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APHIS Accepts Comments on an Environmental Assessment to Control Cogongrass in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina (Mar 4, 2020)

USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has analyzed the potential environmental effects of establishing an integrated management strategy to control cogongrass in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina. The draft environmental assessment is now available for comment. Cogongrass is an invasive exotic grass found on public and private property, along roadways, in forests, and on farmland. This federally regulated noxious weed grows rapidly, reducing forest productivity, harming wildlife habitat and ecosystems, and encroaching on pastures and hayfields. Because of cogongrass' impact on agriculture and forest industries, Congress has given APHIS funding to partner with Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina to control the spread of this weed. APHIS is proposing is an integrated management strategy that uses preventive, cultural, mechanical, biological, and chemical methods to control cogongrass in key areas of its distribution. APHIS invites the public to review and comment on this environmental assessment by April 1, 2020.

BLM Idaho Weeds and Invasives Program
DOI. Bureau of Land Management.
Boating - Permits & Inspections
DOI. NPS. Yellowstone National Park.
If you plan to use your own boat or angler float tube, you’ll need a permit and a free Yellowstone aquatic invasive species inspection. You can speed up the inspection process by arriving with a boat that is clean, drained, and dry. Watercraft that arrive dirty or with standing water will be subject to decontamination. Watercraft that cannot be properly decontaminated will be prohibited from launching.
Chestnut Blight and the Good Virus
DOI. NPS. Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Everglades National Park - Burmese Pythons

DOI. National Park Service.

Fire and Invasive Weeds Resource Brief

DOI. NPS. Glacier National Park.

Fish and Aquatic Species - Whirling Disease
DOI. NPS. Yellowstone National Park.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
DOI. National Park Service.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Non-Native Invasive Plants
DOI. National Park Service.
Help Stop Aquatic Invasive Species - Glacier National Park Watercraft Launch Regulations
DOI. NPS. Glacier National Park.
Glacier National Park waters are generally open for boating from mid-May through October. All watercraft require an NPS inspection and permit before launching. Prior cleaning, draining, and drying of all watercraft, both externally and internally, will reduce inspection time significantly.
Invasion of the Exotic Earthworms!

DOI. NPS. Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Invasive Rusty Crayfish

DOI. NPS. Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway.

Invasive Species Technical Note - Ecology and Management of Dalmatian Toadflax (Jul 2006) (PDF | 549 KB)
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
See also: Invasive Species Technical Notes for more species
Mississippi National River and Recreation Area - Common Buckthorn
DOI. National Park Service.
Nonnative Species - Beech Bark Disease
DOI. NPS. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Michigan).
Pacific Region - Aquatic Invasive Species

DOI. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Palmer Amaranth - Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson (Mar 2017) (PDF | 927 KB)
USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service.
See also: Technical Publications - Plant Fact Sheets for more resources
Pest Management
USDA. NRCS. Idaho.
Plant Materials Technical Note - Sudden Oak Death (Feb 2003) (PDF | 72 KB)
USDA. NRCS. Plant Materials Program.
See also: Invasive Species Technical Notes for more species
Public Comments Sought on Draft Integrated Letter Report, Programmatic Environmental Assessment for Inspection Stations in Upper Missouri River Basin (Feb 16, 2021)

DOD. USACE. Omaha District.

A draft integrated letter report and programmatic environmental assessment has been developed to determine the economic and environmental impacts of federal participation in state-managed watercraft inspection programs along the Upper Missouri River Basin in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. Public comments on the draft EA will be accepted until March 2, 2021.

The existing watercraft inspection programs are managed collaboratively by the states of Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska, where watercraft transported along highways are inspected for the presence of aquatic invasive species and decontaminated when detected. If approved, federal participation in the program would be cost-shared (50 percent) with each of the states, and would employ a regional strategy to identify locations that would provide the greatest likelihood of preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species to reservoirs operated and maintained by the Corps in the Upper Missouri River Basin.