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Welcome to the USDA Forest Service Invasive Species Program website, a portal to Forest Service invasive species information and related management and research activities across the agency and with our many partners. The goal of the USDA Forest Service invasive species program is to reduce, minimize, or eliminate the potential for introduction, establishment, spread, and impact of invasive species across all landscapes and ownerships. The Invasive Species Program integrates many divisions of the agency.

The Chief of the USDA Forest Service has identified invasive species as one of the four critical threats to our Nation’s ecosystems. In response to this national threat, we have evaluated the role of the Forest Service as a leading forest research, forest health, and Federal resource management agency. We are aware of our significant role in addressing invasive species threats at the local, state, and national levels, as well as internationally. We have found the best opportunity for success comes from working strategically, using all our scientific, management, and partnership resources in unison.

Partnership Bringing Hunters and Anglers Into the Battle Against Terrestrial and Aquatic Invasive Species

Picture of a boy holding up a fish overlaid on an image of a hunter sitting with his shotgun looking out of a blind. America’s hunters and anglers represent an essential stakeholder group in the combating invasive species. Hunters and anglers number over 50 million individuals who spend a substantial portion of their recreational time outdoors in pursuits that involve them directly with fish and game populations and their habitats.

Dangerous Travelers

Title screen of the Dangerous Travelers video. The USDA Forest Service San Dimas Technology and Development Center in partnership with the National Forest System Invasive Species Program, the US Department of Transportation Federal Highways Administration, the US Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has developed a training video for road maintenance crews, “Dangerous Travelers: Controlling Invasive Plants Along America’s Roadways.”