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  • July

    EL’s team from the Environmental Risk Assessment Branch for unmanned aircraft systems (EPR-UAS) showing their remotely controlled flying machines are, from left, Justin Wilkens with the Phantom 2 Vision; Jenny Laird with the Flamewheel F550; and Robbie Boyd with the second Phantom 2. Project managers can contact team members to schedule a demonstration of the UASs and learn about monitoring or sampling of dangerous or environmentally sensitive sites. EL photo.

    Project managers can schedule a demonstration of unmanned aircraft system

    VICKSBURG, Miss - If you happen to spot small flying machines zooming above the U.S. Army Engineer
  • Mary Sue Bowers, natural resources specialist, Coralville Lake, talks to adjacent landowners about oriental bittersweet, an invasive species threatening Iowa’s woodlands.

    Reducing the impact of invasive species through partnership

    In an effort to reduce the impact of invasive species, Coralville Lake was one of the first agencies to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Hawkeye Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) in 2007. This partnership is just one of the ways the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working with others to fight invasive species. Since then, the Mississippi River Project has also signed an MOU with them.
  • Dense hydrilla beds formed along the banks of the Erie Canal, pictured in September 2013. Biologists are concerned about hydrilla spreading to multiple water bodies throughout New York and into the Great Lakes.

    Stopping an aggressive aquatic hitchhiker

    Buffalo District, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC),

  • Florida agencies work together

    Across Florida and throughout the nation, invasive species bring with them high ecological and economic costs. It’s far too big a problem for just one agency or group. The Florida Invasive Species Partnership (FISP) is a collaborative group of federal, state and local agencies and non-government organizations, all with a stake in managing non-native species in Florida. FISP facilitates the formation of Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas (CISMAs), alliances of stakeholders addressing regional invasive species management. Some of the concerns they try to address include prevention, education/awareness, early detection, rapid response, monitoring and integrated pest management.
  • Invasive Air Potatoes

    Nipping invasive air potato 'in the spud'

    It’s almost like a scene from a science fiction movie. Florida is being taken over by potatoes. Yes, potatoes. So, what do you do when foreign potatoes invade and attempt to take over the native plants? You try to “nip it in the spud!”