New Jersey fights onslaught of natural invaders

21.02.10

Stomach TOWNSHIP - Three Bradford pear trees, the ground around an old farm here were probably planted by a previous owner for their glorious light skinned flower. But those days are numbered pear: The house and trees are now part of the National Commission for Wildlife in Cape May Citadel, which plans to slaughter to curb the spread of invasive species.

Hog wild, the roots of golf courses for the strange disease wiping oysters and flowers backyard is Snape in the woods across the state, New Jersey is being shipped.For years, wildlife managers of the state have worked to save the plants and wildlife on the brink of extinction. But increasingly, they are looking at innovative ways of dealing with exotic plants and animals which succeed only too well in the Garden State.

The sprawling refuge Neck May County last year focused on the eradication of English ivy, which is commonly planted in backyards in New Jersey. Notwithstanding fatigues of the agency, Heidi Hanlon, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, found some of the dark green ivy still clinging to a cherry tree after a lack of research in a field nearby.As multiflora rose and Japanese honeysuckle, ivy the crowd of native species that birds and animals rely on food or cover, Hanlon said.

Source: Press of Atlantic City