Project News

ISDS Project Elected to ESIP

September 1, 2005 - The Federation of Earth Science Information Partners ("Federation") has elected The Invasive Species Data Service for full membership.
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Science Team Meeting

June 7-9, 2005 - The NASA/USGS invasive species project will hold its fifth science team meeting in Fort Collins, Colorado in June. The meting will take place at the USGS Fort Collins Science Center and will be hosted by the USGS National Institute of Invasive Species Science.
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Popular Mechanics Article

May, 2005 - Popular Mechanics published "Defending the Front", an article on the Invasive Species Forecasting System.     Visit the Science-Publications page to view this and other project publications.
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NASA Joins The National Invasive Species Council

February 2, 2005 — The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has become the 13th Cabinet agency to join the National Invasive Species Council.
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Computer Systems Arrive

August 23, 2004 - The ISFS project received its primary, high performance computer systems late June.
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USGS Fort Collins Science Center Publishes ISFS Research Spotlight

July 22, 2004 - USGS Fort Collins Science Center Research Spotlights are a series of web feature highlighting new or ongoing research and science capabilities offered by USGS's FORT scientists.
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ISFS participates in Ecological Society of America 2004 Annual Meeting

August 1-6, 2004 - The Invasive Species Forecasting System project will be presenting a paper & accompanying poster at this year's 89th Annual ESA Meeting held in Portland, Oregon.
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Science Team Meeting

May 4-6, 2004 - The NASA/USGS invasive species project will hold its fourth science team meeting in Fort Collins, Colorado in May. The meting will take place at the USGS Fort Collins Science Center and will be hosted by the USGS National Institute of Invasive Species Science.
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Seminar Presentation

March 9, 2004 - NASA project scientists Jeff Morisette and Jeff Pedelty will present an overview of the current and future ISFS statistical modeling techniques during the GSFS Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics brown bag science seminar series held during lunchtime in Building 33, room H113
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DEVELOP Meeting

March 4, 2004 - A meeting was held in Reno Nevada for the kickoff of the DEVELOP invasive plant species project. DEVELOP is a student internship program that creates pilot application demonstration projects using remote sensing and earth science information. This summer's program will map, monitor and forecast Tamarisk, or Saltcedar in the state of Nevada.
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Team Training

January 12-14, 2004 - The NASA/USGS invasive species project team members attended 3-day IDL/ENVI training class at NASA Goddard. IDL/ENVI programs are being used in the backend of the ISFS and MODIS time-series development.
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ESIP-SEEDS Meeting

January 5-8, 2004 - NASA/USGS invasive species project team members attended and presented a poster during the semi-annual Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Federation and concurrent Strategic Evolution of Earth Science Enterprise Data Systems (SEEDS) meetings in Orlando, FL, January 5-8, 2004.
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Project Retreat

November 13-14, 2003 - The NASA/USGS invasive species project will hold a local retreat at the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge Visitor's Center in Laurel, Maryland, to welcome new members to the team and lay out plans for the coming year.
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Team Wins IDS NRA (JAS)

November 1, 2003 - Jim Smith has been funded to lead a groundbreaking effort to develop new approaches to modeling bird energetics and species richness.
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Team wins IDS NRA (TJS)

November 1, 2003 - The NASA/USGS invasive species team has been selected for funding to develop new capabilities for mapping biodiversity and invasive species hotspots on a continental scale.
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Colorado Field Campaign

September 21-26, 2003 - Jeff Morisette and Jeff Pedelty have completed a Colorado field campaign aimed at quantifying habitat characteristics of tamarisk, Canada thistle, Russian olive, and cheatgrass.
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Team Wins REASoN CAN

July 1, 2003 - The NASA/USGS invasive species team has been funded to build the Invasive Species Data Service, a national capability for delivering geospatial data from NASA and USGS archives to the invasive species community.
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Team wins ITR Grant

July 14, 2003 - The NASA/USGS invasive species project will be part of team that will advance science on the semantic web under a new NSF ITR grant.
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Science Team Meeting

July 9-10, 2003 - The NASA/USGS invasive species project held its third science team meeting in Fort Collins, Colorado. National scale challenge applications were identified for next year's work.
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Workshop Presentation

June 24, 2003 - Jeff Pedelty presented results of parallel kriging effort at the NASA Earth Science Technologies Conference.
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National and International News

October 18, 2005, Washington - National Wildlife Federation - Invasive species are infiltrating military lands across the country, severely impacting the health and welfare of U.S. military forces, citizens and ecosystems, according to a new National Wildlife Federation (NWF) report.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2005 - Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced that universities in seven states will receive $1.1 million in cooperative agreements to conduct research on measures for combating harmful pests

August 30, 2005 - Invasivespecies.gov has outgrown its current structure. Among the changes is the launch of a new Web site managed by the National Agricultural Library -- Invasivespeciesinfo.gov. This Web site will serve as the official reference gateway to information, programs, organizations, and services about invasive species. In November, Invasivespecies.gov will become the official Web site for the National Invasive Species Council

August 7, 2005 - Washington D.C. - Akaka, D-Hawai'i, introduced a bill last month to establish a $250 million cooperative grant program to fight invasive species on public and adjacent private lands.

