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Monitoring

Provides general resources for research, methodology, and results from the monitoring of current invasive species problems. See our Smartphones Applications (apps) resources to assist in tracking, monitoring various species, including invasive species.

See other sections for species specific information:

General

Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Monitoring (AQIM) Handbook (PDF | 1.6 MB)
USDA. Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service.

CitiSci.org - Citizen Science
Colorado Sate University.
An invasive species mapping program that allows citizens, school groups, and professionals to enter invasive species observations into a global database. Provides the training and tools to allow anyone to participate in research on species distributions. For starters, we are focusing on engaing citizen scientists to help map invasive species.
Note: Funded by by National Science Foundation (NSF); joint effort with the U.S. Geological Survey and under the supervision of the National Institute of Invasive Species Science.

Discover Life
Discover Life.
Discover Life helps you to identify things, share ways to teach and study nature's wonders, use maps, report your findings, and contribute to and learn from the Web's growing encyclopedia of life. This illustrated, non-technical guide provides data reporting tools that allow users to accurately locate their collection site using detailed maps. Includes Invasive Species and IDnature Guides: North American Invasives and Web-based guides for monitoring and identification of exotic species: Ticks of the U.S.

Early Detection of Invasive Species: Surveillance, Monitoring, and Rapid Response: Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network and Northeast Temperate Network (May 2010; PDF | 1.5 MB)
DOI. NPS. Natural Resource Program Center.
Natural Resource Report NPS/ERMN/NRR–2010/196.

Ecological Monitoring
Environment Canada.

Invasive Alien Species - A Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management Practices (2001; PDF | 2.4 MB)
CAB International; Global Invasive Species Programme.

Invasive Species Monitoring Approaches for Volunteer Programs (PDF | 1.63 MB)
University of Wisconsin Extension.
15th Annual National Conference Enhancing States' Lake Management Programs (Apr 24 -26, 2002), Chicago, Illinois, Elizabth Herron

Invasive Species Survey: A Report on the Invasion of the National Wildlife Refuge System (May 2004; PDF | 4.25 MB) and Survey Results
DOI. FWS. National Wildlife Refuge System. Invasive Species Survey Information.

Monitoring Natural Resources in our National Parks - Invasive Species
DOI. NPS. Inventory and Monitoring Program.

Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership
DOI. USGS. National Biological Information Infrastructure.
The Natural Resource Monitoring Partnership is a collaborative effort by the natural resource management community to improve monitoring efforts in order to support effective evaluation and decision-making. Current participants include state, federal, and Canadian natural resource management agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and academic institutions.

National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Weed Mapping Manual (Nov 15, 2006; 3.3 MB)
DOI. FWS. National Wildlife Refuge System.

Volunteer Invasives Monitoring Program
National Wildlife Refuge Association.s

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