The 2023 Sault Ste. Marie Himalayan balsam Community Project is a city-wide environmental stewardship campaign that focuses on the prevention and management of Himalayan balsam. The Invasive Species Centre is teaming up with local organizations to tackle the growing Himalayan balsam population by educating the public on identification, prevention, reporting and management. The goal of […]
Your smartphone or camera can be a handy tool to help protect BC’s biodiversity. This Labour Day weekend – wherever you go to enjoy the great outdoors in BC – snap some photos and join in on iNaturalist for ISCBC’s End of Summer BioBlitz September 2nd – 4th! Allison McCabe, Horticulturist and ISCBC’s Senior Lead of Outreach, […]
A free, virtual symposium with talks from invasive and climate change experts
Biocontrol, the practice of using one species (biocontrol agents) to control another (target pest) is an important management tool. Conservation, augmentative, and classical/importation biocontrol have all been successfully used to reduce target pest species in agriculture and natural systems. Climate change may influence both well-established and new biocontrol relationships, yet the effects of climate change […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is proposing regulatory amendments under the Invasive Species Act, 2015 that would classify 10 species and four genera of species as either prohibited or restricted invasive species. The Ministry will be accepting public comments on the amendments until October 2, 2023
