New U.S. Forest Service Book: Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands of the United States

A new U.S. Forest Service Book “Invasive Species in Forest and Rangelands of the US” is now available to download! The report is divided into the following chapters that address the most significant aspects and issues related to invasive species:

• Impacts of Invasive Species in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems

• Impacts of Invasive Species on Forest and Grassland Ecosystem Processes

• Effects of Climate Change on Invasive Species

• Invasive Species Response to Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance

• Early Intervention Strategies for Invasive Species Management

• Management of Landscapes for Established Invasive Species

• Rehabilitation and Restoration of Landscapes and Habitats Affected by Established Invasive Species

• Sectoral Impacts of Invasive Species and Approaches to Management

• Inventory and Monitoring of Invasive Species

• Tools and Technologies for Quantifying Spread and Impacts of Invasive Species

• Social and Cultural Dynamics of Non-native Invasive Species

• The Role of International Cooperation in Invasive Species Research

• Economics of Invasive Species 

• Legislation and Policy 

• Future Invasive Species Research Challenges and Opportunities

The Regional Summaries Appendix also provides more detailed all taxa, invasive species information specific to Oregon, Washington, and Idaho (pgs. 380-405 in the PDF; pgs. 352-377 in the publication).

View/Download the book here

WIN Quarterly Winter 2021 Newsletter

Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development Western Invasives Network (WIN) Coordinator (and 2021 OISC Vice Chair!) Troy Abercrombie, is providing a quarterly WIN newsletter to subscribers. The most recent newsletter is packed with program updates, partner and CWMA spotlights, upcoming events, job postings, a dad joke of the day, and more! Check out the Winter 2021 Newsletter here. Do you have additions for the next newsletter? Contact Troy at weeds@cascadepacific.org.

For those that don’t know, WIN is a multi-agency network of individuals and organizations concerned with rural and urban invasive weed issues in NW Oregon and SW Washington. WIN partners include members from Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Watershed Councils, State and local Parks and Recreation departments, Portland State University & OSU/WSU Extension, Native American Tribes, County Public Works departments, State and Federal Natural Resource Management agencies, Timber Companies, City and County Government departments; and many others! To learn more about WIN, click here.

Portland State University Student Invasive Species Projects

Invasive species present a real threat to Oregon’s infrastructure, economy, natural resources, and food & water systems, and can impact outdoor recreation opportunities and tourism. In Fall, 2020 student teams in Dr. Catherine de Rivera’s Ecology & Management of Bioinvasions class at Portland State University worked with OISC members and other invasive species professionals to research and visualize the impacts of invasive species on people and places in Oregon. The goal of these projects were to demonstrate key components of the whole invasion narrative including: 

• How non-native species get here and spread

• The range of resulting short and long-term effects

• The network of people and organizations who are working hard every day to tackle increasing invasive species issues

• The importance of prevention efforts; and 

• The impacts of invasive species such as on people, places, resources, industries, and culture.

Below is a list of the projects that were completed (click the link to learn more about each project):

Abalone Risk Assessment
Elissa Connolly-Randazzo, Tony Lind, and Fawn Lengvenis

How to Move to Oregon
Erica Krygsman, Tobias Oyarzabal, and Teagen Traver

Impacts of Invasive Plants and Aquatic Organisms Storymap
Ashley Newcomb, Ashley Kahl-Placek, Matt Magel, Nick Stockton, Travis Hood, Tyler Chase, and William McDonald

Jumping Worm Educational Materials
Megan Colley, Joaquin Moore, and Rebecca Sinichko

Major Invaders in the Willamette Basin Brochure
Kelli Hackney, Queenaly Tran, Zoey Fabian, and Maura De Lorenzo

Mary S Young State Park Storymap
Kylee Church and Julian Roth

Mud Blister Worm Storymap & Handout
Kimberly Brown, Erin Mcelroy, Allie Tissot, and Danielle Schwantes

Spotted Lanternfly Storymap
Geoff Szafranski and J Barclay Zimmerli

Student Project: How to Move to Oregon

In 2020, as part of Dr. Catherine de Rivera’s Ecology & Management of Bioinvasions class at Portland State University, OISC members and invasive species professionals advised students on various invasive species topics. Erica Krygsman, Tobias Oyarzabal, and Teagen Traver created the How to Move to Oregon webpage for the OISC website and associated lists for movers to utilize. Information and guidance was provided by Jake Bodart (Oregon Department of Agriculture) and Jalene Littlejohn (OISC Coordinator). To learn more about the other student projects that were created in this class, please click here.

The How to Move to Oregon webpages will be linked here once they are finalized.

Student Project: Abalone Risk Assessment

In 2020, as part of Dr. Catherine de Rivera’s Ecology & Management of Bioinvasions class at Portland State University, OISC members and invasive species professionals advised students on various invasive species topics. Elissa Connolly-Randazzo, Tony Lind, and Fawn Lengvenis created an ecological risk assessment of non-native abalone in Oregon. Information and guidance was provided by OISC Member Rick Boatner (Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife). To learn more about the other student projects that were created in this class, please click here.

Ecological Risk Assessment of Non-native abalone in Oregon: Tiger, Black Lipped, Green Lipped

*Note: The views and opinions expressed in the attached file(s) or link(s) are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Oregon Invasive Species Council.