Cooperation and Coordination Are Invasive Species: Important for Effective Management of Invasive Weeds

Authors

U.S. Government Accountability Office

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2005

Abstract

Invasive weeds, native or nonnative plant species, cause harm to natural areas such as rangelands or wildlife habitat and economic impacts due to lost productivity of these areas. While the federal investment in combating invasive species is substantial most has been concentrated on agricultural lands, not on natural areas. In this report, GAO describes (1) the entities that address invasive weeds in natural areas and the funding sources they use; (2) federal, state, and local weed management officials’ views on the barriers to weed management; and (3) their opinions about how additional resources for weed management could be distributed. GAO limited this study to entities in the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior, and California, Colorado, Idaho, Maryland, and Mississippi, and gathered information through interviews of over 90 weed management officials.

Comments

GAO-05-185

Recommended Citation

U.S. Government Accountability Office, "Cooperation and Coordination Are Invasive Species: Important for Effective Management of Invasive Weeds" (2005). All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository). Paper 590.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/govdocs/590