2019 Land Manager’s Guide to Developing an Invasive Plant Management Plan

The Guide focuses on the process of invasive plant management planning and deciding how to focus limited invasive species management resources to gain the greatest conservation benefit. It is applicable at any scale and in any situation wherever invasive plant management is necessary. It is intended to promote a strategic and adaptive invasive plant management approach using the best available information and following the time-tested principles of integrated pest management.  The Guide does not address specific policies and regulations because these can differ widely across agencies and organizations. Rather, it informs a manager as to critical points in the planning process when policies and regulations should be considered.

Development of this Guide was led by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Pacific Southwest Region, Inventory and Monitoring Initiative and the California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC) in coordination with a technical advisory committee spanning many agencies and organizations, including the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Working Group.

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