DATA on Invasive Species

This page provides access to information for monitoring invasive species.

Databases | Species Lists | Alerts | Monitoring Protocols

Monitoring invasive species involves many different activities from predicting their potential appearance in vulnerable areas; detecting, identifying and controlling them where they occur; and mapping their population growth or decline. The ISIN and its partners provide access to these resources and tools by telling you where they are or how to get them, and by funding projects like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Refuge Invasive Species Survey and the Wild Boar Control in Great Smoky Mountains National Park projects.

Invasive Species Information by U.S. State or Territory

Select a state or territory from the droplist below and click 'Go!' to view a page of state or territory invasive species resources, or use our alternative navigation for accessing these resources.

Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawai'i Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Marshall Islands Maryland Massachusetts Micronesia Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Palau Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming U.S. Virgin Islands   

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ISIN Invasive Species Monitoring Projects

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Refuge Invasive Species Survey

In 2002-2003 the National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Program conducted an electronic survey of all federally designated U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) National Wildlife Refuges to assess the current status and management of invasive non-native plant species, non-indigenous animals and diseases of plants and animals. The ISIN's partner, the National Institute of Invasive Species Science (NIISS) worked with the U.S. FWS to carry out this survey. The results of the survey are served on the survey's Web site, which provides access to national, regional, state, refuge, and species level data. Read the project description.

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Wild Boar Control in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The NBII partner University of Tennesse Chattanooga (UTC) geographic information systems (GIS) research laboratory, working in tandem with wildlife management officers from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP), has begun to use GIS to examine twenty-six years of park service efforts to control populations of an invasive species, the exotic European wild boar (Sus scrofa Linneaus). View a powerpoint presentation that further details these research efforts.

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