Federal Government
Invasive Plant Information for Gardeners
DOI. NBII. Invasive Species Information Node.
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
Beware of What You Plant
Wisconsin Council on Invasive Species.
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.
We Need YOU - to be a Wisconsin Weed Watcher
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Water Chestnut Inspection Program
Massachusetts Riverways Program.
Weed Warriors
Montgomery County (Maryland) Parks. Natural Resources Divsion.
Weed Watchers Program
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. Lake and Ponds Program.
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.
What Can I Do about Invasive Plants?
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
University/Academic
Pulling Together in Alaska: A Volunteer's Guide to Community Weed Pulling Events (PDF | 16.3 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.
International
Organizations
Citizen Science Toolkit - Invaders of Texas
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.
Control of Invasive Non-Native Plants: A Guide for Gardeners and Homeowners in the Mid-Atlantic Region (Mar 1999)
Maryland Native Plant Society.
Don't Plant a Pest!
California Invasive Plant Council.
Help Spread the Word, Not the Plant! - Volunteer Opportunites
Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program.
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 Plants—What Every Gardener Needs to Know
Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Plants & Gardens News, Volume 15, Number 1 (Spring 2000)
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.
Non-Native Plant Removal
Anacostia Watershed Society.
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.
Volunteers: Summer Training and Work Events
Invasive Plant Atlas of New England.
Weed Watcher Manual
The Nature Conservancy. MD/DC: Weed Watchers.
Weeding Invasives and Get Involved (Western Pennsylvania)
Natural Biodiversity.
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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