Eastern Region

Eastern Region (R9) NNIS Program

The Eastern Region of the Forest Service Non-native Inviasve Species Program is guided by our Non-native Invasive Species Framework.

• R9 State of the Region – Non-native Invasive Species
  August 2003 [RTF, 23 pages, 1.8MB]
• Cohesive Approach for Invasive Species Management in the Northeastern United States
• R9 NNIS Success Stories

Non-native Invasive Plants

These invaders are changing species and ecosystems on national forests and other lands across the country.

• R9 NNIS Plant Acreage Estimates [RTF, 1 page, 45KB]

Native Plants

The R9 Native Plant Program is guided by our Native Plant Framework. Our goals is to contribute to maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem health through use of locally adapted, populations of native species for restoration, rehabilitation and revegetation.

• R9 Native Plant Program
• R9 Native Plant Framework [PDF, 9 pages]

Non-native Invasive Animals/Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS)

In simple terms, Aquatic Nuisance Species are aquatic and terrestrial plants and animals that have been introduced into new ecosystems and are having harmful impacts on native species, ecosytem function and the human use of these resources.

• R9 Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS)

Non-native Earthworms

• Invasive Earthworms - Invasive Species : MN DNR
• Great Lakes Worm Watch
• Duluth News Tribune - Cindy Hale's book, Earthworms of the Great Lakes
• USFS Success Story - Chippewa Teams Up to Address Earthworm Invasion in the Great Lakes Region
• Brooklyn Botanic Garden - Invasive Earthworms Threat to Forests
• The Corner Post / Sustainable Farming Assoc. of MN Winter 2010 - Unearthing the Dark Side of Earthworms - Asian "Jumping" Worms are New Gardening Threat

Emerald Ash Borer / EAB

• USDA APHIS. Plant Health. EAB.
• USFS Northeastern Area. Forest Health Protection. EAB
• USFS Northern Research Station. Forest Disturbance Processes. EAB.
• Illinois Dept. of Agriculture. EAB.
• Michigan Dept. of Agriculture. EAB.
• Minnesota DNR. EAB.
• Minnesota Dept. of Agriculture.
• University of Minnesota Extension. EAB.
• Missouri Dept. of Conservation. EAB.
• University of Missouri Extension. EAB.
• New York Department of Environmental Conservation. EAB.
• Sea Grant. New York Invasive Species Information. EAB.
• Information Network. State Information. EAB.
• Ohio Dept. of Agriculture. EAB Program.
• Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. EAB.
• Penn State. College of Agricultural Sciences. Entomology. EAB.
• West Virginia Department of Agriculture. Plant Industries Division. EAB.
• West Virginia Division of Forestry. EAB.
• Wisconsin’s EAB Information Source.
• Wisconsin DNR. EAB - Forest Health Protection.

Feral Hogs

• USDA National Invasive Species Information Center. Wild Boar.
• USDA. Animal and Plant health Inspection Service. Wildlife Damage Management.
• Indiana
• Purdue University. Wildlife Conflicts Information Website.
• Missouri
• Missouri Dept. of Conservation. Feral Hogs.
• US Forest Service. Success Story. Partnership Removes 111 Feral Hogs from Mark Twain National Forest.
• Ohio
• Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife. Hunting & Trapping. Wild Boar.
• Wisconsin
• Wisconsin DNR. Feral Pig.
• Wisconsin DNR. Feral Pig.