July 28, 2005 - Albany, NY - The New York State Departments of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Agriculture and Markets are seeking public comment on the Draft Report of the New York State Invasive Species Task Force (ISTF) released today.

July 12, 2005 - Natural Resources Defense Council - The House Resources Committee is poised to consider some of the most sweeping changes ever to the Endangered Species Act with legislation aimed at making it more difficult to list plants and animals and protect their habitat.

Jun 16, 2005 - Just as disturbance makes a landscape susceptible to invasion by alien plant species, the construction of reservoirs around the globe could be contributing to the accelerating spread of exotic aquatic species, according to a Forum article in the June 2005 issue of BioScience.

May 25, 2005 - Wausau, WI - Jeremy Solin has a love-hate relationship with garlic mustard. The plant, while admittedly tasty, is taking over Wisconsin forests and choking out native plant life, Solin said.

May 17, 2005 - Asheville, NC - The Nature Conservancy Identifies Top 10 Invasive Threats to the Southern Blue Ridge Escarpment.

May 16, 2005 - NewScientist.com - An extract from a plant known in the US as Òthe vine that ate the SouthÓ may help reduce alcohol consumption in heavy drinkers, a small-scale study suggests.

Apr, 2005 - CA (Agricultural Research) - Can a tiny beetle spell doom for a rugged, aggressive weed that's already invaded streambanks and river channels throughout the American West?       Yes!

Mar 14, 2005 - HONOLULU (AP) - Researchers using a sophisticated sensor aboard an aircraft flying at the edge of space were able to spot an invasive tree species starting to take over native forests near the Big Island's Kilauea Volcano, according to a study published Monday.

Dec 10, 2004 Mike Maunder of the Fairchild Tropical Garden talks about the invasive species threat, looking at the various types of invasive organisms (viruses, algae through to parrots and snakes), their impacts and some of the possible responses. (Video)

Sept 7, 2004 — Teams of volunteers throughout Wisconsin spent the Labor Day weekend stationed at boat landings to prevent the spread of invasive species.

August 17, 2004 — Curbing the spread of invasive species into the United States is the main goal of an Agricultural Research Service workshop this week that focuses on protecting Florida's native habit

July 27, 2004 — Invaders just invade, but conquerors invade and engineer

An interactive lesson & simulation on invasive species is now appearing on the Discover Magazine Website..    Look for the "SciGames" animation at the bottom of the home page, enjoy!

July 15, 2004  Oregon Dept. of Agriculture  
The 2004 list of Oregon's 100 most dangerous invaders threatening the state has just been issued by the Invasive Species Council. Once again, it contains the nastiest of all organisms that might call Oregon home.

July 10, 2004 Palm Beach Post  
In a state that spends millions of dollars each year to kill non-native plants that have consumed about 1.5 million acres, it might seem unlikely that scientists would import these invasive species, and even less likely that they would cultivate them.

A Japanese plant brought to America more than a century ago ... is taking over parts of western Pennsylvania - and elsewhere in the country.

Norway's northern shores are once again under threat from a red army, but this time it's not the Soviets advancing but rather legions of giant crabs that threaten to destroy the Barents Sea's fragile ecosystem.

Researchers have found what is believed to be an invasive species of sea squirt.

The government wants gardeners to help get rid of 'invasive plants'.

Nuisance plant and animal species are elbowing out native species.

Cogon is even more aggressive and harder to get rid of than the ubiquitous kudzu.

Federal grant and local matches to fund project.

Just weeks after the state's first snakehead fish turned up in the Rock River, another invasive species has been found in Wisconsin waters.

For example, the tamarisk, which is more prevalent in the Southwest but is moving north. It removes something like 30 times the amount of water of native weeds.

The zebra mussel has cost the Great Lakes states' economy billions of dollars over the past decade.

Out of place, out of control: invasive species wreak havoc in African wetlands.

Among the threats are invasive plants, invasive fish and other aquatic species.

Once worms move in, invasive non-native plant species seem to follow.

Invasive species are destroying the world's best fishing hole.

Sheffield Town Hall to request a permit for invasive species control on a number of parcels.

The center will allow NOAA to more effectively organize and coordinate its aquatic invasive species research efforts.

Many alternative native species that can be planted instead of invasive plants identified as problematic in Ohio's natural areas.

Voracious Carp Threatens Fish Supply in Great Lakes.

Three bills aim to address problem.

Elimination of the invasive weed would benefit wildlife and ecosystems.

A small snail native to New Zealand may endanger native fish stocks.

Researchers are counting on a small South American grasshopper, Cornops aquaticum, to help them combat the "world's worst water weed": the water hyacinth.

We may face a chocolate-less 21st century.