe reports on pleas to fight rock snot in Massachusetts. (03/29/2008)

Six Maine organizations will seek $4 million to fight invasive aquatic plants, Lewiston, ME. (03/08/2008)

WCSH6 in Portland reports on the 9th Annual Maine Milfoil Summit, Lewiston, ME. (03/07/2008)

Maine aquatic invasive plant field guide updated and available , Auburn, ME. (02/22/2008)

Volunteers pull invasive pepper weed in the Great Marsh, Newburyport, MA. (02/19/2008)

Science Daily News reports on the creation of a computer model to predict the best predators for the control invasive species. (02/18/2008)

The Republican reports that The Minnechaug Land Trust, in partnership with the New England Wildflower Society, is awarded a state grant to battle invasives. (01/28/2008)

Newswatch 50 in Watertown, New York reports that the St. Lawrence Seaway plans new rules to combat invasive species. (01/17/2008)

The Boston Globe reports on invasive plants and animals taking hold in Rhode Island waters (12/31/2007)

New York DEC creates a special unit to combat the dramatic rise in invasive species. (12/26/2007)

The Worcester Telegram and Gazette illustrates how ornamental foreign plants can wipe out native species. (12/17/07) Nice T-shirt Peter Alden!

How grants help rid two New York lakes of Eurasian water milfoil. From Star-gazette.com (12/09/2007)

Lake Cochituate, Massachusetts losing the battle with three non-native invasive species (12/08/2007)

US House to vote on legislation to set national ballast water standards (12/02/2007)

The County Courier of northwestern Vermont recommends alternative choices to the invasive Norway maple (11/29/2007)

New York Department of Environmental Protection earmarks $1.4 Million to battle milfoil, phragmites and other aquatic invasive species (11/24/07)

Spero News reports on research investigating the effects of invasive plants on soil microbe biodiversity (11/19/07)

The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife issues a state-wide warning about using invasive species in holiday decorations (11/18/07)

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Center for Invasive Plant Management announce a new e-learning website aimed at engaging volunteers and the public in invasive plant issues and management

The Hartford Courant reports on the Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance and Immediate Response Act now before the U.S. Senate (11/13/07)

The Jamestown Conservation Commission's effort to educate Rhode Islanders about the effects of invasive species, The Jamestown Free Press (11/08/07)

New York Daily News reports on Nassau County's efforts to ban "eco-unfriendly" plant species (10/26/07)

The Boston Globe highlights the popular fall non-native invasive, oriental bittersweet (10/19/07)

University of Delaware scientists find "secret weapon" of invasive Phragmites australis from Science Daily (10/15/07)

An article on invasives crowding out natives in western Massachusetts (10/13/07)

'Weed watcher' saves Maine lake from milfoil (10/05/07)

The Rutland Herald (VT) reports on efforts to remove Phragmites from local wetlands (10/03/07)

New York creates invasive species council to combat invasive plants and animals (9/12/2007)

The Astonia Nature Center (CT) awarded grant to help remove invasive plants (9/10/2007)

Weed eating bug fights purple loosestrife on Mona Lake (8/27/2007)

Lake Luzerne Residents (Albany, NY) battle invasive milfoil (08/27/2007)

WCAX news reports on Japanese knotweed removal efforts in Vermont (08/04/2007)

Boston.com reports on the presence of an invasive algae in Vermont (08/06/2007)

An article on aquatic invasives in Massachusetts from the MetroWest Daily News (7/14/2007)

Eurasian milfoil control efforts in the Adirondacks, as reported by The Adirondack Daily Enterprise (7/13/2007)

NorthJersey.com reports on problems with invasive plants in northern New Jersey (6/23/2007)

The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus posts an article on the effects of invasive plants on native plants in Vermont (6/18/2007)

Alternatives to invasive cultivars reported by STLtoday.com (6/16/2007)

An article on Eurasian milfoil control in the Adirondacks from the New York Times (6/12/2007)

The Advocate reports on a collaboration to remove invasives from the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut (6/7/2007)

Foster's Online reports on a plan to remove invasive plants from Fort Foster in Kittery, ME (6/5/2007)

The Danvers Herald publishes an article on some commonly-encountered invasives and their effects (5/31/2007)

SouthCoastToday.com posts a brief article about the effects of invasive plant on local ecosystems (5/19/2007)

The Capital Online reports that invasive mitten crabs have been found in the Chesapeake Bay (5/19/2007)

An article about invasive plants in Massachusetts from the Worcester Telegram & Gazette (4/19/2007)

Freetown, MA is planning control of aquatic invasives in Long Pond according to the SouthCoastToday (4/12/2007)

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announces grants available for eradication of invasives in New York, from the EmpireStateNews.net (4/11/07)

The Amherst Bulletin posts an article on the threats of non-native plants (4/06/07)

An article about the effects of the American White Moth, invasive in China, as reported by the China Daily (4/05/07)

Publication of a nation-wide guide to invasive plants is announced by the Chatham Journal Weekly (4/02/2007)

A brief article on the discovery of Asian long-horned beetles on Staten Island from the Boston Globe (3/27/07)

