News Archive: NECIS News & Actions
NECIS Comments to EPA on Renewable Fuel Standard and Invasive Species
The National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species (NECIS) submitted comments to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson yesterday. NECIS provided recommendations in relation to how renewable fuel pathways under the renewable fuel standard (RFS) program could potentially lead to the introduction or spread of invasive species. Click on the link below to read the full [...]
NECIS Thanks US Forest Service for Invasive Species Policy
The National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species thanked Mr. Tom Tidwell, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, the the recent adoption of the National Forest System Invasive Species Management policy. By adopting the policy, the U.S. Forest Service has demonstrated its leadership in addressing the serious threats posed to our natural resources by invasive species. [...]
NECIS Brownbag Lunch During National Invasive Species Awareness Week
The National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species presents a brownbag lunch during National Invasive Species Awareness Week (February 26 – March 3rd, 2012): New Studies and Policy Solutions to Invasive Species Threats NAPPRA, Q-37 and Invasive Plants Separating the Mississippi and Great Lakes basins Invasive Species + Climate Change = ? When: Thursday, March [...]
Obama Administration Releases Rule to Prohibit Import of Some Large Constrictor Snakes
Environmental groups say the rule is a small but important step toward preventing entry of animal imports that pose significant risks to ecosystems and public safety. WASHINGTON (January 17, 2012)—Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a final rule that will list four species of huge, non-native constrictor snakes as “injurious species” [...]
Harmful Animal Invaders: The Economic Realities
Cash-strapped federal state and local agencies, as well as private landowners, are expending scarce resources to control harmful invasive species, such as the Burmese python, red lionfish and Nile monitor, while the species are still legally being sold to the public. The United States can save money by stopping the introduction of non-native animal species [...]
NECIS Comments on First Species Proposed for Screening List
On September 26th, the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species (NECIS) submitted recommendations to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on an important new rule as part of the regulations that govern the importation of plants. NECIS has worked for years to strengthen federal screening of horticultural imports. In [...]
Economics Study Shows Risk Assessment of Potentially Invasive Animal Species Pays Off
Findings demonstrate substantial returns on screening program relative to current costs of open-door policy WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2011 — In a major new study published in the journal Ecological Economics, scientists and economists have, for the first time, statistically demonstrated the net benefits of doing risk assessments for the live wild animal trade. The study [...]
Jumping Fish Invade Louisiana
You can’t help but laugh watching the wild web videos of Asian carp leaping out of the water in states like Illinois and Indiana, but you may not realize this problem hits close to home. Invasive species expert Michael Massimi from the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program says it’s no laughing matter. We spent a day [...]
Pet Shop Fish Confiscated At Airport
Fish headed to pet shop confiscated at O’Hare By Katie Drews A shipment of tropical fish commonly found in pet shops was recently confiscated at O’Hare Airport for breaking the City of Chicago’s invasive species ordinance, officials said. During a routine customs inspection at the airport, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent discovered approximately 350 [...]
County sets up border base against invasive mussels
County sets up border base against invasive mussels Twin Falls Times-News The first line of defense against two invasive species carried across the Nevada-Idaho border on boats will become a little more permanent. Twin Falls County will lease a trailer from Mid-Snake Resource Conservation and Development to hold boat inspections a mile north of the [...]
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