Items
of Interest:
IDNR
Adds Asian Carp to Hunger Program Menu (Sep 13, 2011)
Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
The
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
(IDNR) will expand its popular Target
Hunger Now! program by making protein
rich Asian
carp available to Illinois families.
Target Hunger Now! is a humanitarian
effort which provides food banks and other
organizations throughout the state with donated
venison and now Asian carp.
EAB Risk Management Training Offered Throughout The State (Oct 27, 2009)
Illinois Department of Agriculture.
The Illinois Department of Agriculture and
University
of Illinois Extension are hosting a series of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Risk Management training seminars for persons looking for more information about the EAB and what they can do to help stop its spread. The day-long seminars will help attendees identify EAB, learn the early signs of an affected tree and how state and federal quarantines are implemented once EAB is confirmed in a community.
Do Chicago's Suburbs Hold the Key to Understanding West Nile Virus? (Jul 22, 2009)
University of Wisconsin-Madison. School of Veterinary Medicine.
Researchers are conducting studies to determine why one neighborhood is more affected than a neighboring area by the West Nile Virus. They are focusing on Chicago and its suburbs, which is one of the areas most affected. The study includes research on the American robin, which seems to be a key player and carrier in the spread of the virus. Information on the project's field effort "West Nile Virus: Eco-epidemiology of Disease Emergence in Urban Areas II" can be found on the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine's Eco-epidemiology of West Nile Virus site.
Invasive
Fish Survey Resumes in Illinois Waterway:
Boater safety around electrical barrier
a priority (Jun 3, 2009)
DOI.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
The U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard,
and Chicago’s Shedd
Aquarium will resume annual surveillance
efforts June 17-18 for invasive
fish and fish pathogens, across 200 miles
of the Illinois Waterway.
Fourteen
More Invasive Plant Species Are Illegal
in Chicago (Apr 7, 2009;
PDF | 30 KB)
City of Chicago. Department of the Environment.
The Chicago Department of Environment will now prosecute sellers and hobbyists
alike who import, sell or possess oriental bittersweet, Japanese hops and princess
trees, among others. Privet, a common shrub that can be found even in Grant Park,
also made the list. For more information see Invasive
Species from the Chicago Department of Environment
Viral
Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus (VHS)
- Illinois Announces Emergency
Regulations to Stop Spread of Fish
Virus (PDF | 31 KB) (Jul
2, 2008)
Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Emerald
Ash Borer and Quarantine
Brochure (PDF | 3 MB)
Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Do Not Move Firewood, Buy it at your
destination!! |
