Items
of Interest:
Planning to travel this weekend? Leave the
firewood at home (May 24, 2011)
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
State forest health specialists remind campers
and travelers to leave firewood at home, which
reduces the risk of spreading destructive
forest diseases and insects.
Wisconsin's
Seventh Annual Invasive Species Awareness
Month "Slow the Spread by
Sole and Tread" -- Jun 2011
Wisconsin Council on Invasive Species.
Attend workshops, field trips and lectures
throughout the state to learn more about
the impacts of invasive species in Wisconsin.
VHS
fish disease caused gizzard shad fish kill
in Milwaukee Harbor ship canals (Apr
1, 2011)
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
A massive fish kill of thousands of gizzard
shad last month in the Milwaukee harbor has
been linked to a deadly fish virus, viral
hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS),
that was first discovered in Lake Michigan
in 2007. VHS is harmless to humans, but can
affect several dozen fish species, including
popular sport and commercial fish such as perch,
trout and whitefish.
No
Traces of Asian Carp Found in Milwaukee
Waterways (Mar 22, 2011)
Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources.
No traces of Asian
carp DNA have been found in water samples
collected from major Milwaukee waterways,
according to the University of Notre Dame
researchers who did the sampling. The DNR
provided boats and boat operators to help
collect the water samples from the Milwaukee,
Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic rivers and
nearby creeks and ponds in Nov 2010. Last
Jan, the Notre Dame researchers had
identified for the first time in Lake Michigan
genetic material from Asian carp. Those
earlier findings raised concerns that the
carp had found its way beyond the barrier
system built to prevent the fish from entering
the Great Lakes.
2009-2010
Wisconsin Aquatic Invasive Species Progress
Report: Prevent... Contain... Control...
(2010; PDF | 727 KB)
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
This report contains a few of the highlights of the past two years, along with
details on the work going on to protect Wisconsin's waters from aquatic invasive species.
Potato
Late Blight Confirmed in Wisconsin (Jul
14, 2010)
University of Wisconsin Cooperative
Extension.
Late
blight, caused by the fungus-like pathogen Phytophthora
infestans, has been confirmed in a
potato field in Marquette County on Jul
14, 2010. This is the first confirmed report
of late blight in Wisconsin for 2010. In
2009, late blight affected primarily tomatoes
in Wisconsin, with the first report on
Jul 29, two weeks later than this report
for potatoes. The University
of Wisconsin- Madison Vegetable Pathology
Web Site has additional information,
including fungicide details.
Firewood
Facts, Rules & Advice
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
To protect Wisconsin's parks and forests from firewood hitch hikers (invasive
pests and diseases), the Wisconsin DNR has created a permanent rule effective
Jun 1, 2010, which prohibits bringing firewood onto any state managed property
from more than 25 miles away or from outside of Wisconsin (unless the wood is
from a Wisconsin certified dealer).
Clean
Boats, Clean Waters Program
University of Wisconsin. Extension.
The Clean Boats, Clean Waters volunteer watercraft inspection program is
an opportunity to take a front line defense against the spread of aquatic invasive
species.
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