[APWG] NEWS: What is an innocuous species here can be an invasive species there

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100428-LIFE-4280314

What is an innocuous species here can be an invasive species there
By Sue Pike
April 28, 2010 2:00 AM

I recently received an e-mail from a woman in the U.K. who, as part of a 
larger discussion of nature, told me about the problem of American mink in 
her country. In a later e-mail the issue of invasive skunk cabbage was 
raised; she wasn't as excited about them as I was since they were 
destroying her local wetlands. It turns out that our backyard nature is 
showing up in other people's backyards and proving to be unwelcome.

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