Pest-Specific Control and Management

A key component of the Forest Service’s Invasive Species Management Program is to determine the extent and progression of invasive species that have been introduced into aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Using inventory data collected from a variety of sources, the Forest Service develops estimates of the size of targeted infestations and the rate of spread for those species or groups of species.

Invertebrates

• Viral Control of Invasive Insects
• Control of Invasive Forest Insects
• Emerald Ash Borer
  
  
  • Northeastern Area: Forest Health Protection: Emerald Ash Borer
  • North Central Research Station: Emerald Ash Borer
• Asian Longhorned Beetle
  
  
  • In the News: Asian Longhorned Beetle
  • APHIS: Pest Detection and Management Programs: Asian Longhorned Beetle
• Hemlock Wooly Adelgid
  
  
  • Northeastern Area: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid - Biological Control
• Gypsy Moth
  
  
  • Gypsy Moth Handbook
  • Gypsy Moth in North America
  • Gypsy Moth in North America: Gypsy Moth Management
  • North Central Research Station: Extension Bulletin: One Option for Gypsy Moth Management
  • North Central Research Station: Gypsy moths get sick too!

Plants

• Invasive Plants Field and Reference Guide: An Ecological Perspective of Plant Invaders of Forests and Woodlands (PDF, 1.2 MB) ^\1
• Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States
• Biology and Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle
• Invasive Plants of Asian Origin Established in the United States and Their Natural Enemies
• Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests
• Biology and Biological Control of Knapweed
• Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Plant Manual
• North Central Research Station: Invasive Species - Management & Restoration
• North Central Research Station: Ecology and Silviculture of Northern Lake States Forests Research: Management approaches for sustaining ecological and production objectives: Invasive Shrubs

Pathogens

• North Central Research Station: Invasive Species - Management & Restoration: White Pine Blister Rust
• Managing for Healthy White Pine Ecosystems in the United States to Reduce the Impacts of White Pine Blister Rust (PDF, 8.2 MB)
• Sudden Oak Death: Protecting America's Woodlands from Phytophthora ramorum

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