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Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Aaron FersterLast week I shared a ride to Baltimore with EPA’s Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, Dr. Paul Anastas. My colleague Joanne and I wanted to catch Dr. Anastas’…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program of the USDA Forest Service has created a series of downloadable invasive plant distribution maps for its Northern Region (includes 24 states). The distributions on these maps portray…
By Brittney GordonOn behalf of EPA’s ENERGY STAR program, I’d like to extend a big thank you to all of you who participated in our Be an ENERGY STAR Video Challenge! It was inspiring to see the response to our basic challenge—in April we asked everyday Americans to send in videos documenting…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- White-Nose Syndrome Research - FWS-R5-ES-12-001 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is pleased to announce the availability of new funding for projects related directly to the investigation and management of white-nose syndrome…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Culprit Identified: Fungus Causes Deadly Bat Disease (Oct 26, 2011) The appropriately named fungus Geomyces destructans is the cause of deadly white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats, according to research published in the journal…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Don't Panic: The Animal's Guide to Hitchhiking (Oct 21, 2011) New research suggests that hitch-hiking, once believed to be the exclusive domain of beat poets and wanderers, is in fact an activity that daring members of the…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- West Nile virus transmission linked to land use patterns, 'super-spreaders' (Oct 20, 2011) In most places, only a few key species of bird "hosts" and mosquito "vectors" are important in transmission of…
By Karen MarkEntering my senior year of college, I had the amazing opportunity to intern in the beautifully forested and rolling hills in Brown County State Park in Nashville, Indiana. Turns out my summer internship did more than improve my resume. While I had studied environmental sciences, it was…
By Brittney Gordon For many, Halloween is one of the best holidays of the year. From the endless bags of candy to the costumes, it is the one night where adults and kids alike can pretend to be anyone they want to be, and have a lot of fun doing it. For weeks friends have asked [...]
By Brett SchwartzPrior to beginning my internship in EPA’s Office of Sustainable Communities this past summer, my interest in smart growth was focused primarily on urban infill and suburban retrofit projects. Having lived in or visited places such as Atlantic Station in Atlanta, Washington…
By Nancy StonerPopulation growth, aging infrastructure, urbanization and climate change are placing increasing pressure on our water infrastructure all across the country, and over the next 20 years, EPA estimates that more than $600 billion will be needed to address water infrastructure…
Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays.By Katie LubinskyMy morning drive to work involves bypassing road construction. You know … the smell of baking asphalt, those bright, dizzying orange cones in the road that you almost hit, and of…
By Joshua Brown Millions of single-use bags are used in Boulder, Colorado each year. The Fairview Net Zero Environmental Club has a goal: reduce the use of single-use shopping bags in Boulder. We are working with the City Council to pass an ordinance to put a fee or a ban on single-use shopping…
By Esther Kwon Among the long list of things my parents told me to be afraid of when I was a child, lead-based paint was never one of them. Perhaps the reason why I was able to grow up without worrying about what was coating the swing set I played on and what kind of paint [...]
During the three giant caldera-forming eruptions that occurred between 2.1 million and 640,000 years ago, tiny particles of volcanic debris ( volcanic ash ) covered much of the western half of North America, likely a third of a meter deep several hundred kilometers from Yellowstone and several…
By Bill FinanIn the mid-1980s, I was surprised to hear stories about firefighters being injured and sometimes killed when they entered a fire scene that included chemicals. Those firefighters were brave and wanted to save lives, but they had not been trained to understand chemical hazards.Just as…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- New Invasive Species Conferences added, including : Biodiversity Information Standards - Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) 2011 Annual Conference -- Oct 16-21, 2011 2011 Alaska Invasive Species Conference -- Oct 19-21, 2011…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- "Non-invasive" Cultivar? Buyer Beware (Oct 7, 2011) Cultivars of popular ornamental woody plants that are being sold in the U.S. as non-invasive are probably anything but, according to an analysis by botanical researchers…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Online Native Plant Center Helps Chesapeake Bay (Jun 13, 2011) A new tool to help citizens in the Chesapeake Bay watershed select native plants is now available. Users of the portal, Native Plant Center can search for native…
Posted by USDA's National Invasive Species Information Center -- Invasive Sea Squirt Puts Connecticut's Shellfish Sector on Alert (Sep 29, 2011) The invasive sea squirt, Styela clava, has now been discovered along the Eastern Seaboard as far south as Bridgeport Harbor and poses a…