ISWG Invasive Species Links

National and Florida Reports

• Harmful Nonindigenous Species in the United States
• National Invasive Species Management Plan
• Nonindigenous Aquatic and Selected Terrestrial Species of Florida
• Pest Exclusion Advisory Committee Report

Federal Laws, Acts, etc.

• Endangered Species Act of 1973
• Executive Order 13112 (1999) Invasive Species
• Lacey Act
• National Environmental Policy Act
• National Invasive Species Act of 1996
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990

Federal and interagency efforts:

• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
• Bureau of Land Management Weeds Website
• Florida Caribbean Science Center
• Marine invasions Research Lab (SERC)
• National Invasive Species Council
• NOAA Invasive Species Research Program
• USACE Aquatic Plant Control Operations Support Center
• USACE Aquatic Plant Control Research Program
• USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• USDA-ARS Biological Control Research - Gainesville, FL

Florida State Agencies Managing Invasive Species:

• Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services  
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection
• Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
• Northwest Florida Water Management District
• South Florida Water Management District
• Southwest Florida Water Management District
• Suwannee River Water Management District
• St. Johns River Water Management District

Local government contacts:

• Collier County Exotic Plant Management
• Florida Local Environmental Resources Agencies

Ecology, Control and Management, and Identification help:

• Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation
• Aquatic Plant Control Research Program
• Aquatic Weed Management-North Carolina
• Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
• Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
• Institute for Biological Invasions
• National Agricultural Pest Information System
• National Biological Information Infrastructure
• National Invasive Species Information Center
• National Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site
• South Carolina Aquatic Nuisance Species Program
• The Nature Conservancy Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program

Other organizations:

• Aquatic Plant Management Society
• Association of Florida Native Nurseries
• Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society
• Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council
• Florida Native Plant Society
• Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council
• Global Invasive Species Programme
• Northeast Aquatic Plant Management Society
• North American Lake Management Society
• South Carolina Aquatic Plant Management Society
• South Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society
• Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council
• Western Aquatic Plant Management Society

Databases and specific scientific information:

Plants

• Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
• CalWeed Database
• Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
• A Global Compendium of Weeds
• Database on Introductions of Aquatic Species
• Exotic Forest Pests Information System
• Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council
• Invaders Database Project
• Weeds Gone Wild

Marine Species

• Directory of Non-Native Marine Species in British Waters
• Marine Invasions Research Lab (SERC)
• National Marine and Estuarine Invasions Database
• San Francisco Estuary Institute - Biological Invasions

Insects

• Exotic Bees of North America
• North American Nonindigenous Arthropod Database

All Species

• Global Invasive Species Data Base
• Group on Aquatic Alien Species
• Harmful Nonindigenous Species in Hawaii
• Institute for Biological Invasions
• National Agricultural Pest Information System
• National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Site
• Nonindigenous Species in the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem
• World's 100 Worst Invasive Species