The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) released a new report on invasive species.
In the 20 years since CEQ released Great Infestations, those that were identified in that initial report have prospered and many new invasive species, both animal and plant, have taken up residence in our state.
None have been extirpated and it is not realistic to expect that they will be. In fact, it is to be expected that more will arrive as a consequence of the warming climate that is gradually making Connecticut more hospitable to species that do not tolerate cold weather.
The new report examines the adverse impacts of invasives on all the state’s land forms and ecosystems, from its waterways to its natural lands and also its working lands and developed landscapes.
The report also includes recommendations to improve how the state addresses the control of invasive species. Read CEQ's new report, "INVASIVES": PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED and NEWLY ARRIVED.