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2025 National Invasive Species Week Set For February 24 - 28
Invasives on the Brink: Amur Corktree
A few years ago, I was on an early morning hike in a local Ohio hardwood forest. Surrounded by gigantic sugar maples and stately beech, I felt like I was being hugged by friendly giants. As I continued to meander up the trail, I came across a tree I didn’t recognize. With a relatively short & stocky trunk, large, broadly spreading branches, and a distinctly corky bark, the tree appeared to be taking advantage of a large gap in the canopy. I ambled over for a closer look.
I was thrown...
Woodland, Water and Wildlife Conference - Wednesday, March 6, 2024
The Ball Drops on Callery Pear in 2023!
Merry Invasive Christmas Eve!
Emerald Ash Borer University (EABU) - Upcoming Spring Sessions
Asian Jumping Worms a Threat to Gardens and Woodlands
Invasive Species and Smartphone Technology
Non-native Invasive species issues are commanding a lot of natural resource professional's attention these days. Whether it concerns insects, diseases, plants, mammals or aquatic species there is something out there for everyone! One thing that is true across the board is that early detection is key to dealing more effectively with all of these.
As a group of Extension professionals were discussing our new Asian longhorned beetle infestation in 2011 we kept coming back to how do we get these things reported early when they are still on a relatively small scale. We were...