Invasive species are an ongoing focus of the NW CASC’s efforts to fund and facilitate actionable science, which have included research on more than 24 invasive species since 2011 across Northwestern habitats ranging from Puget Sound prairies to sagebrush steppe, from coastal wetlands to high elevation forests. In 2024 alone, NW CASC invested over $650,000 in research on invasive species, and the CASC program nationwide invested over $4 million.
