U.S. Department of Agriculture Fact Sheets

• Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
• Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
• Forest Service
• National Institute of Food and Agriculture (formerly known as the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service)

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Publication Resources

• Noxious Weeds Program - Fact Sheets and Weed Alerts
• Avian Influenza Information (includes Fact Sheets)

Agricultural Research Service

Publication Resources

• Publications Available Online or Free from ARS Authors

Invasive and Emerging Fungal Pathogens - Diagnostic Fact Sheets
USDA. ARS. Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Publication Resources

• APHIS Publications

Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Monitoring (AQIM) Handbook (PDF | 1.6 MB)

Asian Gypsy Moth (Apr 2003; PDF | 49 KB)

Asian Longhorned Beetle (Jan 2005; PDF | 52 KB)

Asian Longhorned Beetle: Questions and Answers (May 2007; PDF | 38 KB)

Attack of the Invasive Species (Aug 2010; PDF | 37 KB)

Questions and Answers About Asian Longhorned Beetle Control Treatments (Jan 2003; PDF | 50 KB)

Boll Weevil in Tennessee, Using the Malathion to Eradicate (May 2006; PDF | 53 KB)

EPA's Risk Assessment on Malathion Q&A's (May 2006; PDF | 48 KB)

Boll Weevil Eradication Q&A's (May 2006; PDF | 72 KB)

Boll Weevil Eradication (Mar 2007; PDF | 46 KB)

Brown Tree Snake (Nov 2001)

Classical Swine Fever (CSF) (also known as hog cholera) (Aug 2008; PDF | 40 KB)

Combating Illegal Bird Importation (June 2006; PDF | 32 KB)

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (Mar 2006; PDF | 50 KB)

Exotic Newcastle Disease -Animal Disease Alert (Jan 2003; PDF | 775 KB)

Feral/Wild Pigs: Potential Problems for Farmers and Hunters (Oct 2005; PDF | 184 KB)

Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Feb 2007; PDF | 39 KB)

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine (Mar 2007; PDF | 35 KB)

Protecting America From Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Other High-Consequence Livestock Diseases (Apr 2007; PDF | 35 KB)

Emergency Response: Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Other Foreign Animal Diseases (Apr 2007; PDF | 36 KB)

Glassy-winged Sharpshooter and Pierce's Disease in California (Dec 2002; PDF | 52 KB)

Gypsy Moth: Slow the Spread Program (Apr 2003; PDF | 51 KB)

Gypsy Moth, Don't Move (Revised Jul 2002; PDF | 273 KB)

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) (Mar 2004)

How APHIS Facilitates Agricultural Imports (Jan 2004; PDF | 570 KB)

Imported Fire Ants: An Agricultural Pest and a Human Health Hazard (Apr 2006; PDF | 41 KB)

Invasive Species and Forest Health (Oct 2006; PDF | 45 KB)

Japanese Cedar Longhorned Beetle in the Eastern United States, Pest Alert (Mar 1999; PDF | 71 KB)

Karnal Bunt: A Fungal Disease of Wheat (Mar 2004; PDF | 607 KB)

Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Apr 2006; PDF | 90 KB)

Mexican Border: U.S. Agricultural Quarantine Information Notice to Arriving Travelers (Feb 2003)

Notice to Arriving Travelers (Aug 2000)

Nurseries and Plant Growers: Help Control the Spread of the Imported Fire Ant - Industry Alert (May 2006; PDF | 37 KB)

Nutria (Oct 2005)

Pest Alert - Giant Salvinia (May 2000; PDF | 241 KB)

Pine Shoot Beetle (Jun 2002)

Plant Protection Act, The (Jun 2002)

Plant Protection Act, The: Q & A's (Jun 2002; PDF | 90 KB)

Plant Protection and Quarantine: Safeguarding American Agriculture, Fighting Invasive Species, and Facilitating Trade (Oct 1999; PDF | 2.6 MB)

Plum Pox: A Devastating Threat to Peaches, Apricots, Plums, Nectarines, Almonds, and Sweet and Tart Cherries (PDF | 248 KB)

Plum Pox (Jun 2002)

Questions and Answers About Plant Protection and Quarantine Permits for Widely Prevalent Plant Pests and Pathogens (Jul 2005; PDF | 35 KB)

Safeguarding America's Bounty (Sep 2002)

Spinosad: Questions and Answers (Dec 2002; PDF | 48 KB)

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and DHS’ Customs and Border Protection: Working Together to
Protect Agriculture (Jan 2008; PDF | 39 KB)

Why Are You Taking My . . .? (Jan 2003)

Witchweed: A Parasitic Pest (Mar 2003)

Wood Packing Material: Regulation Implementation (May 2006; PDF | 40 KB)

Wood Packing Material: Implementation of the International Plant Protection Convention Standard - Industry Alert (May 2006; PDF | 51 KB)

National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) (formerly known as the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES))

West Nile Virus National Pest Alert (PDF | 206 KB)
Cornell University; USDA. National Institute of Food and Agriculture (formerly known as the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service).

Forest Service

Publication Resources

• Treesearch - Forest Service Research & Development -- Search for on-line publications
  USDA. Forest Service.
• Fact Sheets
  USDA. FS. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team.
• New Station Publications
  USDA. FS. Northern Research Station.

Invasive Plants - Weeds
USDA. FS. Northeastern Area. Forest Health Protection.

Invasive Plants List - Fire Effects Information System (FEIS)
USDA. FS. Rocky Mountain Research Station. Fire Sciences Laboratory.