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Resources

VISC Working Group Documents • Regional, National, and International Invasive Species Programs • Virginia State Agencies • Economics of Invasive Species • Species Resources

VISC Working Group Documents

• Twelve Invasive Species of High Concern in Virginia, Brochure (1mb PDF)
• Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers, Poster (2.75mb PDF)
• Stop the Invasion!, Poster (2.98mb PDF)
• Virginia Invasive Species Management Plan (678k PDF)

Regional, National, and International Invasive Species Programs

• NISC
• NBII Invasive Species Node
• Invasive.org
• iMapInvasives.org
• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
• Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species
• The Nature Conservancy Invasive Species Initiative
• Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council
• Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
• Maryland Invasive Species Council
• Global Invasive Species Programme

Virginia State Agencies

• Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services -- Office of Pest Plant Management
• Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
• Department of Conservation and Recreation -- Virginia Natural Heritage Program
• Department of Forestry
• Virginia Institute of Marine Science
• Virginia Marine Resources Commission

Economics of Invasive Species

• National Invasive Species Council page on economic impacts
• Office of Technology Assessment Report Harmful Nonindigenous Species in the United States
  • Summary
  • Full Report (offsite PDF)

Species resources

The following sites provide data on invasive species that are found in Virginia or may show up here one day.

Plants

• DCR-DNH invasives fact sheets
• Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide
• VDACS Office of Plant and Pest Services
• Invaders
• Invasives.org
• Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
• PLANTS Database
• The Nature Conservancy Global Invasive Species Initiative
• Virginia Department of Forestry Forest Health

Animals

• VDOF Forest Health Review Fall 2005 (offsite PDF)
• National Invasive Species Council invasive animal species profiles
• Invasives.org
• Global Invasive Species Database
• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Species of Concern

Aquatic Species

• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Species of Concern
• Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
• National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System – NEMESIS

Microbial Organisms

• National Invasive Species Council invasive microbe profiles
• Invasives.org

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