Responding to Invasive Pests in the West
A new Signature Program partially funded by the Western IPM Center and led by Oregon Integrated Pest Management Center. This signature program will promote collaboration across state agencies to respond to invasive species challenges.
Program Goals
- Bring together interested partners in the West – including federal, regional, state and local entities – to address invasive insects, plants and plant pathogens, and to plan coordinated responses to emerging threats.
- Improve the integration of IPM into the response to managing newly established species with minimal environmental and human health impacts.
- Educate constituents about the threat that invasive species pose through training, case studies and workshops, in-person and online.
Program Milestones
- The Oregon IPM Center will facilitate working groups (e.g. entomology, IPM, etc.) to be included as part of the IPM Invasive Species Toolkit #StopInvasiveSpecies – a joint project among the four regional IPM centers.
- The invasive species working group will strengthen the Regional IPM Centers’ mission, and connect to other groups focused on invasive species. These include the Public Gardens as Sentinels Against Invasive Plants (part of the North Central IPM Center), North American Invasive Species Management Association, and others.