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 Control Mechanisms
Outlines biological, chemical, and mechanical control methods for invasive species. |
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 Decision Support Tools
Covers risk assessments, ranking systems, and other decision-making tools. |
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 Management Plans by Geography
Contains invasive species management plans on the national, regional, state and international level. |
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 Management Plans by Species
Contains invasive species management plans for aquatic species, plants, animals, and microbes. |
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 Policy Development
Describes guidelines for developing policies, strategies, and other methods of controlling invasive species. |
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Road
Map to 2015: A Strategic Plan for Plant Protection & Quarantine
(2011; PDF | 547 KB)
USDA. APHIS.
Plant Protection and Quarantine.
Final plan released following public comment public and final review. The team
developing the plan identified patterns and trends that could impact PPQ's
ability to achieve its mission over the next 5 years and assessed PPQ's internal
capacity to meet these challenges. They set goals and objectives and produced
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Administrator
Jackson Unveils Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Action Plan (Feb 22, 2010)
Environmental Protection
Agency.
The Great
Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan: FY2010 - FY2014 (Feb 21, 2010;
PDF | 1.3 MB) directs aggressive
action under five priority "focus areas" the task force has
identified as vital for restoring the Great Lakes, which includes combating
invasive species. The plan includes efforts to institute a "zero
tolerance policy" toward new invasions, including the establishment
of self-sustaining populations of invasive species, such as Asian
Carp.
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USDA Announces Comment Period on National Aquatic Health Plan for the United States (Aug 21, 2009)
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
The final draft of National
Aquatic Animal Health Plan (NAAHP) is available for public review and comment. It is anticipated that this plan will provide a framework for how APHIS, FWS and NMFS should develop programs for diseases that affect the health of aquatic animals such as finfish, crustaceans and mollusks. Consideration will be given to all comments that are received on or before Oct
20, 2009.
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2008-2012
National Invasive Species Management Plan (Aug 2008;
PDF | 255 KB)
USDA. NAL.
National Invasive Species Information Center.
Prepared by: National Invasive Species Council
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Aquatic
Nuisance Species Task Force (ANSTF) Strategic Plan
2013-2017 (PDF | 891 KB)
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.
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National
Strategy and Implementation Plan for Invasive Species
Management (Oct 2004)
USDA. Forest Service. |
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