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words INVASIVE SPECIES being overrun by kudzu
Leafy spurge, brown tree snake, and zebra mussels.
Natural ecosystems are under siege by many harmful species of plants, animals and diseases. The current environmental, economic, and health costs of invasive species could exceed $138 billion per year, more than all other natural disasters combined. Notorious examples include:
Hundreds of new species from other countries are introduced intentionally or accidentally into the U.S. each year. This threat intensifies the need for scientists, managers, and the many stakeholders to rally together to build better systems for invasion prevention, improve early detection of invaders, track established invaders, and coordinate containment, control, and effective habitat restoration.
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