Did You Know?

* The U.S. spends $120 billion annually on the control and impacts of more than 800 invasive species infestations. This does not account for the values of species extinctions and losses in biodiversity, ecosystems, services and aesthetics.

* Nine out of 21 of the most endangered ecosystems in the U.S. are significantly impacted by exotic invasions.

* 80 percent of the nation’s fish communities are considered degraded because of decline or loss of native species and introduction of exotics.

(Source: North American Weed Management Association.)