Early Detection of Invasive Plant Species Handbook

NPS Invasive Monitoring
NPS Inventory & Monitoring Program
USGS Park Monitoring Project
USGS Status & Trends Program

Please send comments and suggestions to Paul, Brad and Penny.

This site will provide current versions of drafts of the proposed handbook on the early detection of invasive plant species, a cooperative USGS/NPS task. Natural resource managers need comprehensive, practical methods for the early detection of invasive plant species. These methods should capture the entire early detection process from formulating species lists and prioritizing species and sites to utilizing predictive models (site-based and species based) to utilizing remote sensing where applicable to formulating search strategies. They also need rapid response strategies and feed back loops to inform the process and revise it as required over time. The proposed Handbook will meet this need.

• Executive Summary
• Forward
• Quick Start Guide
• Acknowledgements
• Front Matter
• Chapter 1. Introduction
  Bradley A. Welch, Natural Resources Program Center , US National Park Service.
• Chapter 2 .The Plant Invasion Process: Implications for Land Managers
  Bradley A. Welch, Natural Resources Program Center , US National Park Service.
• Chapter 3 . Strategic Approach to Early Detection
  Bradley A. Welch, Natural Resources Program Center, US National Park Service.
• Chapter 4. The Early Detection Strategy: Scope, Goals, and Objectives
  Susan O’Neil, Pacific West Region, Inventory and Monitoring Program, US National Park Service.
• Chapter 5. Prioritizing Species and Sites for Early Detection Programs
  Matthew L. Brooks and Robert Klinger, US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
• Chapter 6 . Predicting Risk of Invasive Species Occurrence: Remote-sensing Strategies Kendal E. Young and T. Scott Schrader, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University
• Chapter 7 . Predicting Risk of Invasive Species Occurrence: Plot-based Approaches
  Thomas C. Edwards, Jr., USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University;
  Richard Cutler, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Utah State University;
  Karen Beard, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University.
• Chapter 8. Chapter 8. Sampling and Survey Design
  Paul H. Geissler, Status and Trends of Biological Resources Program, US Geological Survey.
• Chapter 9. The Process of Model Assessment and Evaluation
  Thomas C. Edwards, Jr., USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University;
  Richard Cutler, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Utah State University;
  Karen Beard, Department of Wildland Resources, Utah State University.
• Chapter 10. Data Management and Management Response Strategies
  Penelope Latham, Pacific West Region, Inventory and Monitoring Program, US National Park Service;
  Sean Mohren, Klamath Network, US National Park Service;
  Susan O’Neil, Pacific West Region, Inventory and Monitoring Program, US National Park Service;
  Bradley A. Welch, Natural Resources Program Center, US National Park Service.
• Chapter 11. Invasive Plant Early Detection Protocol Development in the NPS Klamath Network of Parks
  Dennis Odion, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR;
  Daniel Sarr, Klamath Network, Ashland, OR.
• Chapter 12. Predicting Invasive Plant Species Occurrences in
  Klamath Network National Parks: A Process for Prioritizing Prevention
  Thomas C. Edwards, Jr., USGS Utah Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Utah State University;
  Richard Cutler, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Utah State University;
  Karen Beard and Jacob Gibson, Department of Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences, Utah State University.
• Chapter 13. Spatial Distribution and Risk Assessment of Johnson Grass (Sorghum halepense) in Big Bend National Park
  Kendal E. Young and T. Scott Schrader, New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University.
• Chapter 14. Using Volunteers for Early Detection in the San Francisco Area Network
  Andrea Williams, San Francisco Area Network, Inventory and Monitoring Program, US National Park Service;
  Susan O’Neil, Pacific West Region, Inventory and Monitoring Program, US National Park Service;
  Elizabeth Speith, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy;
  Jane Rodgers, Point Reyes National Seashore, US National Park Service;
  Maria Alvarez, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, US National Park Service.
• Chapter 15. A Protocol for Prioritizing and Monitoring Invasive Exotic Plants in the Heartland Network, US National Park Service
  Craig C. Young, Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network, US National Park Service.
• Literature Cited
• Decision Tree. Invasive Plant Early Detection Decision Tree
• Appendix A. Glossary
• Appendix B. Acronyms
• Appendix C. Protocol Template
• Appendix D. Research Reports