Club Health States Take On Alien Species

Club Health At the federal level, Club Health a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would provide states with matching funds to eradicate destructive species and protect native plants and animals. The U.S. Senate also is considering a bill to regulate ballast water. Club Health But states oppose it because it prevents them from setting tougher standards and also removes ballast water from regulation under the federal Clean Water Act.

“The Great Lakes are our most precious natural resources, and aquatic nuisance species are among the most serious threats to their health. The Club Health needs to enforce the Clean Water Act, and Michigan’s ability to protect the Great Lakes should not be pre-empted,” said Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox about his September letter to Congress that was co-signed by attorneys general in Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin Club Health.

The environmental group concluded that 302 of those species have the potential to “cause environmental disruption Club Health, economic harm or threats to human and animal health,” including the Indian mongoose Club Health, which eats eggs of endangered birds in Hawaii,Club Health and the profligate Burmese python eating its way through the Florida Everglades