By Lina Younes Summer is nearly here. Children are getting out of school. They are very happy to get away from tests, papers, and other school related tasks. However, we often see that over the summer months many students, especially in the lower grades, lose many of their academic skills during the…
By Amy Miller I’ve never written about my love affair before. Most people who cross my path – my boss, for instance, or my child’s math teacher – have no idea how I love numbers. After all, I am paid to write words, not add and subtract numbers. Sometimes I talk about probability while…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- New Courses/Training for Professionals for 2012 Explores opportunities related to continuing education for invasive species management professionals. Pollinator Conservation Planning Short Courses (various States and dates)…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Species Profile -- Chestnut Blight Chestnut Blight is a fungal disease that virtually eliminated mature American chestnuts from the U.S. The disease was introduced on nursery stock imported from Asia and was first discovered in…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Species Profile -- Butternut Canker Butternut Canker is a lethal disease which is killing butternut trees throughout its range in North America. The disease was first detected in the U.S. in 1967, but may have been present before…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Many New Upcoming Invasive Species Related Conferences added (U.S. and International), including : Florida Lake Management Society 23rd Annual Conference - "Lake Management in a Time of Budget Cuts" -- Jun 18-21, 2012…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Pollinator Week 2012 -- Jun 18-24, 2012 Five years ago the U.S. Senate's unanimous approval and designation of the final week in June as "National Pollinator Week" marked a necessary step toward addressing the urgent…
By Cameron Davis I am happy to share that on May 30, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, who chairs the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force of 16 federal agencies coordinating to restore the Great Lakes, announced the formation of a committee to help make Great Lakes recovery even more effective.…
By Travis Loop 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the nation’s law for protecting our most irreplaceable resource. As our team at EPA planned a variety of activities to mark the occasion, we settled on the tagline Water Is Worth It. I suppose that seems like a really broad,…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Species Profile -- Beech Bar Disease Beech bar disease is a fungal disease that kills American beech trees after being attacked by the beech scale insect ( Cryptococcus fagisuga ). The disease was Introduced accidentally on…
By Trey Lewis “The person who goes and the person who comes back are not the same. That’s just how it works. Even now that I’m back and everyone says I can get back to being normal, I’m still trying to figure out what exactly ‘normal’ is.” When my brother e-mailed me this after…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Species Profile -- Burmese Python Burmese pythons are native to Southeast Asia and were imported to the U.S. for the pet trade. Wild populations became established in 2000 in Florida from animals that escaped or were intentionally…
By Amy Miller I was busy packing for a road trip and frankly didn’t hear the squawking. Not until Benjamin appeared did I notice the commotion in the trees: “Mommy, there’s two crows attacking a hawk,” said my 10-year-old son. “Really?” I answered and kept packing. “You know, I just…
By Lina Younes The 2012 Hurricane Season will officially begin on June 1st. However, two named tropical storms on the list have made their early appearance in May weeks before the official season opening. Even though NOAA is predicting a near-normal 2012 hurricane season for the Atlantic Ocean and…
By Gene Rodrigues Last week was a huge milestone for Southern California Edison — we recycled our 1 millionth refrigerator. A million refrigerators is enough to fill a football stadium. Partners from EPA’s ENERGY STAR and Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) programs and the National Resources…
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By Lina Younes Summer is nearly here. Children are getting out of school. They are very happy to get away from tests, papers, and other school related tasks. However, we often see that over the summer months many students, especially in the lower grades, lose many of their academic skills during the…
By Amy Miller I’ve never written about my love affair before. Most people who cross my path – my boss, for instance, or my child’s math teacher – have no idea how I love numbers. After all, I am paid to write words, not add and subtract numbers. Sometimes I talk about probability while…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- New Courses/Training for Professionals for 2012 Explores opportunities related to continuing education for invasive species management professionals. Pollinator Conservation Planning Short Courses (various States and dates)…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Species Profile -- Chestnut Blight Chestnut Blight is a fungal disease that virtually eliminated mature American chestnuts from the U.S. The disease was introduced on nursery stock imported from Asia and was first discovered in…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Species Profile -- Butternut Canker Butternut Canker is a lethal disease which is killing butternut trees throughout its range in North America. The disease was first detected in the U.S. in 1967, but may have been present before…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Many New Upcoming Invasive Species Related Conferences added (U.S. and International), including : Florida Lake Management Society 23rd Annual Conference - "Lake Management in a Time of Budget Cuts" -- Jun 18-21, 2012…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Pollinator Week 2012 -- Jun 18-24, 2012 Five years ago the U.S. Senate's unanimous approval and designation of the final week in June as "National Pollinator Week" marked a necessary step toward addressing the urgent…
