National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Plant Inventory Pilot Project

Description

Invasive species are one of the most pervasive threats to biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health on units of the National Wildlife Refuge System NWRS. Invasive species can alter ecosystem function and structure e.g., shift fire regimes or nutrient cycling and change the distribution, abundance and diversity of native species and communities. The high cost of managing invasive species combined with decreasing budgets requires that we prioritize which invasive threats to manage and we use scientifically credible data to inform optimal management decisions and evaluate progress. A key first step in invasive management is identifying the species of greatest management concern and conducting an inventory of those species to determine their distribution and abundance. Inventory data inform management decisions and provide a baseline for evaluating progress. Although the value of inventory data is well known, inventories are considered a daunting task for many resource managers because of limited resources or lack of expertise on how to conduct invasive inventories. To begin addressing these challenges, the NWRS Inventory and Monitoring Initiative and the NWRS Invasive Species Program initiated the NWRS Invasive Plant Pilot Project Invasive Pilot to examine the diversity of factors influencing how refuges plan and conduct invasive plant inventories. The goals of the Project are to: 1 evaluate how variation in refuge size, environment, resource availability and other factors influence planning and implementation of invasive plant inventories and 2 use this information to inform a NWRS framework or guide for conducting invasive plant inventories. Although the focus of this effort is on invasive plants, many of the concepts can be applied to other invasive taxa. This project was administered by invasive plant subject matter experts employed by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Utah State University, and Colorado State University.

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