Alaska data collection; National data collection; Alaska reports; Grants


Monitoring invasive plant infestations is crucial for an effective management program. At the national level the North American Weed Management Association NAWMA has developed a inventory and data collection protocol i.e. NAWMA standards.

Alaska has developed a statewide inventory system. The Alaska Exotic Plant Information Clearing House (AKEPIC) Mapping Project was initiated in 2004 as a shared idea between collaborators and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Alaska Science Center Geographic Analysis and Monitoring Program. The collaborators' manual is on line. It provides information on three critical components of field collection, compiling data and using regional databases and maps. Contact information for the developer can be found at the AKEPIC site.

Invasive surveys and reports:

Densmore, R.V., M.E. Vander Meer, and N.G. Dunkle. 2000.
Native plant revegetation manual for Denali National Park and Preserve. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR-2000-0006.

Densmore, R.V., P.C. McKee, and C. Roland. 2001.
Exotic plants in Alaskan National Park units.

DeVelice, R.L. 2003.
Non-Native Plant Inventory: Kenai Trails. USDA Forest Service, Chugach National Forest.

Duffy, Michael. 2003.
Non-Native Plants of Chugach National Forest: A Preliminary Inventory. USDA Forest Service.

Heutte, Tom and Elizabeth Bella. 2004.
Invasive Plants and Exotic Weeds of Southeast Alaska. USDA Forest Service.
Select Invasive Plant Species in Alaska Summary Table. 2003.

McKee, Chris. 2004.
National Park Service Survey Update

McKendrick, J.D. 2001.
Inventory of grasses along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline- 1999. Agroborealis 33:4-20. Ordering information can be viewed here.

McKendrick, J.D. 2001.
Soils and vegetation of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Route: A 1999 survey. University of Alaska Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. Bulletin 109. Ordering information can be viewed here.

Nolen, Andrew. 2002.
Vetch Infestations in Alaska. Alaska Department of Transportation, Research and Technology Transfer. (fhwa-ak-rd-02-1.pdf)

Koons, Deborah. 2001.
Threats to the Last Frontier. A report of invasive species to Alaska (DRAFT). Cooperative Extension Service.

Parker, C. 1999.
Floristic inventory of selected sites in the Nulato Hills, Western Alaska 1997-1998. Report to Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage Field Office, Anchorage, AK. University of Alaska Museum Herbarium.

Shephard, Michael. 2004.
Status of Exotic Invasive Organisms in Alaska. USDA Forest Service.

Sonnevil, G. 2000.
Aquatic invasive species in Alaskan coastal waters. Paper No. 3208. In Proceedings: 130th American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, St. Louis. MO.

Stensvold, M. 2000.
Noxious weed surveys and projects conduction on the Tongass National Forest 1997-2000. U.S. Forest Service, Alaska Region. Technical report on file.

Tande, G.F., R. Lipkin and M. Duffy. 1996.
Floristic inventory of Fort Wainwright Military Installation, Alaska. Report to Eagan, McAllister Associates, Inc., Lexington Park, MD, and The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. Alaska Natural Heritage Program, University of Alaska, Anchorage.

Tande, G. F., R. Lipkin and M. Duffy. 1995.
Results of a floristic inventory of Fort Richardson Military Reservation, Alaska. Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, and Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH. Alaska Natural Heritage Program, University of Alaska, Anchorage.

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