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Provides selected Arizona resources from agencies and organizations with an interest in the prevention, control, or eradication of invasive species.

Spotlights

  • Glen Canyon Mussel Update

    • DOI. NPS. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

    • Quagga mussel larvae, or veligers, were first confirmed in Lake Powell in late 2012 after routine water monitoring tests discovered mussel DNA in water samples taken from the vicinity of Antelope Point and the Glen Canyon Dam. As of early 2016, thousands of adult quagga mussels have been found in Lake Powell, attached to canyon walls, the Glen Canyon Dam, boats, and other underwater structures, especially in the southern portions of the lake. It is crucial to keep the mussels from moving from Lake Powell to other lakes and rivers. Utah and Arizona state laws require you to clean, drain, and dry your boat when leaving Lake Powell using self-decontamination procedures.

  • Save Our Saguaros - Beat Back Buffelgrass!

    • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.

    • The rapid spread of buffelgrass through the Sonoran Desert rivals climate change and water scarcity as our region's most pressing environmental issue. Buffelgrass is one of many plants that were brought here from other parts of the world. Lacking the insects, diseases, and other organisms that helped keep them in check back home, some have spread like wildfire, much to the detriment of our native plants and animals. Buffelgrass is the worst of these invasive plants because it is not only invading our desert, but transforming our formerly fire-proof desert into a fire-prone grassland. The fight to control buffelgrass is the fight to save an ecosystem and some of the most magnificent stands of saguaros in the world. Volunteer for a buffelgrass pull, register your own buffelgrass pull, or request a presentation or ID guide.

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Partnership

  • A Northern Arizona Homeowner's Guide to Identifying and Managing Invasive Plants

    • University of Arizona Cooperative Extension. Coconino County; Arizona Native Plant Society. Flagstaff Chapter.

  • Arizona Plant Diagnostic Network

    • University of Arizona; USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Arizona Department of Agriculture.

    • The Arizona Plant Diagnostic Network is designed to link growers and master gardeners with plant experts in your community and with plant scientists at the University of Arizona. These experts are available to answer questions about plant health and help identify new and emerging plant pests and pathogens in Arizona. The goal is to increase public awareness of incoming threats to the plants and produce in our State.

State and Local Government

  • Aquatic Invasive Species

    • Arizona Game and Fish Department.

    • New state regulations to help prevent the spread of quagga mussels and zebra mussels went into effect in Mar 2010. These regulatory measures, known as "Director's Orders," were authorized by the Aquatic Invasive Species Interdiction Act passed by the Arizona Legislature in 2009. The orders contain a list of aquatic invasive species for Arizona, a list of waters where aquatic invasive species are present, and mandatory conditions for the movement of watercraft.

  • Forest and Woodland Health

    • Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management.

  • Pests and Pest Control

    • Arizona Department of Agriculture.

Academic

  • Non-Native Invasive Plants of Arizona

    • Dec 2016

    • University of Arizona. Cooperative Extension.

    • This booklet is the 2nd edition of a similar booklet published in 2001. This edition includes most of the invasive plant species that appeared in the 1st edition and several other species have been added. The booklet is not intended to provide a comprehensive list of all of Arizona’s invasive weeds, but rather, it illustrates a few invasive plants that have become, or have the potential to become, problematic in Arizona.
      Publication Number: AZ1482-2016

  • Arizona Pest Management

    • University of Arizona. Cooperative Extension.

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