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Invasive Species

Action Plan to Address Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes,

Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, October 2005  (2.45 MB)

America’s Least Wanted: Alien Species Invasions of US Ecosystems,

Bruce A. Stein and Stephanie R. Flack, The Nature Conservancy,

1996  (1.53 MB)

An Ounce of Prevention: How To Stop Invasive Insects and Diseases From Devastating U.S. Forests, Environment Canada, Canadian  Wildlife Service, 2005 (4.79 MB)

Aquatic Invasive Species: A Handbook For Education Efforts,

Mandy Beall, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), Publication WT-825 2005, Autumn 2005 (4.01 MB)

Aquatic Invasive Species Interbasin Exchange, US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), February 2002 (424 KB)

Asian Carp Control Strategy Framewaork (2011), Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, December 2010  (5.78 MB)

Asian Carps of the Genus Hypophthalmichthys (Pisces, Cyprinidae):
Biological Synopsis and Environmental Risk Assessment, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, April 2005  (4.18 MB)

Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species, CRS Report to Congress, Eugene H. Buck, Updated June 20, 2007 (111 KB)

Chicago vs. The Asian Longhorned Beetle: A Portrait of Success, Judy Antipin and Thomas Dilley, USDA, December 2004 (1.81 MB)

Daphnia Lumholtzi: The Next Great Lakes Exotic?, James A. Stoeckel and Patrice M. Charlebois, 1999 (104 KB)

Fire As a Tool For Controlling Nonnative Invasive Plants, Peter Rice, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, 2005  (337 KB)

Great Lakes Nonindigenous Invasive Species: Briefing Paper, Great Lakes Commission, Katherine Glassner-Shwayder, July 2000 (2.15 MB)

Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States, US Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, September 1993  (5.99 MB)

Illinois Threatened & Endangered Species List, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), 2001  (179 KB)

Introduction and Spread of the Zebra Mussel In North America,

New York Sea Grant, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources  (200 KB)

Invasive Species Assessment Protocol: Evaluating Non-Native Plants For Their Impact on Biodiversity, Morse, L.E., J.M. Randall, N. Benton, R. Hiebert, and S. Lu., NatureServe, 2004  (1.06 MB)

Management and Control Plan For Bighead, Black, Grass, and Silver
Carps In The United States, Asian Carp Working Group, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, October 2007  (3.71 MB)

Round Goby Distribution in the Illinois Waterway System of Metropolitan Chicago, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1996  (1.16 MB)

Ruffe Control Program, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Ruffe Control Committee, Thomas R. Busiahn, November 1996  (751 KB)

Terrestrial Vegetation of the United States (Volume 1): The National Vegetation Classification System: Development, Status, and Applications, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), 1998  (2.19 MB)

Zebra Mussel Study on Lake Michigan, July 1, 1991 through June 30, 1992, J. Ellen Marsden, Center for Aquatic Ecology, Illinois Natural History Survey, September 1992  (846 KB)

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