New Website Provides Information, Insight on Michigan’s Invasive Species

By Justin Stakes

Lansing, MI -(AmmoLand.com)- Residents struggling with invasive species or seeking help on how to identify plants, insects and animals considered invasive are invited to explore the state’s new Michigan Invasive Species website – www.michigan.gov/invasives – for answers and assistance.

The site is a collaborative effort among the state’s three “Quality of Life” agencies: the Michigan departments of Natural Resources, Environmental Quality and Agriculture and Rural Development. Each of the three departments oversees different aspects of invasive species management.

“Preventing invasive species is everyone’s responsibility,” said Joanne Foreman, invasive species communications coordinator for the Quality of Life departments. “Human activity is the primary means by which invasive species are moved from place to place. This new website offers simple steps everyone can take, like removing seeds and mud from shoes, gear and pets, to assure that invasive ‘hitchhikers’ don’t travel with you.”

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Source:: AmmoLand