Invasive species damage the lands and waters that native plants and animals need to survive. They hurt economies and threaten human well-being. The estimated damage from invasive species worldwide totals more than $1.4 trillion – five percent of the global economy.

The Nature Conservancy is working to prevent and control the spread of invasive species in all 50 states and across more than 30 countries around the world. Learn more about the Conservancy's invasive species initiative here.

Click on each of the pictures below to learn what you can do to fight invasive plants and preserve the species native to Connecticut. 
 

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Tom Heutte, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org (Japanese knotweed); © James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org (Oriental bittersweet).