The latest news updates from protectyourwaters.net http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news It would seem the biggest barrier to exotic species gaining entry into Montana would be the many miles they have to travel. Instead, it proves to be the state's miles of red tape. A national pet store chain and a frog breeder petitioned Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) in mid-2009 to allow... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12058 What's Hot Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 An Asian carp "summit" has been scheduled Feb. 8 at the White House, the chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality announced Thursday. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle will meet with fellow governors from Michigan and Illinois and federal agency leaders to talk about the Obama administr... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12059 What's Hot Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The Great Lakes are under assault from foreign invaders according to Jennifer McKay, policy specialist with Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council in Petoskey. More than 186 non-native species have entered the Great Lakes, costing millions of dollars and irreparably damaging the Great Lakes ecosystem.... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12060 General News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The ten “Cibeles” are the outcome of the Spanish Presidency’s conference on the “Post-2010 Biodiversity Vision and Target – The role of Protected Areas and Ecological Networks in Europe” held on 26-27 January. Spain calls for a “target for Europe to halt the loss of biodiversity and the degradation ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12061 General News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 A fatal fish virus has been detected in Lake Superior for the first time, meaning it has spread to all the Great Lakes, researchers said Wednesday. Read the full story to get the details. <a href="http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/outdoors/vhs-fish-virus-found-in-lake-superior" target="newwindo... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12062 Species Specific News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 It's a fish story one group of anglers won't soon forget. The Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks says a group of fishermen discovered an alligator while out on Coffey County Lake Jan. 27. The five-foot, four-inch gator was dead, so they netted it and notified lake authorities. It was found n... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12063 Species Specific News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Canyon Lake residents soon will hear from the Board of Directors on a proposed inspection program for boats entering the community. This is in response to studies and recommendations made over the past couple of years regarding the potential for quagga mussel infiltration in Canyon Lake. Read the fu... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12064 Species Specific News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Local water officials continue to evaluate ways to eradicate invasive zebra mussels from the San Justo Reservoir on Union Road and now expect that the popular fishing and boating spot will likely not reopen until 2011. Read the full story to get the details. <a href="http://www.freelancenews.co... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12065 Species Specific News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Many anglers in Wisconsin are unaware of laws designed to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species and protect the state's lakes and rivers, according to a recent statewide poll. Anglers had the most confusion about laws designed to stop the fish disease viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12066 General News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Which is worse? Closing two locks on a waterway that's used to ship millions of dollars' worth of goods from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi basin? Or allowing a voracious Asian carp to deplete the food supply of native fish sustaining a Midwestern fishing industry that nets $7 billion a year? ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12067 What's Hot Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Napa County grape growers are gearing up to battle a new exotic moth this spring, even as state and federal officials plan to investigate whether the invasive pest has spread elsewhere in California. The search for the European grapevine moth includes Sonoma County, where traps will be set. Local... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12068 Species Specific News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 As the state moves to protect the drinking water supply for many area towns from the invasive zebra mussel, local conservation groups and officials are also watching to be sure the pest does not spread to this region. The Department of Conservation and Recreation last week announced a boat inspec... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12069 Species Specific News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 In 2004, employees with Santee Cooper’s Analytical & Biological Services unit encountered a small colony of what they thought was big floating heart in a cove in the Eutaw Creek area of Lake Marion near Eutawville. Big floating heart is a native plant that belongs to a genus of aquatic flowering ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12070 Species Specific News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Your correspondent is fond of the public perception that his home is a place of casual and exotic natural danger. That we're a land of extreme weather and the kind of scary wildlife people in normal places don't think about. That ours is the Land of Nature Run Amok. This is a popular mythology ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12071 Species Specific News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Amid concern and confusion over Asian carp possibly finding their way into the Great Lakes, many experts involved in the controversy agree that other invasive species are likely to show up, too. Read the full story to get the details. <a href="http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20100131/Ne... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12072 General News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 An invasive algae known as Didymo has been discovered in the Elk River near Webster Springs. Anglers in the area have reported to the DNR heavy algae mats in several locations in the Elk. Read the full story to get the details. <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-36925-Clay-County-Environmental-... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12073 Species Specific News Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 A concern we must all address is the spreading of harmful plants, animals and other organisms. These aquatic nuisance species can hitch a ride on our clothing, boats, and items used in the water. When we go to another lake or stream, the nuisance species can be released. And, if the conditions are r... