Agencies and Organizations
Conservation Groups

The Audubon Society maintains the Stop Invasives page.

The Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies represents all of North America's fish and wildlife agencies; promotes sound management and conservation; speaks with a unified voice of fish and wildlife issues.

Updated Conservation Directory for 2007 from CPC now online. Search by expertise and state; maps and related fields also updated. Very useful directory to agencies, nonprofits, and more.

Defenders of Wildlife-Getting Up To Speed: A Conservationist's Guide to Wildlife and Highways.  Covers Law, Policy and Governance; Anatomy of a Road; Natural Environment; and Advocacy.

Enlibra Resource Guide - click on "organizations" for a varied list of conservation groups.

The Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) is a specialist group of the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). ISSG maintains an online database of 100 of the World's Worst Invasive Species.

The Nature Conservancy: Invasives on the Web

  • The ConserveOnline library is created and maintained by TNC and other conservation organizations.  Find documents and other resources in the ConserveOnline library and on other conservation-related websites.

NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs offer information about rare and endangered species, threatened ecosystems, and invasive species.

The 100th Meridian Initiative is a cooperative effort between state, provincial, and federal agencies to prevent the westward spread of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species in North America.

The Plant Conservation Alliance is a consortium of ten federal government Member agencies and over 220 non-federal Cooperators representing various disciplines within the conservation field. Its mission is "To protect native plants by ensuring that native plant populations and their communities are maintained, enhanced, and restored."

  • The Alien Plant Working Group sponsors Weeds Gone Wild, an informative website with plant lists, fact sheets, and more.
  • IPC, the Invasive Plant Council of New York State, is an APWG sibling organization.

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