Early Detection and Rapid Assessment (EDRA)

The overall mission of the ISIN is to establish, maintain, and accelerate the sharing, standardization, completeness, and accessibility of existing data on the distribution and abundance of non-native plants, animals, and diseases, by supporting a National Early Detection and Monitoring Network.

National Invasive Species Council (NISC) General Guidelines for the Establishment of Invasive Species Early Detection and Rapid Response Systems (Version 1. June 2003). [PDF] 

Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR)

Excerpt from (http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/toolkit/detection.shtml):

"[The] Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (FICMNEW), is leading a national effort to develop and implement a National Early Detection and Rapid Response System for Invasive Plants in the United States. The primary long term goals of the proposed system are to detect, report, and identify suspected new plants with free living populations in the United States." 

Other Sources of Information about EDRA/R

Find out what the National Invasive Species Information Center says about EDRR.

The Center for Invasive Plant Management's ED/RR resources Web page.