This week, we dive deep into two news stories that flew under the public’s radar. In the summer of 2020, individuals all over the country started receiving random packages of unsolicited and unidentified seeds. In the spring of 2021, pet stores around the country found that the moss balls on their shelves carried a notorious aquatic hitchhiker. On this episode, we talk to some of the people who devoted months of their lives to dealing with these first-of-their-kind international crises.
Special thanks to our guests Christopher Deegan, Wesley Daniels, Amy Kretlow and Amy McGovern.
Report a nonindigenous aquatic species - https://nas.er.usgs.gov/SightingReport.aspx
Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database - USGS - https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/default.aspx
Destroy! Don’t dump! - Zebra Mussel Disposal - https://www.fws.gov/fisheries/ANS/zebra-mussel-disposal.html
Hungry pests - Leave hungry pests behind - https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/hungrypests
Zebra mussels - https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/zebra-mussels/
Quagga mussels - https://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/our-work/focus-areas/ais/invasive-species/invasive-species-fact-sheets/mollusks/quagga-mussel/
Bonus: The Prince Fish
Introducing: The Water We Swim In
19. Listening through time
17. Crayfish crisis (Rerun)
16. The lake on the edge
15. Faith and Wild Rice
14. Introduced: An appetizer
13. On the scent
12. A borrowed fish
11. The snail next door
10. Peering through the smelt crystal ball
9. Becoming "invasive"
BONUS: The Claws Have the Sweetest Meat
8: Crayfish crisis
7: Invasives online
6. Flipped
5. From revered to reviled (Invasive Carp part 2)
4. The carp are coming (Invasive Carp part 1)
3. Bringing home the Beetles
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