Federal Government
Invasive Plant Information for Gardeners
DOI. NBII. Invasive Species Information Node.
Invasive
Plant Posse (PDF | 964 KB)
DOI. FWS. Upper Mississippi River Refuge.
The
Plant Posse is a group of staff and volunteers dedicated to finding
and mapping invasive plants on the Upper Mississippi River National
Wildlife and Fish Refuge.
Native Plants
for Your Backyard (PDF | 97 KB)
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council.
Joint Service publication may be useful to those involved with outreach/education
concerning invasive plants, those representing the nursery industry, and just
for general information. This two page fact sheet lists shrubs, trees, vines,
wildflowers, and grasses appealing to wildlife.
Volunteers
and Invasive Plants: Learning and Lending a Hand
DOI. FWS. National Wildlife Refuge System.
Includes five learning modules aimed at engaging
volunteers and the public in invasive plant issues
and management. Explore topics ranging from the
invasion process, to management methods, to tips
for giving presentations to refuge visitors, and
much more.
Weed Watchers: A Volunteer-Based Invasive Plant Early Detection Program
DOI. NPS. Inventory & Monitoring Program. San Fransisco Bay Area Network.
State Government
Keep
a Lookout for Unwanted Invasive Plants / Calendar of Volunteer
Stewardship Workdays
Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
Weed
Warriors
Montgomery County (Maryland) Parks. Natural Resources Divsion.
Weed Watcher Program and Weed Watchers: An Association to Halt the Spread of Exotic Aquatic Plants (1999; PDF | 74 KB)
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services.
Weed
Watchers Program
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management.
Lake and Ponds Program.
What Can I Do about Invasive Plants?
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Invasive Management Area (IMA) Volunteer Program
Virginia. Fairfax County Park Authority.
Remove Invasive Plants (RiP) Volunteer Program
Virginia Cooperative Extension & Arlington
County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural
Resources.
What YOU Can Do!!
Wisconsin Council on Invasive Species.
We Need YOU - to be a Wisconsin Weed Watcher
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
University/Academic
A Builder
and Contractor's Guide to Preventing the Introduction and Spread
of Invasive Weeds (PDF | 111 KB)
University of California. Cooperative Extension.
El Dorado County Invasive Weed Management Group.
A Homeowner's
Guide to Preventing the Introduction and Spread
of Invasive Plants in Georgia: You Can Make a
Difference in Your Backyard (Jan 2011; PDF |
1.6 MB)
University of Georgia. Center for Invasive
Species and Ecosystem Health.
A Landowner's
Guide to Preventing the Introduction and Spread
of Invasive Weeds (PDF | 84 KB)
University of California. Cooperative Extension.
El Dorado County Invasive Weed Management Group.
Pulling
Together in Alaska: A Volunteer's Guide to
Community Weed Pulling Events (PDF | 1.8 MB)
University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Cooperative
Extension Service.
The Second Great Air Potato Roundup
University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Gainesville, Florida (Feb 3, 2001)
Despite the cold, overcast skies, more than 800 people showed up to "take back their natural areas, one potato at a time". Air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) is a non-native invasive vine which has spread throughout much of Florida, as well as parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.
What
Can I Do? and Why
Should I Care -
Invasive Weeds of the Southwest
New Mexico State University; University of Arizona; Utah State University.
International
Stewardship
and Invasive Species Programs - Ivy Busters
Stanley Park Ecological Society.
Organizations
Control
of Invasive Non-Native Plants: A Guide for Gardeners
and Homeowners in the Mid-Atlantic Region (PDF
| 121 KB)
Maryland Native Plant Society.
Don't Plant a Pest!
California Invasive Plant Council.
Garlic Mustard Challenge
The Stewardship Network.
Garlic mustard threatens the abundant
wildflowers and diverse forest ecosystem of Michigan.
Each year between mid-April through late June,
this project challenges folks to collaboratively
remove at least 100,000 lbs of garlic mustard throughout
the state. In 2010, 243,216 lbs of garlic mustard
were pulled!
Habitat
Helpers Wanted - Volunteer Opportunities in the Chesapeake Bay
Watershed (Apr 2010)
Chesapeake Bay Journal.
Help Spread the Word, Not the Plant! - Volunteer Opportunites
Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program.
Invaders
of Texas: A Citizen Science Program to Detect and Report Invasive
Species
Pulling Together Initiative. Texasinvasives.org.
Volunteer "citizen scientists" are trained using a specially developed
Invasive Species Early Detection and Reporting Kit. With this kit, volunteers
can help detect invaders' arrival and dispersal in their own local areas. Volunteers
will conduct surveys in the field to look for and record the presence or absence
of target invasive plant species.
Invasive Exotic Plants in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council.
Outreach presentation intended to educate, inform and equip individuals about the issue of invasive exotic plants and the threat that they pose to natural areas of the Mid-Atlantic region.
Invasive Exotic Plant Volunteer Outings
Western North Carolina Alliance.
The Western North Carolina Alliance is working with Equinox Environmental
to control invasive plants. WNCA has volunteer opportunities for invasive exotic
plant management along the Appalachian Trail in the Pisgah & Nantahala
National Forests.
Invasive
Plant Patrollers (IPP)
Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program.
The IPP program promotes prevention, early detection and rapid response at the
local level by providing training, educational materials, resources and technical
support to groups and individuals across the State of Maine.
Go
Native
Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Is Your Bird Feeder a Weed Seeder?
Weed Science Society of America.
Maine - How to Report Invasive Plants
Maine Volunteer Monitoring Program.
Native Plant Buyers: Shopping Cards for Retail Nurseries
Maryland Native Plant Society.
Native Plant
Information Network - Explore Plants
University of Texas - Austin. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Native Plant Information Network.
Offers a wide variety of publications with native plant information; how to use use native plants in your home garden, your business, or your local school. Also provides regional native plant information for eight U.S. geographic regions.
New England Plant Conservation Volunteers
New England Wild Flower Society. Conservation Department.
Sonoran Desert Weedwackers
Arizona Native Pant Society.
Goal of eradicating non-native invasive grasses with the particular focus on buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) in Tucson Mountain Park.
The Landowners Guide to Exotic Plants: Stop the Problem Before It
Starts
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council.
Volunteer & Stewardship
- Invasive Plant Program
Anacostia Watershed Society.
Volunteers:
Summer Training and Work Events
Invasive Plant Atlas of New England.
Volunteer
Coordination and Outreach Tools
Invasive.org.
Produced by the Nature Conservancy.
Weeding Invasives and Get Involved (Western Pennsylvania)
Natural Biodiversity.
What You Can Do
The Nature Conservancy. Plant Smart.
Plant Smart is a campaign to encourage careful planting and to protect America's
trees from harmful foreign species. Plant nurseries, recreation groups, landowners
and conservationists are uniting in support of stronger regulations on plant
imports that will prevent deadly foreign insects and diseases from attacking
our native trees.
What You Can Do
Plant Conservation Alliance. Alien Plant Working Group.
Why Should I Care About Invasive Plants? (PDF | 1.13 MB)
Midwest Invasive Plant Network.
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