Meet the Summer 2024 team! June 13, 2024…University of Waterloo and her Master’s of Resource Management at Simon Fraser University, where she studied restoration of Indigenous clam gardens with Metlakatla First Nation. Emily has also spent time… Read more
Take Action April 12, 2015…accidentally planted in gardens Improper disposal of garden waste Releasing pets into the wild Aquatic invasive species are typically introduced and spread by: Improper disposal of aquarium water, plants and… Read more
Hoary alyssum (Berteroa incana) Hoary alyssum April 12, 2015…wind and water. Status in the CKISS region Hoary alyssum is classified as Contain on the CKISS Annual Priority List. It is considered to be widespread in the Creston Invasive… Read more
Fuller's teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) Fuller’s teasel April 12, 2015…can establish rapidly. The seeds can easily be dispersed by water, animals, human activity, or mowing the plants after they have produced seeds Seeds remain viable in the soil for… Read more
Zebra & Quagga Mussels (Dreisssena polmorpha & Dreissena bugenis) Working Together to Prevent Aquatic Invasive Species January 20, 2015…traveling from these waters into the Columbia Basin can transport these mussels and introduce them into local waterways – something that many partners are trying to prevent. “Residents identified invasive… Read more
Dalhousie’s aquaculture genomics lab detects new invasive species February 11, 2014…in Nova Scotia waters. “This early detection is critically important, as discovering an invasion early in the invasion process gives both growers and government managers time to develop and implement… Read more
Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology: Resource Roads in BC: Environmental Challenges at the Landscape Level February 11, 2014…(including soils, water, and air). At this conference, we’ll address road-network effects and management responses for addressing landscape-level environmental and social impacts. Topics of interest include road effects, strategic planning,… Read more
Using invasive trees to make jet fuel July 25, 2013…engineer at the ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center in Tucson, Ariz., will fine-tune modeling estimates of watershed-level rainfall runoff and erosion, which will help guide decisions on where to harvest… Read more
July 9th, 2015 – CSISS Biocontrol Workshop July 7, 2015…field tour Please come prepared with a notebook, water, snacks, field-clothing, hiking boots, sunhats, etc. Contact for workshop is CSISS Program Manager Robyn Hooper Columbia Shuswap Invasive Species Society rhooper@columbiashuswapinvasives.org… Read more
American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Amphibious invasion: Bullfrogs threaten native Northwest species July 9, 2015…splash in the water. Sometimes, you can see their eyes in a pond, but they’ll just disappear into the muck.” The frog-catchers had better luck after dark, when they were… Read more