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The USDA National Invasive Species Information Center has several new items: The Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) has updated it's website. In particular, the Global Compendium of Weeds as updated recently (10/04/07). USDA Economic Research Service released its report on the Program of Research...

Hawaii Ecosystems at Risk (HEAR) ( www.hear.org ) has posted presentations from the 2nd International Weed Risk Assessment Workshop . The workshop held in Perth, Australia on September 14, 15, 2007 was part of the 9th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions . Presentations...

Posted on the UH News on September 18, 2007: The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum is the first botanical garden in Hawai‘i to adopt the “Codes of Conduct,” a list of voluntary actions to help protect Hawai‘i from invasive ornamental plants. New actions Lyon Arboretum plans include: • Examine its vision, mission...

As reported in the Baltimore Sun, invasive species might be a good thing for an ecosystem . A U.S. Geological Survey scientist, Nancy Rybicki has published research that aquatic plants in the Potomac River might actually be a good thing. A 2007 study published in Limnology and Oceanography, by Rybicki...