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National Invasive Species Information Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Invasive Species Resources

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Alien Forest Pest Explorer (AFPE): Alien Pest Range Maps

USDA. FS. Northern Research Station.

Select the non-indigenous forest pest to view maps depicting state and county distribution. Produced by: USDA, FS, Forest Health Protection, and its partners.

Alien Forest Pest Explorer: Beech Bark Disease Invasion Animated Map (1935-2006)
USDA. FS. Northern Research Station.
American Chestnut Restoration
USDA. FS. Northern Research Station.
Animal and Plant Diseases and Pests of Concern

USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Based on years of experience and the latest science, APHIS developed a list of 59 pests and diseases that could pose a significant risk to U.S. food and agriculture resources. The list is not meant to be all-encompassing, but rather focus on the most impactful pests and diseases. USDA's goal remains to keep the U.S. free of these foreign pests and diseases.

Aquatic Invasive Species in Alaska

DOC. NOAA. Fisheries.

Aquatic Invasive Species on the West Coast: Caulerpa taxifolia

DOC. NOAA. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region.

Asian Longhorned Beetle Federal Notices and Federal Orders

USDA. APHIS. Plant Protection and Quarantine.

Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States (Aug 2002)
BugwoodWiki.
Published by: USDA. Forest Service. Publication FHTET-2002-04.
BLM Alaska Weeds and Invasives Program
DOI. Bureau of Land Management.
BLM Colorado Weeds and Invasives Program
DOI. Bureau of Land Management.
BLM Releases Final Plan to Conserve, Restore Sagebrush Communities in Great Basin (Nov 27, 2020)

DOI. Bureau of Land Management.

The Bureau of Land Management has released the final programmatic environmental impact statement for fuels reduction and rangeland restoration in the Great Basin. This programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) is intended to further efforts to conserve and restore sagebrush communities within a 223 million-acre area that includes portions of Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Utah.

Sagebrush communities in the Great Basin are a vital part of Western working landscapes and are home to over 350 species of plants and wildlife. Intact sagebrush communities are disappearing within the Great Basin due to increased large and severe wildfires, the spread of invasive annual grasses, and the encroachment of pinyon-juniper. The Great Basin region is losing sagebrush communities faster than they can reestablish naturally. Fuels reduction and rangeland restoration treatments can reduce fire severity, increase sagebrush communities' resistance to invasive annual grasses and improve their ability to recover after wildfires.

Can the Kudzu Bug Stop the Vine That Ate the South? (Jul 2012)
USDA. FS. Southern Research Station. CompassLive.
Chesapeake Bay Introduced Species Database
Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Marine Invasions Research Lab. National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS).
Chesapeake Bay Nutria Eradication Project
DOI. Fish and Wildlife Service. Chesapeake Bay Field Office.
Current State of Understanding about the Effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in Reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) Introductions to the Great Lakes Basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and Analysis of Existing Information (Sep 2007) (PDF | 4.5 MB)

U.S. Government Printing Office. Federal Depository Library Program Electronic Collection Archive.

Compiled and Edited by: Gregory Ruiz and David Reid, NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-142.
See also: GLERL Technical Reports for more reports
DecAID, The Decayed Wood Advisor - White Pine Blister Rust

USDA. Forest Service. Pacific Northwest Region and Pacific Northwest Research Station.

Distribution of Counties with Laurel Wilt Disease by Year of Initial Detection (Nov 2019) (PDF | 612 KB)

USDA. FS. Forest Health Protection. Southern Region.

View the updated regional infestation map for Laurel Wilt Disease (for initial detection in May 2002. Map is updated periodically (USDA,FS - Forest & Grassland Health).

Dogwood Anthracnose and its Spread in the South (PDF | 483 KB)
USDA. FS. Southern Region.
See also: Other Publications and Reports
Ecological Science: Invasive Species
USDA. NRCS. Pennsylvania.
Emerald Ash Borer Information Network - Moving Firewood
Emerald Ash Borer Information Network.
Provides federal and state quarantine information.