Invasive Plant Management Issues and Challenges in the United States

• Showcases the many diverse efforts being made to control invasive species at the federal, state, and local levels
• Recognizes the global extent of the problem and compares the methods used in other countries with those of the U.S
• Includes recommendations of how best to proceed from here

Readership: Academics and professionals in related fields

Edited by Anne Leslie, Randy Westbrooks

Anne R. Leslie, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC (Retired) Randy G. Westbrooks, National Wetlands Research Center U.S. Geological Survey, Whiteville, North Carolina

Foreword
Dedication
1. Invasive Species Issues, Traditions, Consumer Expectations, Current Understandings, Competing Goals, and the Law
John Peter Thompson
2. Overview of Prohibited and Permitted Plant Regulatory Listing Systems
Randy G. Westbrooks and Alan V. Tasker
3. Post-Border Weed Risk Assessment
Terri Killeffer and Kelly Gravuer
4. Applying NEPA Requirements for Federal Weed Management Programs
Gina Ramos
5. Aquatic Herbicide Registration New Model
Kurt D. Getsinger, Mike D. Netherland, and Don R. Stubbs
6. Overview and Status of the Witchweed (Striga asiatica) Eradication Program in the Carolinas
Richard D. Iverson, Randy G. Westbrooks, Robert E. Eplee, and Alan V. Tasker
7. Invasive Plant Management in the United States National Wildlife Refuge System
Michael Lusk and Jenny Ericson
8. USDA Forest Service National Strategy and Implementation Plan for Invasive Species Management
Michael Ielmini
9. Roadsides - Front Yard of the Nation
Bonnie Harper-Lore
10. Invasive Plant Management on Western Public Lands by the Bureau of Land Management
Gina Ramos
11. Federal Interagency Coordination for Invasive Plant Issues - The Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (FICMNEW)
Randy G. Westbrooks
12. Regional Centers of Excellence: The Center for Invasive Plant Management
Janet K. Clark
13. Interagency Partnering for Weed Prevention - Progress on Development of a National Early Detection and Rapid Response System for Invasive Plants in the United States
Randy G. Westbrooks
14. New Approaches for Volunteer Data Collection and Analysis ? The Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
Leslie J. Mehrhoff
15. Overview and History of the Beach Vitex Task Force - An Interagency Partnership in Action
Randy G. Westbrooks and Elizabeth N. Brabson
16. New Approaches for Invasive Plant Management through Cooperative Weed Management Areas: The Southfork Weed Management Area in Park County, Wyoming
Bob Parsons
17. Cooperation across Federal and Local Jurisdictions for Invasive Species Management: Buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) in Southern Arizona
Lindy A. Brigham, Richard Brusca, and Julio Betancourt
18. Plant Management in Natural Areas
Steven Manning and James Miller
19. Chemical Control Methods and Tools
Steven Manning and James Miller
20. Manual, Mechanical, and Cultural Control Methods and Tools
Steven Manning and James Miller
21. Length of Lag Phase and Additional Factors Related to Introduction and Early Spread of Invasive Plants: A Regulator's View
Alan V. Tasker
Editors' Biographies
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index