[Invitation to Comment] [Federal Interagency Weed Committee]

Perennial pepperweed at Ouray NWR

This monoculture of perennial pepperweed at Ouray National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Utah is choking out habitat needed by waterfowl and other wildlife dependent on wetland areas. (photo by Steve Dewey)

Pulling Together

National Strategy for Invasive Plant Management

Contents

Resolution of Endorsement and Support

Preface

Introduction

National Goal 1: Effective Prevention

Objective 1.1--Preventing New Invasions

Objective 1.2--Detecting and Monitoring

Objective 1.3--Complying With Laws and Regulations

Objective 1.4--Using Native Species

National Goal 2: Effective Control

Objective 2.1--Planning and Determining Priorities

Objective 2.2--Implementing Integrated Pest Management

Objective 2.3--Managing Invasive Plants

National Goal 3: Effective Restoration

Objective 3.1--Formulating Methods and Procedures

Objective 3.2--Promoting Stewardship

For further information, contact: Mike Ielmini, [email protected], co-chair, Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds

http://refuges.fws.gov/FICMNEWFiles/NatlWeedStrategyTOC.html -- Text last revised: 3 August 2000