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You are here: Home / Oregon gets a B- in invasive species management

Oregon gets a B- in invasive species management

By Curt Kipp — Posted January 15, 2014

Oregon, as a whole, could be doing better in its fight against invasive species. That’s the verdict from the Oregon Invasive Species Council (OISC), which gave the state a B-minus on its annual Invasive Species Report Card (PDF).

That’s down a full letter grade from 2012, when the state received an A-minus. The main difference? Cuts in state funding, and downtime as the council made the transition to a new coordinator. The coordinator serves on a contract basis, and the contract expired in 2013. A new coordinator, Carolyn Devine, has been brought on board. The report card also talks about other factors in the lower grade, including the need for more outreach to build public awareness of invasive species and the dangers they pose.

“There are many individuals and groups who are working together to prevent new introductions of damaging, non-native species and to manage invasive species that are already here. This report card describes how we are doing collectively and provides suggestions for what we can do better in 2014,” council chairman Mark Sytsma said. “Unfortunately, our overall grade is down a bit from last year. We hope that with the rebound of the economy that the state can reinvest in the fight against invasive species.”

The 15-member council is comprised of representatives from government agencies, nonprofit organizations, industry, academia, and other stakeholder groups. The council’s mission is to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species in Oregon, which include harmful and non-native plants, animals and pathogens.

Several invasive insects, pathogens and plants are of great concern to the nursery industry due to their potential to cause economic and environmental damage. These include the emerald ash borer, the spotted wing drosophila, the Asian longhorned beetle, and many others.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Conservation, Invasive species, ODA, Oregon State University, Pests and Diseases, Phytophthora ramorum, Wholesale Nurseries, Wildlife

About Curt Kipp

Curt Kipp is the director of publications and communications at the Oregon Association of Nurseries, and the editor of Digger magazine.

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