Welcome to the website for the 
*RIDNIS Project 
(*Reducing the Introduction and Distribution of Aquatic 
Non-Native Invasive Species Through Outreach and Education)

Fish Project Background and Goals
 
CrabNIS of concern in San Francisco Bay-Delta
 
Fish Why are Aquatic Non-Native Invasive Species a Concern?
 
Leaf Links for more Information
 
Plant Mechanisms of NIS Introduction
 
FishContact Us
 
  Preventing Introductions
 
 Workshop Information
Recommended Voluntary Guidelines drawn up from the Aquarium Industry Workshop
Recommended Voluntary Guidelines drawn up from the Aquatic Horticulture Industry Workshop
Caulerpa taxifolia (found in California) Caulerpa taxifolia Watch Card

    Take a look at our completed products
RIDNIS Brochure in Spanish
RIDNIS poster English version
RIDNIS poster Chinese language version
Watch the video,"The Great Escape: Preventing Aquatic Species Invasion" in English or in Chinese
The brochure, Recommended Voluntary Guidelines 
       and posters are in pdf format. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat,
       you can download the latest version here to view these products.  
       The video can be viewed with Windows Media Player.

Reducing the Introduction and Distribution of Aquatic Non-Native Invasive Species through Outreach & Education Project
September 2003 -- September 2005
University of California Cooperative Extension, Department of Environmental Science and Policy
All text copyrighted © RIDNIS Project, all rights reserved. Web site maintained by Kelly Torres (kktorres@ucdavis.edu)
Last revised March 31, 2006

*Note: Some links are to sites outside of the University of California domain. No endorsement is intended of products,
services or information, nor is criticism implied of similar sites that are not mentioned.
This project is funded by the CBDA California Bay-Delta Authority in cooperation with the University of California Cooperative Extension.