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Event: Natural Resources Subcommittee Hearing
Details: David Lodge's Testimony (PDF)House of Representatives Info Page
Date: Thursday, April 23 @ 10:00 AM
The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bill:
- H.R. 669 (Bordallo): To prevent the introduction and establishment of nonnative wildlife species that negatively impact the economy, environment, or other animal species' or human health, and for other purposes. "Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act"
Subject:
House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Legislative Hearing on H.R. 669
When:
Thursday, April 23, 2009, at 10:00 a.m.
Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building
Witnesses:
TBA
Event: CAC Researchers to present at ICAIS
From April 19 to 23, the 16th annual International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species (ICAIS) will be held in Montreal Canada. Several CAC members are presenting at ICAIS:- Frameworks and Tools for Risk Analysis of Nonindigenous
Species
David M. Lodge - Rapid Detection of Invasive Species in Ballast Water
Using Molecular Methods
Andrew R. Mahon - Predicting Future Great Lakes Invaders: Global
Datasets of Shipping Traffic and Environmental
Conditions Identify High-risk Shipping Routes
Reuben P. Keller
>> read ICAIS Conference Pamphlet (PDF)