RESTORING Invaded Habitats

This page lists resources on restoring native habitats, particularly after invasive species removal.

NBII California | National Park Service
Invasve Plant Mgmt Center | LBJ Wildflower Center
References

Invasive species often leave behind evidence of their destructive presence such as nutrient-poor, inhospitable soils, chemical residues from herbicides and pesticides, land scars from mechanical removal operations, and sometimes unreversable changes in ecology and population dynamics. Invaded landscapes need to be restored and protected from future invasions.

> Restoration Directory (Plant Conservation Alliance). "A comprehensive Restoration Directory which includes both restoration experts and native plant sources."

> The California Information Node's Conservation and Restoration page provides access to the California Ecological Restoration Projects Inventory (CERPI).

> Center for Invasive Plant Management Restoration Program

> The National Park Service's ParkNet Disturbed land restoration (DLR) page describes DLR and provides links to projects and a toolbox. http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/distlands/index.htm.

> The managingwholes.com Healing damaged lands page lists links to approaches that work with the ecosystem and land restoration success stories from around the world. http://managingwholes.com.

> The Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation created to conduct and support applied research in the management of aquatic pest species, with a focus on nuisance vegetation. The AERF supports research for the control of aquatic weed species and exotic plants such as Eurasian watermilfoil, hydrilla, water hyacinth, purple loosestrife, and other aquatic weeds found in lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers and streams.

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> One of our NBII partners that champions the use of native plant species is The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, founded in 1982 to educate the public on the economic value, environmental necessity, and natural beauty of native plants. The Center maintains extensive natural areas and gardens showcasing more than 400 species of native grasses, shrubs, trees, and wildflowers.

> Center for Invasive Plant Management's Restoration Program. "An information center for the restoration of invasive-plant-dominated lands."

> Restoration Working Group mail list of the Plant Conservation Alliance. "Discussion of RWG projects and restoration with native plants."

> Restoration Projects of the Maryland Native Plant Society

> Manager's Toolkit: Restoration of Native Species page (National Invasive Species Information Center)

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References

> Management of Invasive Species in restoration Projects (www.landandwater.com)