{"id":744,"date":"2015-06-05T12:01:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T12:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/?p=744"},"modified":"2015-06-05T12:01:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T12:01:38","slug":"invasive-earthworms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/invasive-earthworms\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasive Earthworms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-745 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940-250x107.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s true that the early bird catches the worm but, in New England\u2019s forests, the worm might actually be killing the bird with toxic trace metals&#8230; \u201cOne thing that people can do to help is to not release earthworms in the northeastern United States,\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0Another thing is to just have an appreciation for the soil.\u201d \u00a0For more information, see The WildLife Society (TWS) article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wildlife.org\/invasive-earthworms-spread-mercury-to-wildlife\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/wildlife.org\/invasive-earthworms-spread-mercury-to-wildlife\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-745 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940-300x128.jpg\" alt=\"Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940-250x107.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Metal-Pollutants-in-Earth-Worms-940.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It\u2019s true that the early bird catches the worm but, in New England\u2019s forests, the worm might actually be killing the bird with toxic trace metals&#8230;  \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/sniwla.org\/sniwla\/invasive-earthworms\/\"> Read more <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation","category-wildlife"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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