Here’s how PlayCleanGo leveraged the reach of our invasive species prevention partners and the power of the message, “Stop Invasive Species in Your Tracks.”
Through proper surveying techniques, outreach, and community support, northwest Michigan’s special hemlock trees remain safe for another season.
Significant milestones in preventing expansion of invasive species of an important MOU include signs and cleaning stations.
Once you know an infestation exists, there are three different major control goals to consider: eradication, containment, and suppression.
NAISMA’s PlayCleanGo program expanded the presence of boot brush stations to more than a dozen new states.
NAISMA and CONABIO will collaborate by sharing resources and materials to strengthen each organization’s work. CONABIO has agreed to develop an outreach campaign in Spanish.
Boot brushes help prevent invasive species from spreading. Most important, we needed to design a sign that would get hikers to read it, and then use the boot brushes.
You can help everyday outdoor recreationists learn how to identify 12 of North America’s most common invasive plant and pest species.
Does the simple act of swiping your feet in one of these boot brushes actually accomplish anything? And if installed, will people actually use them? A research project gets to the bottom of boot brush stations.
“Since 2004, NAISMA has been working toward our vision of having North America’s lands and waters protected from invasive species.”
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