Control and Management of Invasive Species

The Invasive Species Program provides approaches to contain, reduce, and eliminate populations of invasive species and restore habitats and native species.  As part of their strategic plan, they strive to:

• Research to develop and test approaches to control populations of invasive species. Emphasis is on genetic, molecular, biological, chemical, and ecological methods that reduce impacts of invasive species at landscape and regional scales.
• Research on adaptive management methods for invasive species that help restore ecosystem processes and populations of native species, especially those that are endemic or threatened.

Below is a sampling of research conducted in USGS Science Centers that deal with Control and Management of Invasive Species:

• Arid Sagebrush Task of A Regional Experiment to Evaluate Effects of Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments in the Sagebrush Biome - (Principle Investigator: David Pyke, FRESC)
  
  
• Biological Synopsis and Risk Assessment of Asian Carps of the Genus Hypophthalmichthys (UMESC)
  
  
• Building Experimental Capacity to Assess Ballast Treatment Effectiveness and Residual Risk - (Principle Investigator: Scott Smith, WFRC)
  
  
• Characterization and Development of Repellant and Attractant Pheromones to Control Invasive Bighead and Silver Carp - (Principle Investigator: Ed Little, CERC)
  
  
• Coordinated Intermountain Restoration Project - (Principle Investigator: David Pyke, FRESC)
  
  
• Determinants of Native and Invasive Riparian Plant Distributions - (Principle Investigator: Johnathan Friedman, FORT)
  
  
• Develop New Strategies to Manage Mouflon in Hawaii - (Principle Investigator: Steve Hess, PIERC - see also Developing New Strategies to Manage Mouflon (Ovis musimon) in Hawaii)
  
  
• Develop Techniques to Reduce Feral Cats - (Principle Investigator: Steve Hess, PIERC)
  
  
• Development of Techniques for Restoration of Forest Ecosystems in the Mariana Islands - (Principle Investigator: Steve Hess, PIERC)
  
  
• Evaluating the Effects of Pinyon Juniper Thinning Treatments at a Wildland/Urban Interface - (Principle Investigator: Matt Brooks, WERC)
  
  
• Fire and Invasive Annual Grasses in Western Ecosystems - (Principle Investigator: Matt Brooks, WERC)
  
  
• Integrated Restoration Strategies Towards Weed Control on Western Rangelands - (Principle Investigator: David Pyke, FRESC)
  
  
• Lampricide Registration and Reregistration Technical Assistance to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission - (Principle Investigator: Terrance Hubert, UMESC)
  
  
• New Method for Control of Zebra Mussels and Asian Clams: Effect of Carbon Dioxide and Gas Supersaturation on Stress and Survivorship - (Principle Investigator: Barnaby Watten, LSC)
  
  
• Nutria Population Estimates - (Principle Investigator: Steven Travis, NWRC)
  
  
• Palila Restoration - (Principle Investigator: Paul Banko, PIERC)
  
  
• Postfire Control of Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) at a Sagebrush Steppe Site - (Principle Investigator: Matt Brooks, WERC)
  
  
• Pre-fire fuel Manipulation Impacts on Alien Plant Invasion of Wildlands - (Principle Investigator: Jon Keeley, WERC)
  
  
• Reducing Feral Cat Threats to Native Wildlife in Hawaii - (Principle Investigator: Steve Hess, PIERC)
  
  
• Revegetation/restoration Following Tamarisk Control - (Principle Investigator: Pat Shafroth, MESC - see also: Restoration of Tamarix-Dominated Riparian Ecosystems in Western North America)
  
  
• Sea Lamprey Control - (Principle Investigator: Roger Bergstedt, GLSC - see also: Support to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission for Sea Lamprey Control in the Great Lakes Basin)
  
  
• Suppression of Alien Yellowjackets - (Principle Investigator: David Foote, PIERC)
  
  
• Technical Assistance Provided to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission for Lampricides  (UMESC)
  
  
• Using Fire to Manage Invasive Species - (Principle Investigator: Matt Brooks, WERC)