{"id":8251,"date":"2017-02-28T15:09:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T15:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=8251"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:11:55","slug":"early-detection-can-slow-the-spread-of-invasive-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/early-detection-can-slow-the-spread-of-invasive-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Detection Can Slow the Spread of Invasive Pest Species"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Great<\/a>The Forest Pest Outreach and Survey Project at Purdue reminds us that early detection is the best way to slow the spread of invasive species. You can report invasive species by calling the Invasive Species hotline at 1-866-NO-EXOTIC (1-866-663-9684) or using the free Great Lakes Early Detection Network smartphone app, which can be downloaded on iTunes or Google Play. View video to see how easy it is to use the app, Great Lakes Early Detection Network App (GLEDN).<\/a><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in learning more about invasive pests and how to report them, sign up for one of our free Early Detector Training workshops!<\/p>\n

National Invasive Species Awareness Week<\/a>: February 27-March 3, 2017.<\/p>\n

Resources:
\nInvasive Species<\/a> – Indiana Department of Natural Resources (IDNR)
\nAsk an Expert<\/a> – Purdue Extension-Forestry and Natural Resources
\nIndiana Invasive Species Council<\/a> – Includes: IDNR, Purdue Department of Entomology and Professional Partners
\nInvasive Species Week a reminder to watch for destructive pests, Purdue entomologist says<\/a> – Purdue Agriculture News<\/p>\n

Sara Stack<\/a>, MS student
\nPurdue Department of Entomology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Forest Pest Outreach and Survey Project at Purdue reminds us that early detection is the best way to slow the spread of invasive species. You can report invasive species by calling the Invasive Species hotline at 1-866-NO-EXOTIC (1-866-663-9684) or using the free Great Lakes Early Detection Network smartphone app, which can be downloaded on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,39,42,80,45,47,53],"tags":[109,367,535],"class_list":["post-8251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alert","category-aquaculturefish","category-forestry","category-trees","category-howto","category-invasiveinsects","category-urbanforestry","tag-entomology","tag-invasive-species","tag-purdue-agriculture"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8251"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34345,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8251\/revisions\/34345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}