Invasive red-eared sliders compete with native turtles for food, habitat and basking and nesting sites.

Invasive Species: Stop their spread

• Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program and Permit
• Purchase a permit online

Oregon’s unwanted invasive species

• American Bullfrog
• Asian Carp or Silver Carp
• Chinese and Japanese Mystery Snails
• Chinese Mitten Crab
• Common Snapping Turtle
• Feral Swine
• New Zealand Mud Snail
• Northern Snakehead
• Oriental Weatherfish
• Red-Eared Slider
• Rusty Crayfish
• Zebra Mussel and Quagga Mussel

Other information

• Oregon Administrative Rules for non-native wildlife: Wildlife, Division 56: Importation, Possession, Confinement, Transportation and Sale of Nonnative Wildlife
• Wildlife in the Classroom or Laboratory (pdf)

Contacts

Rick Boatner, ODFW Invasive Species coordinator
Martyne Reesman, ODFW Aquatic Invasive Species technician

Invasive species are animals and plants that are not native to an ecosystem and that cause economic or environmental harm. While not all non-native species are invasive, many become a serious problem. They damage Oregon’s habitats and take resources from native species. Control of invasive species is considered a key issue in the Oregon Conservation Strategy.