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Invaders Watch List Network |
The New Invaders Watch Network
is a partnership of government, non-profit, and volunteer
organizations dedicated to the early detection and control of
new exotic invasive plant and insect species in the Chicago
Wilderness (CW) region, an area of globally threatened natural
communities. This region is a global transportation hub,
providing access for plant and animal invasions.
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Their target species are known to be invasive in the Midwest or
regions of similar climate, and are not currently known from CW
or are relatively rare here.
Their goals are to:
--Increase understanding of invasive species impacts, their
modes of invasion, and control measures to limit their spread
--Provide mechanisms to collect and share information on 15
plant and 2 insect target species to improve management
strategies and predict future distributions
--Facilitate the prevention and control of new exotic invasives
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