B's knees 🌱🐛🎼<p>Had to purchase my first house sparrow trap today. They're bullying a robin for his nest! 😡<br>Anyone have ideas on humane euthanasia besides freezing? These buggers must go unfortunately, they will kill a song bird for their nest.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/naturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturalist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HouseSparrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseSparrows</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a></p>
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Petra van Cronenburg<p>Humans constantly change and even destroy <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> - what happens then? It's called 'novel ecosystems'. "They now exist as self-sustaining systems. These are wild but changed ecosystems. They have passed some critical threshold which means they are unlikely to ever go back to how they were before." <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaii</span></a> has become a laboratory for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecologists</span></a> to study such "freakosystems": <a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250403-the-new-hawaiian-freakosystem-emerging-on-oahu-accidentally-created-by-humans" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/future/article/2025040</span><span class="invisible">3-the-new-hawaiian-freakosystem-emerging-on-oahu-accidentally-created-by-humans</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/anthropocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wilderness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wilderness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nativeSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nativeSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Weeds - "We need to go and make sure you can't buy them anymore."</p><p>The ecological damage already caused by weeds that had 'escaped' household gardens was tiny compared to the potential threat posed by plants sold at gardening retailers.</p><p> "We've introduced so many plants into Australia now that, when you go for a walk in your local bush, one in eight of the plant species you see there have been introduced. At least three-quarters of weeds established in the Australian environment have come from escaped garden plants, according to a 2004 report by biosecurity strategist John Virtue."<br>>><br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-06/garden-stores-selling-plants-that-could-be-next-invasive-weeds/105128092" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-06/gar</span><span class="invisible">den-stores-selling-plants-that-could-be-next-invasive-weeds/105128092</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/flora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/gardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BushDumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BushDumping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dumping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/horticulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horticulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bellingen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bellingen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Human-made ecosystems: Ecological novelty is now the "new normal" for our planet</p><p>"30-40% of the world's terrestrial ecosystems have already transformed into novel states."</p><p>"O'ahu as an "amazing crystal ball" that offers a glimpse of the future of our planet if humans continue to damage environments and drive species to extinction."</p><p>"Hawaii's O'ahu's lowland forests are now almost entirely devoid of the plants and animals that grew here for millions of years before the arrival of humans. Settlers brought extinctions by cutting down trees to make farms and introducing voracious predators and disease-carrying animals. Today, these tropical forests are a tapestry of non-native species introduced from every corner of the planet: Brazilian peppertree, Indonesian cinnamon and roseleaf bramble from the Himalayas and Australia. Most of the animals, including all the birds that Tarwater mentioned earlier, are also alien."</p><p>"We like to think of O'ahu as the cautionary tale for all the other Pacific Islands and the Hawaiian Islands. It's what you don't want to have happen – Corey Tarwater"<br>>><br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250403-the-new-hawaiian-freakosystem-emerging-on-oahu-accidentally-created-by-humans" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/future/article/2025040</span><span class="invisible">3-the-new-hawaiian-freakosystem-emerging-on-oahu-accidentally-created-by-humans</span></a></p><p>Towards a novel biosphere in 2300: rapid and extensive global and biome-wide climatic novelty in the Anthropocene<br><a href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rstb.2023.0022" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">royalsocietypublishing.org/doi</span><span class="invisible">/abs/10.1098/rstb.2023.0022</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biosphere</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/degradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degradation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SettlerSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SettlerSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cattle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/grasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grasses</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NovelEcosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NovelEcosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/weeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>restoration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Pacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pacific</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>How to protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AshTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AshTrees</span></a> and preserve a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanaki</span></a> tradition<br>October 29, 2024</p><p>PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • October 29, 2024</p><p>"How to help protect the brown ash tree used in Wabanaki basketry from the invasive emerald ash borer.</p><p>• Cut, buy, or burn only local firewood.<br>• Monitor for telltale signs of infestation.<br>• If you own land, know if you have brown ash.<br>• If your ash is healthy, contact a forester or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineForestService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineForestService</span></a> about how to keep them alive.<br>• Collect seed pods from healthy brown ash for replanting.<br>• Consider offering Wabanaki artists access to your brown ash."</p><p><a href="https://www.restore.org/maineenvironews/2024/10/29/how-to-protect-ash-trees-and-preserve-a-wabanaki-tradition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">restore.org/maineenvironews/20</span><span class="invisible">24/10/29/how-to-protect-ash-trees-and-preserve-a-wabanaki-tradition</span></a> </p><p>Source [may be behind a paywall]:<br><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2024/10/29/how-to-protect-ash-trees-and-preserve-a-wabanaki-tradition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2024/10/29/how</span><span class="invisible">-to-protect-ash-trees-and-preserve-a-wabanaki-tradition/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MFS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EAB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmeraldAshBorer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmeraldAshBorer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AshTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AshTree</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AshTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AshTrees</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/APCAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCAW</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanaki</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheForests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheTrees</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiCulture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiBasketry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiBasketry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiTradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiTradition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Forestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forestry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmeraldAshBorer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmeraldAshBorer</span></a> Confirmed