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12074 Campaign Updates Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 "Problems that look muddily abstract on a big scale take on color and texture when you talk about waters close to home." This quote has never been truer than it is today, particularly when it comes to the issue of aquatic invasive species and the impacts they are creating on our natural aquatic sy... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=7068 Campaign Updates Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 In this International Year of Biodiversity, the myriad forms of life on our planet have far too many things to fear. The list includes emerging wildlife diseases (such as avian flu), climate change, the increasing harvest of natural resources by local communities, and the expansion of extractive ind... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12049 What's Hot Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Stewart Island/Rakiura boasts some of New Zealand’s most pristine, untouched waterways that are home to some of the best examples of native fish found in the country. In fact the fish communities found here represent what would once have been found in mainland New Zealand’s waterways prior to human ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12050 Species Specific News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will provide free training in Quagga/Zebra mussel vessel inspection on Feb. 6 in Placer County. The class is open to boaters, water managers, marina operators, state and local agency representatives and others who recreate in, access or otherwise use ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12051 Species Specific News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Last fall’s discovery that Eurasian watermilfoil (“milfoil”) is present in Chub Lake in Carlton served as a call to action for lakeshore residents and those who utilize the popular Carlton County lake for sports and recreation. To that end, members of the Chub Lake Association and other intereste... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12052 Species Specific News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 A deadly fish virus - viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus - first discovered in the Northeast in 2005, has been found for the first time in Lake Superior. The virus is now in all of the Great Lakes. Read the following four articles to get the details. <a href="http://www.physorg.com/news183813479... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12053 What's Hot Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Ontario's natural resources ministry remains watchful after the second Scarborough supermarket in a year was fined for possessing live bighead carp. The New Wai Hong Supermarket on Brimley Road was fined $3,500 on Jan. 13 for having the carp in its tanks when conservation officers visited the s... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12054 What's Hot Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Government needs to take action on Asian carp. Talk is good. It’s also cheap. But it’s not going to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. At least it hasn’t so far. Read the following four articles to get the details. <a href="http://www.mlive.com/opinion/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/01/editoria... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12055 What's Hot Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 It's not only giant alien snakes or feral cats that can threaten entire ecosystems. Now scientists have confirmed that exotic coconut palm trees can also devastate native birds and other species. The large-scale introduction of the Cocos nucifera palm has been a slow-occurring invasion that has... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12056 Species Specific News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 If you are going to fish (Oregon's) Owyhee or Malheur reservoirs, do you need an Oregon invasive species sticker if you have an Idaho one? Read the full story to get the details. <a href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/140/story/1058381.html" target="newwindow">"Yes. Idaho motorized and non... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12057 General News Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 More than half a century after the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway in April 1959, Clarkson University biologist Michael R. Twiss is among a corps of scientists charting the environmental change the Seaway and hydroelectric power projects have wrought. Global commerce for the Great Lakes brough... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12039 General News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Zebra mussels threatening the state's largest supply of drinking water have prompted the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) to establish procedures for boat inspections that will be required for all private boats on the Quabbin Reservoir. Read the full story to get the details. <a ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12040 Species Specific News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The political heat is cranking up on President Barack Obama to take more dramatic steps to block the advance of Asian carp into the Great Lakes. On Monday, the attorneys general from Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania sent a letter to the president asking for a seat at the table ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12041 What's Hot Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Thanks to Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks and in particular, Randy Bright, the story of whirling disease has been depicted in ten graphic story boards that simplifies the issue and helps people understand how this complex disease impacts trout. Read the full story to get the details. <a href="ht... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12042 Species Specific News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 ALBANY (OR) DEMOCRAT HERALD EDITORIAL -- The Oregon State Marine Board and Department of Fish and Wildlife have done their best to make the new boat-permit fee program less onerous. But it’s still a nuisance, another slip down the slide toward a permit-based society. Read the full story to get the d... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12043 General News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Sellers and advocates of large snakes as pets say state efforts to control the environmental impacts when those snakes are freed into the wild have added some red tape to Florida’s exotic snake business. But if U.S. congressional efforts to ban the importation and interstate transportation of nine l... