CTAHR eXchange

Join CTAHR and NREM faculty JB Friday and Travis Idol as they illustrate the threats to Koa forest at Kokee on Kauai. See the video on YouTube - here:

Don't make plans for travel in June 2010. In a study to be published in Ecography , Dr. Andrew Tatem of Oxford University has predicted that June 2010 will be a busy month for the movement of invasive alien species. Read the Science Daily report on the study. The published abstract is available from...

Weed US is a new website with a database about invasive plant species. This website is a collaborative project between the Plant Conservation Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group and the University of Georgia - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health . The project will eventually expand...

The USDA and the National Agriculture Library have released their 2009 report "U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grant and Partnership Programs that Can Address Invasive Species Research, Technical Assistance, Prevention and Control." This workbook contains basic information on programs...

The Union of Concerned Scientists has just released it's latest report, this time, on the impacts and costs of Invasive Species in Ohio: Pathways, Policies and Costs . This is a series of reports by UCS on Invasive Species in various states, following reports in Alaska , West Virginia , and Texas...

USDA Economic Research Service has released a new report entitled "Integrating Invasive Species Prevention and Control Policies."

From the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Zouhar, Kristin; Smith, Jane Kapler; Sutherland, Steve; Brooks, Matthew L. 2008. Wildland fire in ecosystems: fire and nonnative invasive plants . Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service...

From the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Zouhar, Kristin; Smith, Jane Kapler; Sutherland, Steve; Brooks, Matthew L. 2008. Wildland fire in ecosystems: fire and nonnative invasive plants . Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service...

The US Geological Survey is hosting a series of briefings for members of Congress and their staffs. Keeping within their theme of Climate Change, they will be holding a briefing on " The Challenge of Invasive Species " on September 19, 2008 at 9:30 am in the Rayburn House Office Building, room...

From Invasive Notes : The Fifth conveninig of the National Invasive Species Advisory Committee is seeking your input as it prepares for a meeting in November 18-19, 2008. The Invasive Species Advisory Committee is made up of 31 individuals representing a broad range of stakeholders including scientific...