Invasive Species Resources | National Invasive Species Information Center

Provides access to all site resources, with the option to search by species common and scientific names. Resources can be filtered by Subject, Resource Type, Location, or Source.

Displaying 1 to 20 of 28

Search Help

Aquatic Invasive Species in Alaska

DOC. NOAA. Fisheries.

BLM Alaska Weeds and Invasives Program

DOI. Bureau of Land Management.

BLM Colorado Weeds and Invasives Program

DOI. Bureau of Land Management.

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.

Ecological Science: Invasive Species

USDA. NRCS. Pennsylvania.

Fire and Invasive Weeds Resource Brief

DOI. NPS. Glacier National Park.

Fish and Aquatic Species - Whirling Disease

DOI. NPS. Yellowstone National Park.

Forest and Grassland Health

USDA. FS. Alaska Region.

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.

Invasive Species

DOI. FWS. Alaska Region.

Invasive Species Pocket Guide for Alaska Firefighters (Apr 2018) (PDF | 10.7 MB)

USDA. FS. Alaska Region.

Firefighting personnel can unintentionally transport invasive species on clothes, gear, and equipment from the lower 48 to Alaska. They can also unintentionally spread invasive species within Alaska, from infested areas to clean areas. Aquatic invasive species can also be spread any time water is moved from an infested area to another waterbody, when seeds, propagules, or larvae are carried in small amounts of water or trapped in the water-handling equipment. This booklet is a tool to help identify some of the invasive species of greatest concern in Alaska and also suggests BMPs that will help firefighting personnel avoid introducing or spreading them. It also identifies four invasive species that should be reported to authorities and how to report them. See also: Invasive Plants Publications for more resources.

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

Mitten Crab Watch

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.

Are you a crabber, waterman, or concerned citizen? We need your help to detect and assess the status of Chinese Mitten Crabs. The "Mitten Crab Watch" website provides information on the invasion of the mitten crab and allows users to more easily report catches.

Please help us detect live mitten crabs by reporting any sighting in North America. We are especially interested in collecting sightings from the Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Bay, Hudson River, and San Francisco Bay --- where the crab has been common in the past. Please visit the Mitten Crab Watch website to learn more about the crab and to report sightings.

New Yup'ik-English Guide to Invasive Species is a First for the Forest Service and a Practical Identification and Prevention Tool for Bush Alaska (Jan 19, 2012)

USDA. FS. Alaska Region.

Partnering with a local Alaskan native community, the U.S. Forest Service has for the first time published a dual language booklet in English and a native Alaskan language, Yup'ik, to help educate the greater community in Southwestern Alaska on invasive species. This publication, Protecting Southwestern Alaska from Invasive Species: A Guide in the English and Yup'ik Languages, aims to explain invasive species concerns unique to Southwestern Alaska, which is home to a large community of the indigenous Yup'ik people.

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.