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  • Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program: Best Management Practices

    • Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program.

    • Includes best management practices for landowners and resource managers, boats owners and lake managers, anglers, and gardeners.

  • Alabama Integrated Pest Management

    • Alabama Cooperative Extension System.

  • Alabama Invasive Plant Council

    • Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council.

  • Animal Disease Information - Foot and Mouth Disease

    • Iowa State University. Center for Food Security and Public Health.

  • Aquatic Nuisance Species

    • Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

  • Archives of the Center for Invasive Species Management

    • Montana State University. Extension.

    • The Center for Invasive Species Management closed in 2015. Archives of relevant materials are available here.

  • ARS Annual Report on Science

    • USDA. Agricultural Research Service.

    • The ARS Annual Report on Science highlights ARS’s impact on the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. Every year, ARS discovers real-world solutions to agricultural challenges affecting our nation and a growing world.Research highlights includes insect pests, plant diseases, animal health detection, protecting pollinator health and other related invasive species topics.
      See also: Annual Report on Science Archives (from FY2016)

  • Asian Longhorned Cooperative Eradication Program

    • Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project.

  • Best Management Practices

    • Western New York Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (WNY PRISM).

    • Provides best management practices (BMP) resources for specific species and also management resources (general information, planning tools, pesticides and additional resources).

  • California Invasive Plant Council - Prevention

    • California Invasive Plant Council.

  • California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) Training Video Library

    • California Invasive Plant Council.

    • Find recordings from past workshops, trainings, and online Symposia. Land management experts from across California share years of experience and best practices on topics such as prevention, mechanical control, herbicide control, and more. 

  • Caulerpa Species on the West Coast

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

  • Cogongrass.org

    • University of Georgia. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health.

    • Provides comprehensive information on cogongrass in Georgia along with links to other southeastern state efforts on cogongrass. To date, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas have on-going research, education and/or control programs that are supported by university, state and federal agency cooperators.

  • Connecticut Mile-A-Minute Vine

    • University of Connecticut. Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture.

  • Coping with Feral Hogs

    • Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.

  • Data Visualization Tools

    • USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

    • As APHIS is an animal and plant health agency, data visualization tools are critical to their work. APHIS surveys for pests and diseases, set quarantine boundaries, and track wildlife hazards, among other tasks that require spatial awareness and dynamic engagement. This section provides plant and animal health publicly available applications (interactive story maps) which support the APHIS mission. 

  • Division Programs: Kudzu

    • Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Entomology and Plant Pathology.

  • DOI Invasive Species Coordination

    • United States Department of the Interior.

    • Coordination and collaboration across jurisdictions are crucial to strategically stem the spread of invasive species. DOI’s Office of Policy Analysis (PPA) coordinates invasive species policy, planning, and program activities among DOI’s Bureaus and Offices. PPA leads DOI-wide invasive species initiatives, facilitates the development and implementation of DOI invasive species action plans, and coordinates the DOI’s Invasive Species Task Force, a leadership body composed of Bureau and Office representatives.  Examples of focus areas include invasive species policy, early detection and rapid response, database interoperability, performance indicators, joint budget proposals, and communications. In addition, PPA is DOI’s point-of-contact for issues and questions related to invasive species and serves as a liaison to the National Invasive Species Council.

  • Environment - Pests and Weeds

    • Auckland Council (New Zealand).

  • Forest Health Assessment and Applied Sciences Team - Publications

    • USDA. FS. Forest Health Protection.

    • The Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team (FHAAST) produces publications, reports, and posters that address forest health-related disturbances. Topics include forest insects and diseases, native and invasive species, biological control, biopesticides, aerial survey, forest disturbance detection and risk assessment.