An article concerning funding for variable milfoil control in Maine from the Portland PressHerald/Maine Sunday Telegram (3/19/2007)

A brief article about invasive plants from the Gloucester Daily Times (3/06/2007)

A short article about the economic and environmental costs of invasives in New York State, from the Poughkeepsie Journal (2/25/2007)

The Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram announce plans by the town of Falmouth, Maine to conduct a spring workshop on invasive plant control (2/20/2006)

A brief article about the process of invasion by gypsy moths from EurekaAlert (12/15/2006)

An article on wild pigs in Pennsylvania from the Tribune-Democrat (12/15/2006)

An article on Oriental bittersweet in northeastern Massachusetts from the Boston Globe (10/22/2006)

Autumn olive is selected as invasive plant of the month by the Pocono Record (10/23/2006)

A brief general article on invasive species from the Portsmouth Herald (10/02/2006)

The Rutland Herald reports on the presence of water chestnut plants in Lake St. Catherine (09/22/2006)

An article on invasive sea squirts found in the waters of George's Bank in Science Daily (09/21/2006)

An article in the New Milford Times about the recent discovery of mile-a-minute vine in northwestern Connecticut (9/8/2006)

The Block Island Times reports on invasive plant surveys on Block Island, RI (8/12/2006)

An article in AMC outdoors focusing on invasive plants in the White Mountain National Forest (July/August 2006)

The Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) receives a grant for their Vital Signs: Monitoring Invasive Species program, reported by MaineToday.com (6/20/2006)

From Connecticut's National Public Radio, a report on invasive plant introductions and IPANE, by Nancy Cohen (6/1/2006) (mp3 format)

iBerkshires.com reports that federal funding has been given to Weed It Now program in the Berkshire region (5/29/2006)

Invasive plant legislation in New Hampshire remains intact,a report from the Portsmouth Herald (5/18/2006)

IPANE and the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) expand their collaboration (Winter 2006 issue of NBII newsletter)

NASA Technology provides a new tool for invasive plant management (2/15/2006)

Research on biological control for Black and Pale swallow-wort is ongoing at Cornell (2/8/2006)

USDA Agricultural Research service reports on an article in Agricultural Research magazine about some Hydrilla strains in Florida that have become resistant to herbicide treatment (11/2005)

An article by nature.com about the National Park Service exotic plant management teams (11/16/2005)

A National Geographic News article on "biotic homogenization" due to the spread of species around the globe (11/11/2005)

Military bases face problems with invasive species, an article by the Environmental News Network (10/18/2005)

A Boston Globe article about New England's Invasive Plant legislation, featuring the recent Invasive Plant Summit (9/22/2005)

An article encouraging native plant alternatives for landscaping in the Bay Journal (9/2005)

"Clock ticking for invasive plant sales" reports the Concord Monitor of New Hampshire in regards to the state's invasive plant legislation (8/16/2005)

An article in the Christian Science Monitor considers research findings that an invasive plant species has enabled the survival of a new fly species (8/4/2005)

The New York State Invasive Species Task Force draft of a report to the governor is released (open to public comment until 9/14/2005).

NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation Press Release (7/29/2005)
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle article (7/29/2005)
Auburnpub.com article (8/3/2005)

The Washington Post reports on Invasive species in national wildlife refuges (7/25/2005)

A Sitnews story on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) spread in Alaska and lower 48 states (7/22/2005)

An article in the Boston Globe on Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) in Boston parks (7/12/2005)

An article in the Boston Globe on Phragmites australis (common reed) in Great Marsh (6/30/2005)

The National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2005 is introduced in the senate: a press release on U.S. Newswire about this bipartisan effort (4/13/2005); an article in the Magic City Morning Star (Millinocket, ME) (4/13/2005); an article by the bill's co-sponsor, Senator Susan Collins of Maine (4/17/2005)

An Article in Suffolk Life News (Long Island, NY) emphasizing the importance of early detection of invasive plants and Polygonum perfoliatum (Mile-a-minute vine) (4/13/2005)

The Environmental Protection Agency is ordered by a federal court to repeal exemptions of permits for releasing ship ballast water: Associated Press article on MSNBC news (4/1/2005), press release on U.S Newswire (4/5/2005)

An article on National Invasive Weed Awareness Week (NIWAW) from the Grounds Maintenance website (3/29/2005)

A Daily Campus (University of Connecticut) article on Donna Ellis and the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG) (3/23/2005)

Science News article on Remote sensing techniques used to detect invasive plants in Hawaii (3/8/2005)

Press Release by WWF- Australia: Garden plants jump the fence onto farms(3/7/2005)

News Release by UK Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) on new Horticultural Code of Practice(3/3/2005)

National Geographic Magazine Online Extra: Tracking Down Invaders (3/2005) (This is an online supplement to the full article in the March 2005 National Geographic Magazine)

Hartford Courant article on the Peabody Museum exibit: "Lanscape Under Seige: Invasive Plants of Connecticut" (1/14/2005)

CNN Article on invasive species, with a link to IUCN's "100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species" report (12/31/2004)

University of Washington researchers demostrate that many wildflower seed mixes contain invasive plants (4/18/2002)