Aquatic Invasive Species | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Aquatic invasive species cause tremendous harm to our environment, our economy, and our health. They can drive out and eat native plants and wildlife, spread diseases, and damage infrastructure. We work to protect our waterways and the communities that depend on them from the threat of invasive species.
Invasive Species | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Learn more about invasive species eat or crowd out native species, they reduce the vital biological variety we call biodiversity. Ecosystems with low biodiversity are more vulnerable to disease and other environmental stresses. At worst, invasive species can lead to …
Aquatic Invasive Species | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Learn more about invasive species damage wildlife and communities by permanently altering habitats, reducing production of fisheries, decreasing water availability to residential and commercial users, blocking transportation routes, choking irrigation canals, fouling industrial and public water supply pipelines, degrading water quality, and ...
What is an aquatic invasive species? | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
We prevent introductions, detect and respond to new species threats, stop the spread or suppress existing invasive populations, and educate the public about threats so they can help us protect America’s aquatic species.
Invasive Species | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
An invasive species is any plant or animal that has spread or been introduced into a new area where they are, or could, cause harm to the environment, economy, or human, animal, or plant health. Their unwelcome presence can destroy ecosystems and cost millions of dollars.
Strategic Conservation: Aquatic Invasive Species Response
2024年10月30日 · Learn more about invasive species with several established populations in Europe, Russia, the Caribbean, and Africa. At high densities, SPM can outcompete native mussels and negatively impact entire aquatic ecosystems.
Don’t Let It Loose | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Learn more about invasive species like zebra mussels, silver carp, snakehead, and even goldfish. Before you hit the water, look up what invasive species might be present or contact your local state natural resource agency to find out. What do you do if you see or catch an invasive fish? Don’t put it back in the water or even your live well ...
Research reveals hope for managing invasive red swamp crayfish
Learn more about invasive species into our waterways – such as the recent invasion of signal crayfish into Minnesota – the need to control invasive crayfish populations and protect native species is greater than ever.
Invasive Species Experts Database | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Learn more about invasive species management question or identify a species. In 2024, the Invasive Species Experts Database (ISED) was incorporated into the U.S. Geological Survey’s Siren program and expanded to include both aquatic and terrestrial species experts and a broad range of professionals from multiple disciplines relevant to ...
Aquatic Invasive Species Control in Florida - It Takes A Village
2023年5月23日 · Peninsular Florida FWCO fish biologist Cedric Doolittle utilizing various survey methods during early detection monitoring for aquatic invasive species (AIS) in a variety of Florida's freshwater habitats.