Older News Items:
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)