Invasive Species

• Action Plan to Address Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes, Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, October 2005

• America’s Least Wanted: Alien Species Invasions of US Ecosystems, Bruce A. Stein and Stephanie R. Flack, The Nature Conservancy, 1996

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

• Aquatic Invasive Species: A Handbook For Education Efforts, Mandy Beall, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), Publication WT-825 2005, Autumn 2005

• Aquatic Invasive Species Interbasin Exchange, US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), February 2002 (424 KB)
• Aquatic Plants: Their Identification and Management, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), 2001

• Asian Carp Control Strategy Framework (2011), Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, December 2010

• Asian Carp Dispersal Barrier Efficacy Study: Efficacy Study Interim Report IIA, United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), September 2011

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

• Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species, CRS Report to Congress, Eugene H. Buck, Updated June 20, 2007

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

• Daphnia Lumholtzi: The Next Great Lakes Exotic?, James A. Stoeckel and Patrice M. Charlebois, 1999

• Feast and Famine In The Great Lakes: How Nutrients and Invasive Species Interact To Overwhelm The Coasts and Starve Offshore Waters, Julie Mida Hinderer, Michael W. Murray, Trilby Becker, National Wildlife Federation (NWF), October 2011

• Fire As a Tool For Controlling Nonnative Invasive Plants, Peter Rice, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, 2005

• Great Lakes Nonindigenous Invasive Species: Briefing Paper, Great Lakes Commission, Katherine Glassner-Shwayder, July 2000

• Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States, US Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, September 1993

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

• Introduction and Spread of the Zebra Mussel In North America, New York Sea Grant, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

• 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

• 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

• Monitoring and Rapid Response Plan For Asian Carp In The Upper Illinois River and Chicago Area Waterway System, Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Monitoring and Rapid Response Workgroup, May 2011

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

• Ruffe Control Program, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Ruffe Control Committee, Thomas R. Busiahn, November 1996

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

• 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

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