Background
FICMNEW is identified in the invasive species Executive Order 13112 as a key Federal-level organization on which the National Invasive Species Council is to rely for the implementation of the Executive Order and the coordination of Federal agency activities to prevent and control invasive plants.
Federal Representation on FICMNEW
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Forest Service
- Agricultural Research Service
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Agricultural Marketing Service
- Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- Bureau of Reclamation: Quagga and Zebra Mussels
- Bureau of Land Management
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Geological Survey
- National Park Service
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- U.S. Department of Defense
- U.S. Department of Energy
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)