{"id":716,"date":"2025-10-22T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T17:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/invasive-species\/?page_id=716"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T16:45:44","slug":"news-archive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/invasive-species\/news-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"News Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=&#8221;solid-icon&#8221; message_box_color=&#8221;sky&#8221; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-solid fa-bullhorn&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Invasive Species in the News-Archive<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_message][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/2024\/06\/toxic-clinging-jellyfish-with-excruciating-sting-spotted-near-jersey-shore.html\">Clinging Jellyfish season underway in NJ back bays<\/a>\u00a0(June 2024)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/print\/pdf\/node\/6553#:~:text=Matthew%20Travis%2C%20USDA%20APHIS%20national,and%20items%20you%20store%20outside.\">USDA asks public to look out for Spotted Lantern Fly egg masses<\/a>\u00a0(March 2024)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/nj1015.com\/mikie-sherrill-proposes-legislation-native-plants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NJ pushes for native plant comeback to combat invasive species <\/a>(February 2024)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/agriculture\/news\/press\/2024\/approved\/press240104.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NJ Department of Agriculture proposes treating state lands for LDD (Gypsy moth)<\/a> (January 2024)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/agriculture\/news\/press\/2024\/approved\/press240103.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NJ Department of Agriculture announces funding available (2024-26) to all NJ counties and municipalities for Spotted Lanternfly treatment<\/a> (January 2024)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2023-12-08-public-comment-period-open-for-proposed-aquatic-invasive-species-management-plan\/\">Proposed Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan<\/a> (<em>Public comment period is now closed<\/em>)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseymonitor.com\/2022\/12\/15\/lawmakers-advance-bill-to-ban-invasive-plants-revive-statewide-invasive-species-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lawmakers advance bill to ban invasive plants, revive statewide invasive species council<\/a>&#8211; New Jersey Monitor (December 2022)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item\">\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/dep\/parksandforests\/natural\/naturalareas\/management.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Invasive Species Removal Project Initiated in the Swartswood Natural Area<\/a>&#8211; NJDEP Office of Natural Lands Management (2022)<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1761144665137{padding-top: 25px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Last updated: October 22, 2025<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=&#8221;solid-icon&#8221; message_box_color=&#8221;sky&#8221; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-solid fa-bullhorn&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;] Invasive Species in the News-Archive [\/vc_message][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Clinging Jellyfish season underway in NJ back bays\u00a0(June 2024) USDA asks public to look out for Spotted Lantern Fly egg masses\u00a0(March 2024) NJ pushes for native plant comeback to combat invasive species (February 2024) NJ Department of Agriculture proposes treating state [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-716","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/invasive-species\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/invasive-species\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/invasive-species\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/invasive-species\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/147"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/invasive-species\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/invasive-species\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":735,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/invasive-species\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/716\/revisions\/735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/invasive-species\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}