A recent draft environmental impact study of the impact of offshore wind turbines in the New York Bight — the ocean waters off New York and New Jersey — made only brief and passing mention of the monarchs, which congregate on South Shore beaches as part of their annual fall southern migration. The draft environmental review by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management precedes the next wave of offshore wind turbines planned for the bight, where Empire Wind 1 could see turbines spinning off Jones Beach in two years. Developer Equinor recently stalled plans for a second wave of turbines called Empire 2. But five other projects are planned for tens of thousands of acres of ocean, some just off the coast of New Jersey. In a message in response to Newsday questions, BOEM spokesman Lissa Eng downplayed the potential impact to the butterflies, which are listed as a “candidate” for an endangered species act classification.
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Comments Off on Invaders Attack U.S. Forests, Public Lands
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 8, 2021 (ENS) – “Invasive species have caused and will continue to cause enormous ecological and economic damage with ever-increasing world trade,” U.S. Forest Service scientists conclude in a new comprehensive assessment of the invasive species that confront America’s forests and grasslands, from new arrivals to some that invaded so long ago that people are surprised to learn they are invasive.
This open access report describes the serious threat of invasive species to native ecosystems. Led by Therese Poland, a research entomologist and project leader with the Northern Research Station, the assessment is the product of 115 authors from the Forest Service, other federal and state agencies, and land partners from the university, non-government organization and tribal communities.
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/ Invasive zebra mussels, which are native to freshwater lakes in Russia and Ukraine, first escaped from ship ballast water in the Great Lakes in the 1990s and have since spread to lakes and rivers from Texas to New York. They have no natural predators in the U.S.
The discovery of invasive zebra mussels snuggled in balls of moss in a Seattle pet store followed by a second pet store in Florida has wildlife officials scrambling to contain what could be a new destructive breach in the nation’s decades old fight to control the mussels.
The freshwater mollusks first appeared in the Great Lakes in the 1990s after escaping through ballast water.
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Brattleboro Museum & Art Center partners with Retreat Farm in an artistic celebration of New England’s fishing traditions
Vermont Business Magazine Most New Englanders have seen ice shanties on frozen lakes, but few, if any, have seen an ice shanty shaped like a fish not to mention a stovepipe hat, a wishing well, or a wedge of cheese. The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) and Retreat Farm present all this and more in the inaugural Artful Ice Shanties Design-Build Competition, an outdoor celebration of the delightful possibilities of winter.
Over a dozen artistic and ingenious ice shanties will be on view at Retreat Farm from February 13 to 28. Visitors are encouraged to check them out anytime between dawn and dusk, and to pair their visit with ice skating on the Retreat Meadows (conditions permitting) or walking, snowshoeing, or cross-country skiing on the trails at Retreat Farm. All activities are free and open to the public. Masks and so
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