Books & Reference Publications:
A Guide to Invasive Plants in Massachusetts, Weatherbee, P.B., P. Somers, T. Simmons, 1998, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife, Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, MA 01581, 508/792-7270, x 200. 
A Guide to Invasive Non-native Aquatic Plants in Massachusetts, Hellquist, C. Barre, 1998, Mass. Dept. of Environmental Management, Lakes and Ponds Program, 100 Cambridge St., Boston, MA 02202, 617/727-3267, x 524. 
Alien Invasion: America’s Battle with Non-native Animals & Plants, Devine, R., 1998, National Geographic Society, 1145 17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036. 
America’s Least Wanted, Stein, B.A., & S.R. Flack, The Nature Conservancy, 4245 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203, 703/841-5321 (Johannah Dottore). 
Biological Pollution: the Control and Impact of Invasive Exotic Species, Proceedings of a Symposium held at the University Place Conference Center, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Oct. 25 & 26, 1991, McKnight, W.N. (Ed.), 1993, Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, MN. 
Books & References, continued: 
Handbook for Ranking Exotic Plants for Management and Control, Hiebert, R.D. , and J. Stubbendieck, National Park Service (available online in several formats): http://www.nature.nps.gov/pubs/ranking/
Harmful Non-indigenous Species in the United States, U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, 1993, U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-9328. 
Invasive Plants: Changing the Landscape of America: fact book, Westbrooks, R., 1998, Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds, Washington, DC. 
Invasive Plants: Weeds of the Global Garden, Randall, J.M., J. Marinelli (Eds.), 1996, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11225. 
Non-native Invasive Plant Species Occurring in New England, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biol., G. Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN), 75 N. Engleville Rd, U-42, Storrs, CT 06259-3042, 860/486-1889. 
Government Agencies & Organizations:
USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Legislative and Public Affairs Office, 301/734-7799; legislative inquiries: 301/720-2511. [See also web address below.] 
Dept. Environmental Protection, Geological & Natural History Survey, Natural Diversity Database, 79 Elm St., Hartford, CT 06106. 
Native Plant Conservation Initiative, Bureau of Land Management, Fish, Wildlife & Forests Group WO 230, 1849 C Street NW, LSB-204, Washington, DC  20240, 202/452-0392 
Professional Associations: 
New England Nursery Association, 8D Pleasant St., So. Natick, MA 01760, 508/653-3112, fax 50/653-4112, e-mail: nensyassn@aol.com. 
American Nursery & Landscape Assoc., 1250 I St. N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005, 202/789-2900, www.anla.org. 
Fact Sheets: 
VA Dept. of Conservation & Recreation, 217 Governor St., 3rd FL, Richmond, VA 23219, 804/786-7951. 
The Nature Conservancy of VT, 27 State St. , Montpelier, VT 05602, 802/229-4425, contact: Maryke Gillis. 
The Nature Conservancy, 4245 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203, http://www.tnc.org. 
Internet, Interactive Media, and Audiovisual Resources
CD-ROM: Noxious & Nuisance Plant Management Information System (PMIS) and Aquatic & Wetland Plants (APIS), ID and control information on terrestrial and aquatic weeds. Copies can be obtained by contacting Dr. Mike Grodowitz, CEWES-ER-A, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180, e-mail: grodowm@mail.wes.army.mil, 601/634-2972. 
Video: Restoring the Balance:  Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife, Cornell University Resource Center, 7 Cornell Business & Technology Park, Ithaca, NY 14850, $24.95 (includes shipping within US), 607/255-2090 or 607/255-2080, fax: 607/255-9946, contact: Richard Gray 
Web Sites:
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force: http://anstaskforce.gov
Aquatic Exotics News: http://www.ucc.uconn.edu/~wwwsgo/aen.html
Biological Control of Non-indigenous Plant Species, a Cornell University site: http://www.dnr.cornell.edu/bcontrol/weeds.htm
Brooklyn Botanic Garden site, including excerpts from Invasive Plants: Weeds of the Global Garden: http://www.bbg.org/
Center for Aquatic Plants & the Aquatic and Wetland Plant Information Retrieval System (APIRS): http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/aq-w96~1.html
Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious & Exotic Weeds: http://refuges.fws.gov/FICMNEWFiles/FICMNEWHomePage.html
Invasive Alien Plant Cooperative Project (VA): http://www.state.va.us/~dcr/dnh/invproj.htm
National Biological Information Infrastructure brings together many resources about invasive species: http://www.nbii.gov/invasive/index.html
National PLANTS Database provides standardized plant names and other plant attribute information: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/
Native Plant Conservation Initiative, Exotic Plant Working Group: http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Species Program: http://nas.nfrcg.gov/
Non-native Invasive Plant Species Occurring in Connecticut: http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/ccb/publications/publication-1.html
Noxious Weeds of North America: http://dogwood.itc.nrcs.usda.gov:90/weeds/index.html
Pulling Together: National Strategy for Invasive Plant Management: http://bluegoose.arw.r9.fws.gov/FICMNEWFiles/NatlWeedStrategyTOC.html
Tennessee Exotic Plant Management Manual: http://webriver.com/tn-eppc/manual.htm 
The Nature Conservancy Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/
USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Noxious Weeds Home Page: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/weeds/ 
Weed Science Discipline Group (International): http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/plants/weeds/

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