on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MountDesertIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MountDesertIsland</span></a> </p><p>Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry sent this bulletin at 04/01/2025 03:42 PM EDT</p><p>AUGUSTA, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> — "Maine State Forester Patty Cormier today announced that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineForestService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineForestService</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MFS</span></a>) Forest Health and Monitoring Division has confirmed the presence of emerald ash borer (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EAB</span></a>) on Mount Desert Island (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MDI</span></a>) outside of the previously regulated area.</p><p>"A licensed professional arborist in Bar Harbor made the detection. The infested area shows signs of a well-established EAB population, with visible damage to ash trees from public roads.</p><p>"'This is an unfortunate but not entirely unexpected discovery,' said Cormier. 'We’ve known that EAB continues to spread throughout Maine, and we appreciate the vigilance of local arborists and community members. Public awareness is important to detecting and responding to this destructive forest pest.'</p><p>"As a result of this detection, the Maine Department of Agriculture Conservation and Forestry will expand the current EAB quarantine to include all towns on MDI. This non-contiguous quarantine may help slow the spread.</p><p>"Key guidance for landowners, municipalities, and the public includes:</p><p> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AshTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AshTree</span></a> material should remain on MDI. Logs, branches, or wood waste from removed trees should be disposed of on-site or at an island-based disposal facility.<br> - Ash chips are not regulated and may be legally transported off the island.<br> - High-value ash trees that are not heavily infested can be evaluated and may be preserved through systemic insecticide treatment by licensed pesticide applicators. These treatments require periodic reapplication.<br> - Infested ash trees will decline quickly and become structurally unstable. Property owners and managers are urged to evaluate ash trees near infrastructure for potential treatment or removal.</p><p>"The MFS and collaborators, including the Ash Protection Collaboration Across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanakik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanakik</span></a>'s (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/APCAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APCAW</span></a>), Sustaining Ash Partners Network (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SAPNe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAPNe</span></a>), and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> Animal and Plant Inspection Service, continue to support ongoing mitigation efforts, including:</p><p> - Release of biological control organisms from federal partners by MFS through community partnerships.<br> - Seed collection and protection for future restoration led by APCAW.<br> - Education and technical support by varied partners.<br> - Public tree management and replanting through state and federal funding opportunities.</p><p>"'Emerald ash borer is one of the most damaging forest pests we face,' added Cormier. 'By working together—with awareness, early detection, and coordinated response—we can slow its spread and protect Maine’s forest resources.'"</p><p>Learn more:<br><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEDACF/bulletins/3d9a239" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">content.govdelivery.com/accoun</span><span class="invisible">ts/MEDACF/bulletins/3d9a239</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanaki</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheForests</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheTrees</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiCulture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiBasketry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiBasketry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiTradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiTradition</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Forestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forestry</span></a></p>
mk30<p>Forest forensics quiz time!: can you spot the invasive, earthworm-hunting, flatworm bipalium kewense (arrowhead flatworm) amongst the other stuff on the ground in the pic below?</p><p>Your earthworms are begging you to eliminate these jerks who can regrow a whole new guy from even a small piece of this one! But you can't put it in the salt watery slug jar if you can't see it. (Hint: they like to come out on moist mornings after it's been dry for a while...mornings just like this one!)</p><p><a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/ForestForensics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestForensics</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hawaii</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garden</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/camouflage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camouflage</span></a></p>
EliTreating eastern hemlocks (Tsuga canadensis) today for protection against hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). My favorite tree ever ever so it feels good to know they'll be protected. We've been treating by injection method only so as to not leave chemical in the soil. More expensive but it works!<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/conservation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/restoration?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#restoration</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/spring?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/invasivespecies?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#invasivespecies</a>
J blue<p>Battle against nandinas continues. 😮💨</p><p>Could someone PLEASE give me a gold star? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/garten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>garten</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/jardin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jardin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/JustSayNoToNandinas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustSayNoToNandinas</span></a></p>
Yvonne ‘looks undocumented’<p>more DOGE foolishness: </p><p>“Copeland had just spent several months training the only dog stationed in Florida capable of detecting the Giant African land snail, an invasive mollusk that poses a significant threat to Florida agriculture. “We have dogs for spotted and lantern flies, Asian longhorn beetles,” he says, referring to two other non-native species. “I don’t think the American people realize how much crap that people bring into the United States.”</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/usda-food-supply-chains/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/usda-food-supp</span><span class="invisible">ly-chains/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/invasivespecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasivespecies</span></a></p>
