Dr. Barry A. Rice

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  Barry A. Rice, Ph.D.Dr. Barry Rice is an invasive species specialist with The Nature Conservancy based in Davis, California.He is also the Director of Conservation for the International Carnivorous Plant Society and edits the peer reviewed botanical journal Carnivorous Plant Newsletter.His first book on carnivorous plants was published by Timber Press in 2006.
  
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  We spoke with Barry Rice, Invasive Species Specialist for The Nature Conservancy's Global Invasive Species Initiative, about the air potato, how the Conservancy is working to control it and how you can help.
  
  nature.org: What are air potatoes?
  
  Barry Rice: The air potato is a plant native to Asia and Africa, where it is an important food crop.
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  Barry Rice: It is a vining, climbing plant that clambers into shrubs and trees.
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  Barry Rice: Air potatoes are grown by gardeners who like it for its vining habit and foliage.
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  Barry Rice: Preventing the spread of invasive species is one of the Conservancy's global priorities.
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  Barry Rice: Don't plant it in your garden, don't let your loved ones plant it, don't let your friends plant it!It's just too damaging to our wild lands.If you live in an area that has some invaded areas, you can help by pitching in during a roundup—contact your local Conservancy office for more details.And if you don't live near an invasion, you can always send the Conservancy a donation to help with their work!
  
  Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Fred Nation/Forestryimages.org (air potato); Photo © E. Salvia/The Nature Conservancy (Barry Rice).

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  "Native mussels and shellfish can't possibly live in water that has been essentially purified by the zebra mussels," says Barry Rice, an invasive-species specialist with The Nature Conservancy.
  
  And new arrivals aren't competing on a level playing field, as they tend to lack predators in their new environments."A plant introduced from Spain to North America did not evolve with all of the predators and insects that are feeding off plants in North America.It might have compounds or toxins in it that can't be metabolized by American insects," Rice says.

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  Chowing down on a vertebrate is incredibly dangerous for the plant, says Barry Rice, conservation director for the International Carnivorous Plant Society and author of Growing Carnivorous Plants.It takes a long time to digest meat, so the meal could rot prematurely, killing the trap.
  
  That's not to say that a giant meat-eating plant wouldn't have a taste for humans.While recovering from a case of athlete's foot, Rice fed infected skin to Venus flytraps to see if they would eat it.A week later, he was astonished (and a bit appalled) to find barely a trace of his skin remaining in the traps.Healthy skin and internal organs would probably meet the same end, Rice predicts."I'm still fond of my fingers, though," he says, "so I'm not taking the experiment to the next level."

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  Barry A. Rice, Ph.D.Dr. Barry Rice is an invasive species specialist with The Nature Conservancy based in Davis, California.He is also the Director of Conservation for the International Carnivorous Plant Society and edits the peer reviewed botanical journal Carnivorous Plant Newsletter.His first book on carnivorous plants was published by Timber Press in 2006.
  
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  We spoke with Barry Rice, Invasive Species Specialist for The Nature Conservancy's Global Invasive Species Initiative, about the air potato, how the Conservancy is working to control it and how you can help.
  
  nature.org: What are air potatoes?
  
  Barry Rice: The air potato is a plant native to Asia and Africa, where it is an important food crop.
  ...
  Barry Rice: It is a vining, climbing plant that clambers into shrubs and trees.
  ...
  Barry Rice: Air potatoes are grown by gardeners who like it for its vining habit and foliage.
  ...
  Barry Rice: Preventing the spread of invasive species is one of the Conservancy's global priorities.
  ...
  Barry Rice: Don't plant it in your garden, don't let your loved ones plant it, don't let your friends plant it!It's just too damaging to our wild lands.If you live in an area that has some invaded areas, you can help by pitching in during a roundup-contact your local Conservancy office for more details.And if you don't live near an invasion, you can always send the Conservancy a donation to help with their work!
  
  Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Fred Nation/Forestryimages.org (air potato); Photo © E. Salvia/The Nature Conservancy (Barry Rice).

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  "You go to areas where fire ants are, and they just eat everything," said Barry Rice, an invasive species specialist with the Nature Conservancy.
  
  And bullfrogs, typical of the East Coast, "are bad because they will eat anything that can fit inside their mouths," he said.
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  And states do not have the funding to keep a watchful eye on the practice, let alone control it, both Reed and Rice said.
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  "When you have to put people on the ground to eradicate invasive species, you've already lost the battle," Rice said.

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  "You go to areas where fire ants are, and they just eat everything," said Barry Rice, an invasive species specialist with the Nature Conservancy.
  
  And bull frogs, typical of the East Coast, "are bad because they will eat anything that can fit inside their mouths," he said.
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  And states do not have the funding to keep a watchful eye on the practice, let alone control it, both Reed and Rice said.
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  "When you have to put people on the ground to eradicate invasive species, you've already lost the battle," Rice said.

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  "You go to areas where fire ants are, and they just eat everything," said Barry Rice, an invasive species specialist with the Nature Conservancy.
  
  And bull frogs, typical of the East Coast, "are bad because they will eat anything that can fit inside their mouths,"
  
  he said.
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  And states do not have the funding to keep a watchful eye on the practice, let alone control it, both Reed and Rice said.
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  "When you have to put people on the ground to eradicate invasive species, you've already lost the battle," Rice said.

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  "The natural process happens over slow time periods," says Barry Rice, an invasive species specialist with The Nature Conservancy.
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  "A really good analogy is to think about invasive species [as you would] wildfires," Rice says."You can control a small fire when all you have to do is step on it, but once it's a large blaze, the logistics are much more complicated."
  
  The first line of defense, he says, is to take appropriate biosecurity measures whenever possible.For example, many of the sub-Antarctic islands have implemented simple procedures, such as requiring visitors to dip their shoes in biocide (a chemical that kills microbes and plants) before disembarking onto the islands to prevent seeds or new pathogens from being introduced.
  
  But it is impossible to prevent all invasions, which is why Rice stresses the importance of a network of experts who can immediately identify new threats and nip them in the bud.The Invasive Plant Atlas of New England project is doing just that, using trained volunteers to inventory habitats and document the arrival and spread of invasive species.
  
  Once intrusive populations become established, it can be almost impossible to get rid of them.Often, as is the case with rats, feral pigs and many plant species, they have extraordinarily high reproductive rates.
  
  Rice says that efforts to control invasive species should be tailored to each situation.
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  "If I'm a preserve manager and I decide to wipe out every nonnative species, I will drive myself crazy and break my budget," Rice says.
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  "When we find ourselves in a situation [in which] we have to kill some organisms because we introduced them and they're damaging native organisms, ultimately this is a tragedy," Rice says."We should take responsibility for that tragedy and we should channel that energy into avoiding introducing such organisms in the future."
  
  Still, he says, although problems associated with invasive species may be pervasive and complicated, they are not insurmountable.
  
  "You can define successes on a regional level,they're not measured only by whether the organism has been eradicated," he says.

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  Barry RiceEveryday Environmentalist: Don't Hike with PestsBarry Rice is an invasive species specialist with The Nature Conservancy.He is also the director of conservation for the International Carnivorous Plant Society and edits the peer reviewed botanical journal Carnivorous Plant Newsletter.His first book on carnivorous plants was published by Timber Press in 2006.
  
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  Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photos © Robert Lalasz/TNC (hiking boots); © E. Salvia/TNC (Barry Rice)

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  Barry Rice, invasive species specialist for The Nature Conservancy's Global Invasive Species Initiative, says air potatoes are native to Asia and Africa, where they are eaten.
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  Rice advises, "Don't plant it in your garden, don't let your loved ones plant it, don't let your friends plant it!

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