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North Carolina: Invasive Species
Invasive Species: A Quick Look
North Carolina has been invaded by a number of harmful exotic
plants and animals. Click
here to view a fact sheet listing some of the worst current
and potential invaders.
View the Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council, which includes links to chapters in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.
View
federal and state invasive species activities for North Carolina
from Invasivespecies.gov.
Click here for specific information on invasive species in North Carolina . This link will take you to the Environmental Law Institute's state by state search tool. Select your state from the pull-down menu.
Halting the Invasion: State Tools for Invasive Species Management
In
August 2002, the Environmental Law Institute released it’s
report, Halting the Invasion: State Tools for Invasive Species
Management. The report analyzes the legal tools available
at the state level to combat invasive species. Only those laws
and policies approved through state legislation or agency rulemaking
were addressed. The report highlights 17 invasive species tools
found in state statutes and regulations. These tools are divided
into five main categories: prevention, regulation, control and
management, enforcement and implementation, and coordination.
The report recommends that states evaluate which of three standards
(gold, silver, or bronze) their invasive species laws and regulations
currently meet.
The appendix presents the state-specific data that was collected and analyzed for the report. The information contained in this appendix was obtained primarily through research on state statutes and regulations conducted from February 2001 through February 2002. For each state, the statutes and regulations affecting five general categories of invasive species were examined. These categories are invasive wildlife; invasive aquatic species; invasive plants; plant pests and diseases, including pathogens and microorganisms; and insects. (Excerpted from the Environmental Law Institute's website. Click here to view.)
If you know of current information, please email us at kkelly@defenders.org. To learn more about this state, see the other categories to the right.
Updated 1-22-06
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