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Pollution Prevention & ControlVessel Water DischargeBallast WaterUseful Links to Invasive Species InformationUseful Links to Invasive Species Information
Aside from EPA and the Office of Water efforts on aquatic invasive species, several other federal agencies, domestic organizations and international organizations engage in invasive species activities on a large scale. The following list includes links to some agencies and organizations.
Links to International and National Information
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- GAO Report: Invasive Species, Federal Efforts and State Perspectives on Challenges and National Leadership 2003 (PDF) (20 pp, 174KB, About PDF)
- United Nations System-Wide Earthwatch: Invasive Species
- Stopping the Invasions: International Scientific Efforts to Stop Invasive Species
- U.S. Department of Agriculture International
- USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
- U.S. Department of Agriculture National Invasive species Information Center
- USDA - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
- National Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Website
- Invasive Non-Native Species, Watershed Training Module (orphan)
- National Invasive Species Council (NISC)
- Aquatic Nuisance Species Taskforce
- The Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP)
- U.S. Department of State - Contribution to GISP
- The Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (FICMNEW)
- International Trade and Invasive Alien Species (PDF) (2 pp, 18KB, About PDF)
- U.S. Forest Service Invasive Species Program
- U.S. Department of Agriculture PLANTS Introduced Plants Database
- National Biological Inventory Invasive Species Node
- Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment - Aquatic Alien Species: Detection, Risk Assessment, Response
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Links to Regional and Local Information
- Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) - National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System (NEMESIS)
- SERC - Marine Invasions Research Lab
- Invasive diatom species Didymosphenia geminata causes economic and aesthetic impacts.(orphan)
- Invasive Non-Native Species, Watershed Training Module(orphan)
- Exotic Species in the Great Lakes Region
- Chesapeake Bay Invasive Species
- Non-Native Aquatic Species in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Regions
- Control Methods and Background Information for Selected Aquatic Invasive Species in the Mississippi River Basin
- Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species
- Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
- Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel
