Rangeland Invasive Species Committee

The purpose of the Rangeland Invasive Species Committee is to serve the Society for Range Management (SRM) by focusing attention, sharing knowledge, and communicating concerns about rangeland invasive species.
Keith Harmoney
Chair/President
Chair/President: Keith Harmoney

Overview & Introduction

The purpose of the Rangeland Invasive Species Committee is to serve the Society for Range Management (SRM) by focusing attention, sharing knowledge, and communicating concerns about rangeland invasive species.
What is an Invasive Species? As defined by the National Invasive Species Information Center (NISIC):
An ‘invasive species’ is defined as a species that is 1) non-native (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration and 2) whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health (Executive Order 13112). Invasive species can be plants, animals, and other organisms (e.g., microbes). Human actions are the primary means of invasive species introductions.
Invasive rangeland weeds have rapidly moved to the forefront as a concern in management of rangelands. Invasive plant invasions are changing landscapes at a rapid pace, threatening native plant and animal species, and often impact human well-being. They are capable of reducing biodiversity, habitat for wildlife and native plants, and altering ecosystem function across broad scales. Exact economic impacts of rangeland invasive plants are difficult to quantify, but include reductions in land value of infested areas, loss of production and income, costs of controlling invasive plants and job losses.
Rangeland-Invasive-Species-Committee-Handbook.pdf

Activities

Accomplishments:
  • Symposium on “Weedy Native Species: Highlighting Native Species That Act Like Weeds and Identifying Management Strategies” Merilynn Schantz and Walt Fick, co-moderators, 2018 SRM meeting, Sparks, NV
  • Symposium on “Exotic and Native Invasive Species Impacts and Management on South Texas Rangelands” Bob Masters and Tim Fulbright co-organizers, 2016 SRM meeting, Corpus Christi, TX
  • General Program Development, 2010 Joint SRM-WSSA meeting, Denver
  • Symposium at 2008 joint AFGC-SRM meeting in Louisville, KY with Jeremy James, Matt Rinella, and Julie Allen as co-organizers
  • Position statement on “Invasive Species” approved by SRM Board of Directors, February 17, 2006
  • 2006 Symposia – Rangeland Weed Management. Larry Larson and Roger Sheley Co-organizers
  • 2005 Symposium – Issues in Invasive Species Management and Ecosystem Restoration in Texas. Jim Bergan, Bob Masters, Allen Rasmussen, and Suzanne Tuttle Co-organizers
  • 2004 Invasive Species in Riparian Ecosystems. David Wheeler, Moderator

