|
How To Protect Predict Efforts Conferences Communication US Doing Others Doing Action SiteMap IS Home |
What Is the US Government Doing?
Agencies such as the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service have
developed and implemented management plans for invasive species within their land management areas. These plans,
based on Integrated Pest Management strategies, use a variety of control and eradication methodologies.
The Agricultural Research Service has a long-term commitment to the development of biological control methodologies for
invasive species and has been instrumental in the release of numerous biological control agents.
The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) has been involved in developing databases detailing biodiversity
within the U.S. Such information will be critical when evaluating impacts invasive species may have on ecosystems within
the U.S. NBII has also been instrumental in the dissemination of information to the public regarding invasive species.
In 1997, scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Center for Plant
Health Science and Technology (USDA,APHIS,PPQ,CPHST) were tasked to develop lists of the top insect, plant pathogen,
and weed threats to the U.S. A couple of years later CPHST developed working agreements with professional scientific
societies to prepare lists of top invasive species threats for each of their specialties. The first society contacted, the
Entomological Society of America, has completed its list. Lists from the American Plant Pathological Society and the
Weed Science Society of America are currently under development.
|