By Cameron Davis I am happy to share that on May 30, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, who chairs the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force of 16 federal agencies coordinating to restore the Great Lakes, announced the formation of a committee to help make Great Lakes recovery even more effective.…
By Travis Loop 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, the nation’s law for protecting our most irreplaceable resource. As our team at EPA planned a variety of activities to mark the occasion, we settled on the tagline Water Is Worth It. I suppose that seems like a really broad,…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Species Profile -- Beech Bar Disease Beech bar disease is a fungal disease that kills American beech trees after being attacked by the beech scale insect ( Cryptococcus fagisuga ). The disease was Introduced accidentally on…
By Trey Lewis “The person who goes and the person who comes back are not the same. That’s just how it works. Even now that I’m back and everyone says I can get back to being normal, I’m still trying to figure out what exactly ‘normal’ is.” When my brother e-mailed me this after…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Species Profile -- Burmese Python Burmese pythons are native to Southeast Asia and were imported to the U.S. for the pet trade. Wild populations became established in 2000 in Florida from animals that escaped or were intentionally…
By Amy Miller I was busy packing for a road trip and frankly didn’t hear the squawking. Not until Benjamin appeared did I notice the commotion in the trees: “Mommy, there’s two crows attacking a hawk,” said my 10-year-old son. “Really?” I answered and kept packing. “You know, I just…
By Lina Younes The 2012 Hurricane Season will officially begin on June 1st. However, two named tropical storms on the list have made their early appearance in May weeks before the official season opening. Even though NOAA is predicting a near-normal 2012 hurricane season for the Atlantic Ocean and…
By Gene Rodrigues Last week was a huge milestone for Southern California Edison — we recycled our 1 millionth refrigerator. A million refrigerators is enough to fill a football stadium. Partners from EPA’s ENERGY STAR and Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) programs and the National Resources…
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By Scott Fraser I am not a triathlete; those people are animals! But each year I “compete” in one or two Olympic distance triathlons. A friend recently asked me the same question I continually ask myself during the race, “Why do you want to do this?” Good question. Well, for me, it’s a…
By Jeanethe Falvey Years ago, my best friend called me while leaving the movie theater specifically to say, “my mom says you’re exactly like Dory!” I replied, “I really want to take that as a compliment, but I’m not so sure that I can.” You see, I had already seen this movie. Images of…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Invasive Carp Research Program / Flooding Disperses Invasive Plant, Fish Species Asian carp are in direct competition with native aquatic species for food and habitat. Their rapid population increase is disrupting the ecology and…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- USDA Provides Funding to Cooperators for Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention (May 24, 2012) USDA will support 321 projects in all 50 states that help to prevent the introduction or spread of plant pests and diseases…
By Scott Fraser I am not a triathlete; those people are animals! But each year I “compete” in one or two Olympic distance triathlons. A friend recently asked me the same question I continually ask myself during the race, “Why do you want to do this?” Good question. Well, for me, it’s a…
By Jeanethe Falvey Years ago, my best friend called me while leaving the movie theater specifically to say, “my mom says you’re exactly like Dory!” I replied, “I really want to take that as a compliment, but I’m not so sure that I can.” You see, I had already seen this movie. Images of…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Invasive Carp Research Program / Flooding Disperses Invasive Plant, Fish Species Asian carp are in direct competition with native aquatic species for food and habitat. Their rapid population increase is disrupting the ecology and…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- USDA Provides Funding to Cooperators for Pest and Disease Management and Disaster Prevention (May 24, 2012) USDA will support 321 projects in all 50 states that help to prevent the introduction or spread of plant pests and diseases…