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Archives: Recommended Websites

Invasives – United States National Arboretum

The U.S. National Arboretum’s web pages on invasive plants offer, by state, resources for identification of noxious weeds, the laws and procedures pertaining to a plant’s becoming listed and many other web resources related to education about invasive plants.

Meeting the Challenge: Invasive Plants in PNW Ecosystems (pdf)

Invasive Plant Conference proceedings. The mission of the conference was to create strategies and partnerships to understand and manage invasions of non-native plants in the Pacific Northwest. The audience included over 180 professionals, students, and citizens from public and private organizations responsible for monitoring, studying, or managing non-native invasive plants. This proceedings includes twenty-seven papers based on oral presentations at the conference plus a synthesis paper that summarizes workshop themes, discussions, and related information. Topics include early detection and rapid response; control techniques, biology, and impacts; management approaches; distribution and mapping of invasive plants; and partnerships, education, and outreach.

ECOTOX Database System

The ECOTOXicology database is a source for locating single chemical toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial plants and wildlife. ECOTOX integrates three toxicology effects databases: AQIURE (aquatic life), PHYTOTOX (terrestrial plants), and TERRETOX (terrestrial wildlife). These databases were created by the U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, and the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory.

Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

The Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems is a research, education, and public service program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, dedicated to increasing ecological sustainability and social justice in the food and agriculture system.