Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas: Resources and Support. Janet Clark Center for Invasive Plant Management, Bozeman, MT. Partnerships. Partnerships: Challenges and Benefits. Partnerships require: Time Compromise Workers as well as bosses and “idea people” - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Invasive Species Organizations: Putting Your Work in Context
Cooperative Invasive Species Management Areas: Resources and
SupportJanet ClarkCenter for Invasive Plant Management, Bozeman,
MT1Partnerships
2Partnerships require:
Time Compromise Workers as well as bosses and idea people
Someone to be accountablePartnerships:Challenges and Benefits
3Partnerships offer: Wide range of skills and abilities More
resources (funding, equipment, time)Increased project credibility
and visibility Better ideas two heads are better than one
Partnerships:Challenges and Benefits
4Cooperative Weed/Invasive Species Management
Areaswww.nnipc.org
5Cooperative Weed/Invasive Species Management
Areaswww.nnipc.org
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What is a CWMA/CISMA? A partnership of federal, state, and local
government agencies, tribes, individuals, and various interested
groups that manage noxious weeds or invasive plants in a defined
area.** Endorsed by the Western Weed Coordinating Committee,
2006Cooperative Weed/Invasive Species Management
Areas7Characteristics of a CWMA/CISMADefined geographical
areaRepresentation of the majority of landownersSteering
committeeCommitment to cooperationComprehensive plan
8Collaborate, share responsibilities and resources
Develop a management planObjectives What is the goal?Inventory
What is the status today?Management What are the priorities?
Options? Prevention/EDRR Control RestorationEducation &
Outreach Who needs to be on board?Logistics authority, finances,
communications, reporting
Coordinate action
Evaluate and adapt
What do they do?
Geographical variation
Infrastructure for IS management
State laws
State management plans, IS Councils
Population
Culture
Politics
Diversity
Whos involved?
Private landowners, volunteers, youthFederal agencies:Fish &
Wildlife ServiceArmy Corps of EngineersDept. of DefenseNational
Park ServiceUSDA-NRCS State agencies:Fish & WildlifeNatural
ResourcesAgricultureTransportationNon-governmental
organizations:The Nature ConservancyLivestock interestsExotic Pest
Plant CouncilsCountiesUniversitiesAnyone whos interested!
See http://www.elachee.org/Preserve/CWMA%20brochure.pdf 11CISMAs
in Florida
Florida Invasive Species Partnership
www.floridainvasives.org12CWMAs in the Midwest
Midwest Invasive Plant Networkwww.mipn.org13
PRISMs in New YorkNY Dept. of Environmental Conservation14WMAs
in California
California Invasive Plant Councilwww.cal-ipc.orgCWMAs in
Arizona
Southwest Vegetation Management Associationwww.swvma.orgPride of
placeNewspaper adsWeed-Free Rangelands and Wildlife Habitat
brochures for huntersWeed-free haySummer range ridersGPS units for
ranchers
Weed Prevention Areas in Montana
17Exotic Pest Plant Councils (EPPCs)
AlabamaFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth
CarolinaTennesseehttp://www.se-eppc.org/Where to go for contacts
& info???18Center for Invasive Species & Ecosystem
HealthWhy? Huge photo gallery Mapping resources (EDDMapS) Website
development www.bugwood.org
19Center for Invasive Plant Managementwestern regional
clearinghouse
Why? www.weedcenter.org Resources for CWMAs List of funding
opportunities
20State universitiesWhy? Extension specialists, educational
material Research projects Collaborations
Non-governmental organizationsWhy? State wildlife management
plans Passion and commitment Different approaches to resource
mgmt
22Aquatic Nuisance Species Task ForceGulf and South Atlantic
Regional PanelMid-Atlantic Regional PanelWhy? Regional planning and
partnerships Education & outreach resources
www.anstaskforce.gov
Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and
Exotic WeedsWhy? Dept. of Defense represented Multi-agency
information exchange and problem-solving at monthly meetings
24National Invasive Species Council
Why? Coordinates Federal response through the National IS
Management Plan www.invasivespecies.gov25National Invasive Species
Awareness WeekJan. 10-14, 2010, in Washington, DCInvasives and
climate changeInvasives and energy & biofuelsInvasives and the
green economywww.nisaw.org
www.weedcenter.org
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