Invasive Species: Obstacles Hinder Federal Rapid Response to Growing Threat : Report to Congressional Requestors |
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Page 27 - Asiatic rice borer (Chilo suppressalis), the mango weevil (Sternochetus mangiferae (F.)), the Chinese rose beetle (Adoretus sinicus Burm.), and a cactus borer (Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg.)), which are new to or not known to be widely prevalent or distributed within and throughout other States. (b) No fruits or vegetables, in the raw or unprocessed state; cut flowers; rice straw; mango seeds; or cactus plants or parts thereof shall be shipped, offered for shipment to a common carrier, received for...
Page 12 - Co-Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council and as an ex-officio member of the President's Council on Sustainable Development.
Page 38 - Commission, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Mines, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Geological Survey, the National Park Service, the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, and the Southwestern Power Administration.
Page 5 - Among other things, the plan was to (1) recommend performance-oriented goals and objectives, (2) recommend measures to minimize the risk of new introductions of invasive species, and (3) review existing and prospective authorities for preventing the introduction and spread of invasive species.
Page 24 - Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States, Office of Technology Assessment, OTA-F-565, Sept. 1993.
Page 11 - Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and the Forest Service to provide for effective fish passage in the rivers managed by them.
Page 10 - APHlS; zebra mussels, Craig Czarnecki, Michigan Sea Grant; green crab, Paul G. Olin, University of California Sea Grant Program. While the ecological impacts of invasive species can be devastating, they are hard to quantify. However, many scientists believe that invasive species are a significant threat to biodiversity — second only to habitat loss and degradation.
Page 27 - That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary...
Page 5 - Invasive Species: Federal and Selected State Funding to Address Harmful Nonnative Species, GAO/RCED-00-219 (Washington, DC: Aug.
Page 3 - A concept basic to invasiveness is that these species have been introduced into an environment in which they did not evolve; thus, they usually have no natural enemies to limit their spread.