invasive species

Researchers who work in wetlands in Michigan are taking a new approach to invasive plants. Instead of removing plants like phragmites and switchgrass,…

Roy Norton is Consul General of Canada in Chicago. Wisconsin is one of three states, along with Illinois and Missouri, in his purview.This week the Consul…

A species of earthworms that is known to "act crazy, jump and thrash" is jumping and thrashing its way across the state.The worm goes by many names,…

Silver carp DNA was discovered in the Fox River, a tributary of Lake Michigan.The Wisconsin DNR was quick to say that it was a single positive sample that…

Great Lakes advocates have been fretting for years, about the potential invasion of Asian carp. This week the Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee…

Daniel P. Molloy took on “out of control” flies, invasive mussels, and now at-risk oysters.Today he teaches and carries out research at the State…

Milwaukeeans had their chance to voice opinions on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report on preventing Asian carp from slipping into the Great Lakes;…

The Army Corps of Engineers issued a long-awaited report about ways to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. The agency worked its way through more than…

A single positive sample for Silver Carp showed up in Sturgeon Bay near Door County’s Potawatomi State Park.The water was drawn late last May, but at the…

A new study cautions that even a small number of carp would be enough for the invaders to begin colonizing the Great Lakes.A paper published by scientist…