Courtesy Story | Commander Navy Region Hawaii | 05.23.2023
The Navy collaborates with state and federal agencies to eradicate and prevent invasive species from impacting and damaging the various ecosystems here in Hawaii. From plants like the pickleweed that grow near and compete with native plants, to insects like the coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB) that damage palm trees, non-native plants and animals that are introduced here can have a negative......
Story by Rachel Landers | Joint Region Marianas | 05.12.2023
Joint Region Marianas' invasive Brown Tree Snake eradication programs continue to show signs of progress for Guam.
Story by Michel Sauret | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District | 10.20.2021
Mosquito Creek Lake is facing an aquatic invasion that is green, thick, and sometimes slimy. The invaders are responsible for damaging boat motors and slowly choking out fish and plant life by depriving them of oxygen....
Story by Andrew Kornacki | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District | 08.17.2020
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History executed a Project Partnership Agreement, August 10, 2020 to begin a project that will control flowering rush at Mentor Lagoons Nature Preserve and Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve located on the southern shore of Lake Erie in the City of Mentor, OH....
Story by Karen Iwamoto | U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii | 04.21.2017
WAIANAE MOUNTAIN RANGE — High above Schofield Barracks and the sound of Soldiers training, another team supported by U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii was focused on a different mission: clearing the mountains of invasive weeds to make room for native plants....