Plans:
  • Sponsor issue of Rangelands focusing on rangeland invasive species in the near future
  • Education and Outreach, ongoing
  • Website Improvement, ongoing
Committee-Report2019.docx
Rangeland-Invasive-Species-Committee-Minutes-2018.docx
RISC2017minutes-1.pdf
2016RISCMeetingMinutes.pdf
2015RISCminutes.pdf
National Invasive Species Information Center
US Fish and Wildlife Service Invasive Species
Invasive.org
Center for Invasive Species Management
Weed Science Society of America
Western Society of Weed Science
ALBERTA
Alberta Invasive Species Council http://abinvasives.ca Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Invasive Alien Species Management Framework http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/prm13262
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Invasive Species Council of British Columbia http://www.bcinvasives.ca/ Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/eflora/invasives.html
SASKATCHEWAN
Saskatchewan Invasive Species Council http://www.saskinvasives.ca/ Government of Saskatchewan Invasive Species http://www.saskatchewan.ca/residents/environment-public-health-and-safety/wildlife-issues/invasive-species
MEXICO
Weeds of Mexico http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/2inicio/home-malezas-mexico.htm
WASHINGTON
Washington Invasive Species Council: http://www.invasivespecies.wa.gov/ Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Conservation http://wdfw.wa.gov/ais/reporting Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/
OREGON
Oregon Invasive Species Council: http://www.oregoninvasivespeciescouncil.org ODA Plant Division, Noxious Weed Control: http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/PLANT/WEEDS/ Oregon State University Pacific Northwest Nursery IPM: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/invasive_species.htm/ OPB The Silent Invasion http://www.opb.org/programs/invasives/
IDAHO
State of Idaho Agriculture: Invasive Species http://invasivespecies.idaho.gov/invasivespecies-overview/ State of Idaho: Invasive Species List http://www.idahoag.us/agri/Categories/Environment/InvasiveSpeciesCouncil/InvSppList.php
CALIFORNIA
California Invasive Plant Council: http://www.cal-ipc.org/ California Department of Fish and Wildlife: https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Invasives California State Lands Commission: http://www.slc.ca.gov/Programs/MISP.html Invasive Species Council of California: http://www.iscc.ca.gov/
MONTANA
Montana State University: http://weedeco.msu.montana.edu/ Montana State University Extension http://msuinvasiveplants.org/extension_publications.html Montana War on Weeds http://mtwow.org/ Montana Noxious Weed Education Campaign http://www.weedawareness.org/ Montana Weed Control Association http://www.mtweed.org/
WYOMING
Wyoming Weed and Pest: http://www.wyoweed.org/ Wyoming Weed Identification Site https://www.uwyo.edu/uwe/wyoweed/wyoweed.htm
COLORADO
Colorado State University Extension: http://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/agriculture/noxious-weeds-invasive-plant-species/ Colorado Department of Agriculture: http://www.colorado.gov/ag/weeds/
UTAH
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources: http://wildlife.utah.gov/dwr/invasive-mussels.html/ Utah State University Extension Field Guides https://extension.usu.edu/fieldguides/ Utah State University Extension-Water Quality-Invasive Species http://extension.usu.edu/waterquality/whats-in-your-water/invasive-species
NEVADA
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension http://www.unce.unr.edu/programs/sites/tallwhitetop/ Nevada Department of Agriculture: http://agri.nv.gov/NoxiousWeeds/
NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota State University http://www.ndinvasives.org/ North Dakota Weed Control Association http://ndweeds.homestead.com/ North Dakota Department of Agriculture https://www.nd.gov/ndda/plant-industries/noxious-weeds
SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota Department of Agriculture https://sdda.sd.gov/ag-services/weed-and-pest-control/weed-pest-control/sd-state-noxious-weed-declared-pest-list-and-distribution-maps/ South Dakota Least Wanted http://sdleastwanted.com/ Center for Invasive Species Managment http://www.weedcenter.org/store/id_guides/sd-noxious-weeds.html
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Department of Agriculture http://www.nda.nebraska.gov/plant/noxious_weeds/index.html Nebraska Weed Control Association http://www.neweed.org/ Nebraska Invasive Species Program https://neinvasives.com/species/ Invasive Species of Nebraska http://nematode.unl.edu/neinvasives.htm
KANSAS
Kansas Department of Agriculture http://agriculture.ks.gov/divisions-programs/plant-protect-weed-control/noxious-weed-control-program Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism http://www.kdwpt.state.ks.us/news/Fishing/Aquatic-Nuisance-Species/ Kansas Native Plant Society: http://www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org/invasive_plants.php
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma Invasive Plant Council: http://ok-invasive-plant-council.org/ Oklahoma Invasives: https://www.okinvasives.org/ Oklahoma Rangelands: http://www.okrangelandswest.okstate.edu/InvasiveSpecies.html
TEXAS
Texas Invasive Species Coordinating Committee http://www.tiscc.texas.gov/ Texas Invasives: http://www.texasinvasives.org/ Texas Department of Agriculture http://www.texasagriculture.gov/RegulatoryPrograms/PlantQuality/NoxiousandInvasivePlants.aspx
MISSOURI
Missouri Department of Conservation: https://mdc.mo.gov/trees-plants/problem-plant-control Missouri Botanical Garden: http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/gardening-in-st.-louis/invasives.aspx
FLORIDA
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services http://www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/index.html/ Florida Exotic Pets Plant Council: http://www.fleppc.org/list/list.htm/ University of Florida, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants: http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/ Florida Natural Areas Inventory: http://www.fnai.org/invasivespecies.cfm/ Florida Native Plant Society: http://www.fnps.org/pages/plants/invasives.php/ Florida Invasive Species Partnership: http://www.floridainvasives.org/
ALASKA
Alaska Department of Fish and Game http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=invasive.main/ Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force http://www.anstaskforce.gov/alaska_surveys.php/ Cooperative Extension Service, Alaska Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plants Management: http://www.uaf.edu/ces/cnipm/ University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Natural Heritage Program: http://aknhp.uaa.alaska.edu/botany/akepic/ Alaska Native Plant Society: http://aknps.org/Pages/InvasivePlants/InvasivePlantsLinks.php/ Alaska Association of Conservation Districts: http://www.alaskaconservationdistricts.org/invasivePlants.htm/ Alaska Garden Clubs: http://www.alaskagardenclubs.org/invasiveplants.htm/
ARIZONA
Arizona Department of Agriculture http://www.azda.gov/PSD/psd.htm/ Arizona Game and Fish http://www.azgfd.gov/h_f/aquatic_invasive_species.shtml/ Arizona Center for Invasive Species http://az.gov/invasivespecies/ Northern Arizona University http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Biota/invasive_exotics.htm/ University of Arizona Illustrated Guide to Arizona Weeds http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/onlinebks/WEEDS/SPECIES.HTM/ Tonto National Forest http://fs.usda.gov/goto/tonto/weeds Southwest Vegetation Management Association http://www.swvma.org/
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Department of Agriculture http://www.nmda.nmsu.edu/apr/noxious-weed-information/ New Mexico State Forestry Division http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/fd/FWHPlan/FHPIssues.htm/ New Mexico State University http://weeds.nmsu.edu/

Federal, Regional, National & International Invasive Species Resources

USGS Western Ecological Research Center
http://wildlife.utah.gov/fishing/nonnative/q_and_a.html/

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Plant Health Division
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/eng/1299162629094/1299162708850

USGS Southwest Biological Science Center Southwest Exotic Plant Information Clearinghouse (SWEPIC)
http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/research/projects/swepic/swepic.asp/


Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network
http://www.caisn.ca/en/index.php

Government of Canada Invasive Species
http://www.invasivespecies.gc.ca/english/view.asp?x=1

Invasive Weeds of the Southwest
http://www.invasiveweeds.com/

Invaders Database System
http://invader.dbs.umt.edu/

Weed Science Society of America
http://www.wssa.net/

Invasive.org Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
http://www.invasive.org/species/weeds.cfm/


Center for Invasive Plant Management:
http://www.weedcenter.org/

National Invasive Species Information Center
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/index.shtml/

USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species by State
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/StateSearch.aspx/

National Agricultural Pest Information System Pest Tracker
http://pest.ceris.purdue.edu/states.php/

Early Detection & Distribution Mapping System:
http://www.eddmaps.org/

Ecologically Based Invasive Plant Management
http://www.ebipm.org/

North American Weed Management Association
http://www.nawma.org/

PLANTS database Invasive and Noxious Weeds
http://plants.usda.gov/java/noxiousDriver/

The Nature Conservancy Global Invasive Species Team
http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/

eNature.com Native Gardening and Invasive Plants Guide
http://enature.com/native_invasive/invasives.asp/

Environmental Law Institute Status and Trends in Invasive Species Policy: 2002-2009 publication
http://www.elistore.org/reports_detail.asp?ID=11399/