National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) 2026 Today we will learn about another relatively new species in the Florida panhandle – Giant Salvinia. This small floating aquatic plant has been a large problem in Texas and ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, Natural ResourcesNational Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) 2026 Each year near the end of February across the country communities are observing NISAW. Each year UF IFAS Extension provides some form of invasive species education to local ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK (NISAW), FEBRUARY 24-28, 2025 NISAW is a nation-wide event to raise awareness about invasive species, the threat that they pose, and what can be done to prevent their spread. There are many events and ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, SFYL Hot Topic, Water, Wildlife
NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK (NISAW), FEB. 26-MAR. 3, 2024 NISAW is a nation-wide event to raise awareness about invasive species, the threat that they pose, and what can be done to prevent their spread. Thanks to all the partners ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, Water
NATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES AWARENESS WEEK National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) is a national initiative where agencies and organizations provide information on invasive species issues to the public, landowners, land managers, as ... READ MORE
Category: Conservation, Disaster Preparation, Forests, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Recreation, Water, Wildlife
During this week we have read about what an invasive species is, how they got here, which ones have been here awhile, which are new potential threats, and why we should even care about this. All important things to know when you are trying ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
The name lets you know that these are probably not good. What we call the Dirty Dozen are those invasive species who are in the high part of the invasive species curve. The section to the right that is red. They are widespread and abundant. ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) To understand better what this is you can look at the graphic below of the “invasive species curve”. You will notice that across the x-axis is time, increasing ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Based on the definition we use for an invasive species, they got here because of us. It may have been unintentional, but it was still humans who assisted their arrival. All species have a biogeographic range. There is some ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources