Related Links
- APHIS USDA Noxious
Weeds Home Page
- http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/weeds/
- Text of Federal Noxious
Weed Act, list of federal noxious weeds, identification characters
of selected weeds.
- CalFlora
- http://www.calflora.org
- Calflora provides information
on wild California plants for use in conservation, education,
and appreciation.
- California Invasive
Plant Council
- http://www.cal-ipc.org/
Notices, articles, projects,
membership on all aspects of invasive pest plants biology, ecology,
control, and management
- California Native
Grass Association
- http://www.cnga.org/index.php
- A resource on use of
native grasses in California. CNGA serves to develop, promote,
preserve and restore native grasses and grassland ecosystems
of California.
- California Native
Plant Society
- http://www.cnps.org/
- Notices, articles, projects,
membership on all aspects of native plants promotion.
- California Weed Science
Society
- http://www.cwss.org/
- News about California
chapter of Weed Science Society
- California Weed Talk
- http://www.topica.com/lists/CaliforniaWeedTalk
- An email discussion
group on the topic of noxious and invasive weeds in California.
To subscribe, send an email to CaliforniaWeedTalk-subscribe@topica.com
- CalWeedJobs
- http://www.topica.com/lists/calweedjobs
- An internet bulletin
board where you can subscribe to receive announcements and review
jobs related to habitat restoration, the environment and noxious
weed control. To subscribe, send an email to CalWeedJobs-subscribe@topica.com
- CDFA Encloweedia
- http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ipc/encycloweedia/encycloweedia_hp.htm
- Notes on ID, Biology,
& Management of Plants Defined as Noxious Weeds by California
Law
- CDFA Noxious Weed
Information Project
- http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ipc/noxweedinfo/noxweedinfo_hp.htm
- ...a part of Integrated
Pest Control, a branch of Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services
which is a division of the California Department of Food and
Agriculture. Current activities include collecting and processing
data on current weed management projects that are focused primarily
on A-rated weeds. NWIP provides maps and other information for
the CDFA, biologists and the general public.
- CDFA Plant Quarantine
Manual - California Quarantine Policy, Weeds
- http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/countyag/postings/files/107_3.pdf
- California's quarantine
policy on the handling of rated noxious weeds. Includes chart
on the handling of B & C rated weeds by each California county.
- Center for Aquatic
and Invasive Plants
- http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/
- Descriptions, pictures
and a bibliography (APIRS) on over 350 aquatic and invasive plants.
From the University of Florida.
- Center for Invasive
Plant Management (CIPM)
- http://www.weedcenter.org/index.html
- ...a coalition of agencies,
organizations, and individuals interested in managing invasive
plants and maintaining healthy ecosystems in western North America.
Site contains weed profiles, related links, education resources
and research grant information.
- Council for Agricultural
Science and Technology (CAST)
- http://www.cast-science.org
- CAST assembles, interprets,
and communicates science-based information regionally, nationally,
and internationally on food, fiber, agricultural, natural resource,
and related societal and environmental issues to our stakeholders--legislators,
regulators, policy makers, the media, the private sector, and
the public. CAST is a nonprofit organization composed of scientific
societies and many individual, student, company, nonprofit, and
associate society members.
- Federal Interagency
Committee for the Mgmt of Noxious & Exotic Weeds
- http://ficmnew.fws.gov/
- 17 Federal Agencies
involved in coordinating a Federal Government approach for the
management of weeds. Access to the Weed Fact Book, a comprehensive
non-technical overview of invasive plants in the United States.
Text of executive order on invasive species. Text of "Pulling
Together. National Strategy for Invasive Plant Management"
- Habitattitude
- http://www.habitattitude.net/
- A website for aquarium
hobbyists, backyard pond owners, water gardeners and others who
are concerned about aquatic resource conservation.
- Invasive.Org
- http://www.invasive.org/
- A resource for pictures
of invasive organisms for educational purposes. Nofees associated
with using the website. There are images available for over 200
invasive weed species, as well as insects, diseases, biocontrol
agents, and other invasive species. While the emphasis seems
to be for the Southeastern U.S., there are still many plant images
available that are relevant for California.
- Jepson Herbarium
- http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/
- The website of the Jepson
Herbarium, with links to news about plant taxonomony, research,
and education programs. Great site for the technical plant lover.
- Jepson Online Interchange
- http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/interchange.html
- The Jepson Herbarium
has assembled a set of resources, dedicated to the study of the
plants of California, that provide information on plant names,
distribution, and up-to-date taxonomy. Additional features include
links to Cal Photos, the CNPS Inventory, and the Flora of North
America.
- More Mesa Preservation
Coalition
- http://www.moremesa.org/index.html
- ...A local non-profit
group working to preserve a Goleta-located natural area from
development. Their website has a nicely formatted section on
invasive plants and garden alternatives. It is an excellent example
of a grass-roots organization who is spreading the message about
invasive weeds.
- The Nation's Biological
Information System; Invasive Species
- http://www.invasivespecies.gov/
- A comprehensive, online
information system that facilitates access to and exchange of
invasive species data and resources.
- The National Fish
and Wildlife Foundation
- http://www.nfwf.org/
- A nonprofit charitable
organization dedicated to the conservation and management of
fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats on which
they depend. A source of grant funding.
- Natural Resource
Conservation Service; Technical Resources
- http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/
- The site includes a
large list of available tools and information to aid various
types of research. Sample categories include conservation practices,
water resources, streams, and technical References
- Natural Resource
Conservation Service; Plant Materials Program
- http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/
- The website of the Plants
Materials Centers and Specialists who provide state-of-the-art
technology to help field offices and land users solve critical
natural resource issues. The Plant Materials Program strives
to meet the challenge by: a) developing new technology for current
conservation needs, and b) transferring this information to its
customers. A Plant Materials newsletter is also available at:
http://news-source.nrcs.usda.gov/
- Natural Resource
Projects Inventory
- http://www.ice.ucdavis.edu/nrpi/
- A Collaborative Effort
between the California Biodiversity Council and the University
of California at Davis Information Center for the Environment.
The signatories of the California Biodiversity Council joined
forces to gather information on thousands of conservation, mitigation
and restoration projects being developed and implemented throughout
California. The result, the Natural Resource Project Inventory
(NRPI), has become a comprehensive electronic database searchable
on the Internet. NRPI is an expansion of previous inventories
including 1) the Watershed Projects Inventory (WPI), 2) the California
Ecological Restoration Projects Inventory (CERPI), and 3) the
California Noxious Weed Control Projects Inventory.
- The Nature Conservancy
Wildland Invasive Species Program
- http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/
- Management notes on
selected noxious weeds, including yellow starthistle, weed control
methods handbook, weed tool review, wick applicator schematic,
up to date schedule of events.
- Noxious Times Newsletter
- http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ipc/noxioustimes/noxtimes_hp.htm
- By providing news, policy
information, and agency reports, the Noxious Times is an excellent
resource for those interested in sharing information and coordinating
efforts against noxious weeds.
- North American Weed
Management Association
- http://www.nawma.org/
- The mission of NAWMA
is to provide education, regulatory direction, professional improvement,
and environmental awareness to preserve and protect our natural
resources from the degrading impacts of exotic, invasive noxious
weeds.
- Pacific Northwest
Conservation Tillage Handbook
- http://pnwsteep.wsu.edu/tillagehandbook/
- Information on new research
developments on conservation farming systems in the Pacific Northwest.
Herbicide efficacy notes, Russian thistle, downy brome, jointed
goatgrass management notes in a conservation tillage system.
- Partners Against
Weeds
- http://www-a.blm.gov/education/weed/paws/
- Bureau of Land Management's
action plan for the management of noxious weeds.
- Plant Conservation
Alliance
- http://www.nps.gov/plants/intro.htm
- The PCA is a consortium
of ten federal government member agencies and over 145 non-federal
Cooperators working to solve the problems of native plant extinction
and native habitat restoration. A source of grant funding.
- SBCWMA Yahoo! Group
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcwma
- Please note that this
website is obsolete. It formerly was used by me in an attempt
to create a forum for local weed managers. But it wasn't getting
used. I deleted the website in early 2005. Someone has reused
the initials and has the yahoo group initials. They are not related
to me.
- Society for Ecological
Restoration
- http://www.ser.org
- . . .an international
non-profit organization whose members are actively engaged in
ecologically-sensitive repair & management of ecosystems.
The web site is kept current and has guides for restoration projects,
and a directory of restoration expertise.
- Team Arundo del Norte
- http://ceres.ca.gov/tadn/
- A forum of local, state,
and federal organizations dedicated to the control of Arundo
donax, where it threatens rivers, creeks, and wetlands in
Central and Northern California. Lots of good information on
Arundo control.
- UC Weed Research
and Information Center
- http://wric.ucdavis.edu/
- Weed control techniques
on many common and selected noxious weeds, excellent pampas grass
and yellow starthistle notes page, up to date information on
selected weed education seminars.
- Weed Management Areas
in California
- http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ipc/weedmgtareas/wma_index_hp.htm
- Links to weed management
areas and related information in California
- Weed Free Forage
- http://www.WeedFreeForage.com/
- Information on certified
weed free forage.
- Weed Free Forage
- http://pi.cdfa.ca.gov/weed/wff/
( <-- This link is obsolete. DC 041210)
- CDFA's information about
the California Certified Weed Free Forage Program
- Yellow Starthistle
Information
- http://wric.ucdavis.edu/yst/yst.html
- Excellent information
on yellow starthistle management, history, and ecology from the
UC Weed Research and Information Center.
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