Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy
The Washington Post reports that viral hemorrhagic septicemia, a disease often described as “fish ebola,” has been discovered in southern Lake Michigan and a reservoir in Ohio. Hemorrhagic septicemia is an invasive species, most likely brought into the great lakes in...continued→
Posted by Andrew Wetzler
Today’s New York Times has an op-ed by Taras Grescoe about the growing problem of invasive species, a topic I’ve blogged about here at Switchboard before. Although I have a few quibbles with his column--Grescoe is far too quick to...continued→
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy
I was reading a story in today's Sunday Mail about new worries that Scotland's iconic red squirrel may be extinct within a decade. The culprit, it seems, is a deadly "squirrelpox virus," introduced to the U.K. by imported North American...continued→
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Curbing Pollution , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
One of the biggest threats to aquatic ecosystems in the United States--and to the Great Lake's in particular--is the introduction of foreign species (everything ranging from plants, to fish, to microscopic organisms) into our waters by transoceanic ships. These vessels take on...continued→
