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APIRS' Closest Agency Collaborators

University of Florida
UF - Herbarium
UF - Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
UF - IFAS Ft. Lauderdale Research and Education Center
UF - Florida LAKEWATCH Program
UF - Center for Natural Resources
IFAS Assessment of Non-native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas
IFAS Solutions for Your Life brings you current, science-based answers--free.

South Florida Water Management District
Southwest Florida Water Management District

FLEPPC - Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council
Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas

FICMNEW - Federal Interagency Committee...
National Invasive Species Council
California Exotic Pest Plant Council
Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
USDA National Biological Control Institute
Biological Control of Weeds Working Group
USDA PLANTS Database

APMS, Aquatic Plant Management Society
FAPMS, Florida Aquatic Plant Management Society
MidSouth Aquatic Plant Management Society
NALMS, North American Lake Management Society
South Carolina Aquatic Nuisance Species Program
Washington State Department of Ecology, Aquatic Plants and Lakes Issues

Florida Biotic Information Consortium
Florida Center for Environmental Studies
Aquatic Weed Control Research Laboratory
Institute of Freshwater Ecology

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Non-native Species Information

Other Relevant Web Sites

This is an entirely random listing of links to Web sites of interest, including institutional, individual and commercial sites.

Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council The EPPC's Invasive Plant List
Habitattitude - Protect our environment by not releasing unwanted fish and aquatic plants.
Protect Your Waters - against unwanted aquatic hitchhikers.
Washington State Department of Ecology, Aquatic Plants and Lakes Issues, APM for Washington, very good invasives pages, uses/benefits of native aquatic plants, much more
Identification & Biology of Non-Native Plants in Florida's Natural Areas - an online book by K.A. Langeland and K. Craddock Burks, Editors
Everglades Restoration--Central and Southern Florida Project, here's the implementation plan to save the Everglades
Korean Wetlands Alliance, 13 orgs "committed to wetland conservation"
Minnesota Waters Association, including an on-line bibliography of 600 resources related to lake and river management and planning
Noxious Times, online newsletter about noxious plants and their control in California
North American Benthological Society, an org to promote better understanding of lake and stream bottoms
Sprayer Technology News, online magazine for the agricultural chemical applicator, with quite a bit of good, useful information
Friends of Lake Apopka, non-profit org wanting to "restore" this Florida lake
Aquarius Weedeaters, aquatic plant harvesting machine company
Chemically Speaking, the newsletter of the Pesticide Information Office of the University of Florida
Archbold Research Station, Florida A 5,000 acre ecological research and conservation facility
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands International cooperation on wetlands...
Florida Mosquito Control Association About Florida's state insect...
National Pesticide Telecommunications Network Pesticide and poison info
ITIS and PLANTS Databases Info on scientific names, common names and synonyms of all species in North America
Society of Wetland Scientists Their org, meetings, links...
U.S. Water News Online E-zine about all aspects of water issues
The Scientist "The newspaper for the life sciences professional"
Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami One of the world's largest collections of tropical plants
EnviroNews A free, daily, electronic newspaper about the environment
Purple Loosestrife InfoCentre Info and links about this beautiful but unwelcome plant
The Nature Conservancy Includes conservation news and the 1997 Species Report Card
Florida Natural Areas Inventory Gov't eco-info re: bio-diversity
National Biological Control Institute Part of the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
King County Lakes (Washington State) Data and graphs from their Lakes Monitoring Program
IPMnet NEWS A newsletter sponsored by the Consortium for International Crop Protection (CICP)
North American Native Fishes Association Reports, fish portraits, info...
Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Some reports, data sets, and maps from the U.S. Geological Survey
Minnesota Aquatic Exotic Plants/Animals Books, photos, info
USGS Water Resources Software 51 software packages for hydrologic analysis, ready for free download
Florida Museum of Natural History Online exhibits, photo collections, downloadable books, scientific databases...
North American Lake Management Society Just about NALMS
Myvatn Research Station, North Iceland Interesting ecosystem research, including aquatic plants
Botanical Art & Illustrations by Gina Mikel
Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States - An online book that provides a reference guide for field workers and land managers concerning the historical and current status of the biological control of invasive plant species in the eastern United States.
Florida Atlas of Lakes - This web site highlights the critical lake water resources in Florida and to demonstrate the value of Florida’s many lake volunteers.