Tim ☑️ 🔭🌃📷🚴🌳<p>If it weren't for the fact that american mink are a non-native invasive species destroying the local wildlife, I'd find them rather elegant and fuzzy...</p><p>First time of seeing one in the wild myself. Impressed at just how close we got (about 15' across a water channel).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mink</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/americanmink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>americanmink</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/perthshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perthshire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/highland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scotland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nonnative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonnative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invasivespecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasivespecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/zoology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zoology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a></p>
Kylee<p>Indulging in a spot of vigilante environmental justice <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a></p>
mk30<p>A list of the "top 10" most invasive species in hawai'i: <a href="https://www.khon2.com/local-news/hawai%CA%BBis-top-10-invasive-species-wreak-havoc-on-ecosystem-each-year/amp/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">khon2.com/local-news/hawai%CA%</span><span class="invisible">BBis-top-10-invasive-species-wreak-havoc-on-ecosystem-each-year/amp/</span></a></p><p>Note that they only included animals, not plants.</p><p>What do y'all think of the list? Is there anything you'd add or remove?</p><p><a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hawaii</span></a> <a href="https://regenerate.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a></p>
Mojo ♻️<p>From rabbits to cane toads to prickly pear, Australia has seen its fair share of invasive species taking over the environment. While science has helped us tackle some feral animals, the aquatic pest carp remains a stubborn challenge. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/WildlifeConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifeConservation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFzUWwofGJ4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=yFzUWwofGJ4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>Attention: <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> peoples.<br>The invasive <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GoldenMussel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenMussel</span></a> has been found in California & we need to keep our eyes open for them appearing on our beaches & shorelines.<br>These can easily grip on to cargo ships & transported without anyone noticing, into BC waters. They got to North America via attaching on cargo ships.</p><p>Please read about them & learn to identify them. Report to DFO & your local marine authorities, if you spot them anywhere in BC.</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnoperna_fortunei" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limnop</span><span class="invisible">erna_fortunei</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a></p>
CodieneC<p>(Ryan Brook) "They will eat eggs of any ground-nesting birds. They'll kill the adults if they can, which they often do. And they'll eat, in the spring, thousands of goslings and ducklings and other ground nesting birds. They'll kill anything up to and including an adult whitetail deer." 🐗 <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/invasivespecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasivespecies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/sask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sask</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/migration-fears-after-trapper-shoots-wild-boar-on-edge-of-sask-boreal-forest-1.7474144" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/m</span><span class="invisible">igration-fears-after-trapper-shoots-wild-boar-on-edge-of-sask-boreal-forest-1.7474144</span></a></p>
Sally Strange<p>Finally found some more info about the invasive amynthas "jumping" or "crazy" worms that wrecked my garden a couple years ago. All I knew until recently was that they were from Asia, but where in Asia?? Well, most likely Japan, it seems, and also Korea. This researcher found their Japanese names: </p><p>Amynthas agrestis: Hatake-mimizu (ハタケミミズ)<br>Amynthas tokioensis: Fukisoku-mimizu (フキソクミミズ)<br>Metaphire hilgendorfi: Hitotsumon-mimizu (ヒトツモンミミズ)</p><p>It seems that Japanese forest species provide less nutrition in their fallen leaves and needles than north American forest species do. That plus the warmer climes of the USA south is what makes them so devastating here but benign in their native habitat. Still, I wonder whether they do damage to home gardens in Japan, and if so, what people do to counteract them. </p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Amynthas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amynthas</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/JumpingWorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JumpingWorms</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/CrazyWorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrazyWorms</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gardening</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@nigelmills2000/land-of-the-rising-worm-9f77e6100d6d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@nigelmills2000/lan</span><span class="invisible">d-of-the-rising-worm-9f77e6100d6d</span></a></p>
InkySchwartz<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@quoidian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>quoidian</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@kibcol1049" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kibcol1049</span></a></span> Pigs are highly efficient converters of foodstuffs into meat and became the meat animal of the 18th and 19th century in the US. <br><a href="https://www.austinchronicle.com/food/2009-04-10/764573/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">austinchronicle.com/food/2009-</span><span class="invisible">04-10/764573/</span></a></p><p>But the dissolution/destruction of small farms and the idea that pigs can be raised in woods by letting them roam free has led to massive problems.<br><a href="https://www.aphis.usda.gov/operational-wildlife-activities/feral-swine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aphis.usda.gov/operational-wil</span><span class="invisible">dlife-activities/feral-swine</span></a><br>And <br><a href="https://www.wideopenspaces.com/where-did-feral-hogs-come-from/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wideopenspaces.com/where-did-f</span><span class="invisible">eral-hogs-come-from/</span></a></p><p>They are massively invasive and destroy crops, native species, and property. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/invasivespecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invasivespecies</span></a></p>
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>Invasive species cause ecological harm and extinctions. Good on the Aussies for doing the right thing despite the pro-extinction political pressure!</p><p>Canada has feral hogs and horses that need to be eradicated too. Maybe bird flu will finally reduce the feral cat ecological atrocity...hopefully not our wild cats (cougar, lynx and bobcat).</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/EcologicalCollapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EcologicalCollapse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CdnPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-03/nsw-environment-minister-wild-horse-numbers/104498518" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-03/nsw</span><span class="invisible">-environment-minister-wild-horse-numbers/104498518</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p>An acolyte of St. Ayn Rand, Bezos confuses liberty with license, and to that end, brutally pursues monopoly power by any means necessary, while rejecting anything but the pretense of belief in merit based, competitive free markets.<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Capitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalist</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Predator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Predator</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InvasiveSpecies</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSgq_Rc_HU4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=sSgq_Rc_HU</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p>
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