"The Trump administration, earlier this week, quietly and without warning, eliminated federal advisory boards for America's marine protected areas, and on potential dangers posed by invasive species.

Gone are the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee, an offshoot of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Invasive Species Advisory Committee, reporting to the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The axing will snuff out scientific papers associated with the committees. The invasive species panel's final work, requested by the Department of Defense, was a white paper on dangers of tick-born illness."

Joel Connelly reports for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer October 3, 2019. [2]