Successes
By bringing scientists together to urge a halt to the dumping of invasive species with ships' ballast water, UCS kept unacceptably weak protective measures from passing. We also protected forests by encouraging nearly 10,000 people to pledge not to transport firewood (which can contain non-native pests) across county lines. And finally, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bowed to pressure from our Sound Science Initiative and others by banning imports of three Asian carp—one of which threatens freshwater mussels.
