Want to learn more about Invasive Plants? Come join the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group’s 12th Biennial Symposium! The event will take place on Tuesday, October 29th, 2024, from 9 AM to 4:45 PM, at the UConn Student Union in Storrs Connecticut. You can see where you fit in with this year’s theme: Real Talk: Making […]
Invasive Species
Meet Lauren Kurtz
Lauren Kurtz joined UConn Extension as an Invasive Species Outreach Specialist. She’s originally from Frankfort, Illinois, and earned her undergraduate degrees in environmental studies and geography from Western Michigan University, before coming to UConn for her masters and PhD in horticulture and plant breeding in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture. Lauren is […]
Sen. Blumenthal Seeks Funding for CT River Hydrilla Control
Sen. Richard Blumenthal announced on June 3 that he is leading an effort to secure $100 million over four years in federal funding for a multistate effort to control hydrilla in the Connecticut River watershed. In an event at Harbor Park in Middletown, Blumenthal said he is seeking an urgent fiscal year 2022 appropriation for […]
Connecticut Residents Asked to Report Receipt of any Unsolicited Packages of Seeds
(HARTFORD, CT)- The Connecticut Department of Agriculture (CT DoAg) and The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) have been notified that several Connecticut residents have received unsolicited packages containing seeds that appear to have originated from China. The types of seeds in the packages are unknown at this time and may be invasive plant species. The […]
Invasive Crabs Threaten Connecticut’s Shores
Have you seen this crab before? This is a Chinese Mitten Crab – named for its fury, mitten-like claws. These crabs have started to appear in Connecticut’s shores raising concerns as they are an invasive species that can cause a lot of costly environmental damage. Want to learn more? Check out this article: Invasive Crabs Threaten […]