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12044 Species Specific News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The title is the conclusion of a new report put out by the Global Invasive Species Program. The paper entitled, Global indicators of biological invasion: species numbers, biodiversity impact and policy responses, published in the journal Diversity and distributions, looked at 57 countries and found... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12045 What's Hot Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 It's a shame to see Moultonboro's beautiful lake taken over by this prolific and invasive weed. The hit and miss treatment approach is not working. What's it going take for the Selectmen to take this seriously? Read the full story to get the details and view this creative video. <a href=... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12046 Species Specific News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 An arrest warrant has been issued for a commercial trucker from Michigan charged with transporting invasive zebra mussels into Washington state aboard a 50-foot cabin cruiser. David Derderian, 44, of Fraser, Michigan, was charged in Kittitas County Lower District Court last November with unlawfu... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12047 What's Hot Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Invasive species – from zebra mussels and round gobies to the bloody red shrimp discovered three years ago – are one of the top threats to the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. They’ve done billions of dollars in damage to the region’s economy and environment. Read the full story to get the detail... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12048 General News Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), armed with additional federal funding for 2010, is increasing its efforts to contain and limit the spread of invasive species. Eradication is an impossibility, said Luke Skinner, supervisor for the state Invasive Species Program based in St. Paul.... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12011 Campaign Updates Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 This is one of the topics that will be addressed at the Wild Trout X Symposium , which will bring together a diverse audience of governmental entities, non-profit conservation groups, educators, anglers, and business interests associated with trout fisheries to exchange technical information and vie... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12027 Species Specific News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 U.S. Supreme Court justices who refused last week to issue an injunction forcing closure of Illinois shipping locks against Asian carp need to be overruled by wiser political minds. Saving the nation's most precious freshwater assets can't be left to technicalities. Otherwise, an ecological disast... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12028 What's Hot Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 One of the biggest problems for the folks who work to keep our wilds in good health is controlling invasive plants. Invasive plants are nonnative exotics from other parts of the world. That might sound like an inconsequential problem to some, but those plants can devastate our natural treasure... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12029 Species Specific News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The Department of Conservation and Recreation has established procedures for required inspections for all private boats on Quabbin Reservoir that do not currently have an official Quabbin boat seal - a measure being taken to keep invasive zebra mussels out of the reservoir. Read the full story to ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12030 General News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 It seems, at least judging by most of the responses to last week's blog, that most guys take the "hey, if they're here might as well hunt them" attitude to invasive species. Then I saw this story and decided to take the question one step further. What invasive species would you consider turn... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12031 General News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Oregon has launched its new boat-permit program to raise money for protecting waterways from invasive species, and changes have been made to make compliance easier. As authorized by the 2009 legislature, since Jan. 1 the state has been charging a $5 annual permit fee per boat, including rowboats ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12032 What's Hot Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 An overview of the status of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in Texas will be provided at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Commission hearing on Jan. 28th. Read the full story to get the details. <a href="http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/business/feedback/meetings/2010/0128/agenda/item_9... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12033 Species Specific News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 The Northwest Power and Conservation Council's economic advisers will evaluate the possible economic and biological costs faced by the federal Columbia-Snake river hydro system and fish and wildlife if non-native quagga and/or zebra mussels invade the basin. Read the full story to get the details.... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12034 Species Specific News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 About 200 Koi Carp were found swimming in a drainage ditch on Boone and Alder Drive near the Tallahassee Mall. And wildlife experts say the chances of them surviving are slim. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission was called out to investigate, and says the fish probably escaped an unsecured d... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12035 Species Specific News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Didymo (Didymosphenia geminata) also known as 'rock snot' is a freshwater alga that's causing serious problems around the world. To help all travellers, Australia has put out a guide to help people clean their sporting equipment and fabrics that inadvertently carries didymo. Read the full story... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12036 Species Specific News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Alexander B. "Pete" Grannis and other speakers will discuss the impact of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes and the latest status of the Asian carp invasion at Save the River's 21st annual Winter Weekend Conference. Read the f... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12037 General News Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Canada's Environment Minister, and Minister Responsible for Parks Canada made the following statement today regarding the International Year of Biodiversity, which was launched recently by the United Nations in Berlin and celebrated by UNESCO in Paris. "The Government of Canada is working to ... http://www.protectyourwaters.net/news/display.php?id=12038 What's Hot Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500