Links

Idaho Links

• Idaho Noxious Weed Program
  The Department of Agriculture Noxious Weed site has location maps of noxious weeds around the state, where to find weed-free forage and identifies the cooperative weed management areas. Want to know the State Weed Law, its regulations and authorities? This is the place!
• Idaho Weed Awareness Campaign
  Need to identify your weeds? Want good educational information about noxious weeds and their control? This is the place!
• Idaho Noxious Weed List
  The 67 weeds considered noxious by the state.
• Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
  See what the Department of Environmental Quality is doing about water quality and how it affects your area.
• Invasive Species of Idaho
  Invasive Species are highly competitive, persistent, and can create monocultures that will eliminate Idaho's diverse biological landscape-a landscape that nurtures Idahoan interests from our recreational pursuits to our ability to help feed the nation.
• Outdoor Idaho
  Idaho Public TV's Outdoor Idaho special "War of the Weeds"
• Equines and Toxic Plants
  This site's goal is to supply information helpful in the prevention, identification, and successful treatment of plant poisonings in equines.
• University of Idaho Publications
  Search their publications catalog
• University of Idaho Extension Service
  Find the answers to your gardening questions.

Montana Resources

• Montana Weed Control Association
  Working together to strengthen and support noxious weed management efforts in Montana.
• Montana Noxious Weed Program
  The Montana Department of Agriculture's noxious weed programs offer resources and assistance with the management of state and county listed noxious weeds.
• Montana Noxious Weed Education Campaign
  To educate the people of Montana about the economic and environmental impacts of noxious weeds while encouraging the public to participate in ecologically based integrated weed management.

Washington Resources

• Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board
  This site is a great place to get information about the weed control activities going on in Washington State.
• Spokane County Weedboard
  Spokane County's Noxious Weed Control Program focuses on education, notification, technical assistance and control of noxious weeds through voluntary compliance and enforcement.
• Pacific Northwest Weed Management Handbook
  A quick and ready reference of weed control practices used in various cropping systems or site/situations in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The handbook was originally planned as a manual for county Extension agents. However, the handbook also may be useful to company field representatives, commercial spray applicators and consultants, herbicide dealers, teachers and some producers. Persons needing similar information pertaining to a few crops, sites, or situations should request Extension bulletins, fact sheets, or chapters from this handbook from their local county Extension office.
• Pacific Northwest Weed Identification Image Collection
  Pacific Northwest Weed Management Handbook weed image collection.

Organization Resources

• The Nature Conservancy
  Go to the field guide and click on stresses to see how the Nature Conservancy addresses the issues of invasive species throughout the world.
• Protect Your Waters
  Sponsored by the national Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Coast Guard. Stop the spread of invasive water plants and animals by following these great tips for keeping your boating equipment clean!
• PlayCleanGo.org
  Stop Invasive Species in Your Tracks. You can make a difference.
• Idaho Native Plant Society
  Learn about native plants in Idaho and access local chapters.
• Invasive and Exotic Plants
  The following species have been listed on an invasive species list or noxious weed law in North America.

Bee & Pollinator Resources

• Pacific Northwest Insect Management Bee Protection
  How to reduce bee poisoning from pesticides.
• Scientific Beekeeping
  Beekeeping through the eyes of a biologist.
• Bayer Bee Care
  Information on the Bayer Bee Care Program and Bayer Bee Care Centers.
• Honey Bee Health
  What Monsanto is doing to help the honey bee plight.
• Honey Bee Health Coalition
  The Honey Bee Health Coalition is promoting collaborative solutions to honey bee health challenges.
• The Xerces Society
  The Xerces Society is a nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat.
• Pollinator Partnership
  The Pollinator Partnership is the largest organization in the world dedicated exclusively to the protection and promotion of pollinators and their ecosystems.
• Plants for Pollinators in the Inland Northwest
  Help save pollinators with conservation.
• Plant Protection Bee Information
  Bee protection information from Washington Department of Agriculture.
• Integrated Crop Pollination
  Integrated crop pollination is the combined use of multiple pollinator species, habitat augmentation, and crop management practices to provide reliable and economical pollination of crops.
• Ohio State University Bee Lab
  Education, research and outreach related to honey bees, wild bees and other pollinators.
• Oregon Bee Project
  Oregon's agricultural lands are a patchwork of pollinator-friendly crops adjacent to natural areas, which means we have the natural pollination services to support Oregon growers and the habitat to support abundant and healthy bees.
• Idaho Pollinator Protection Plan (PDF)
  The goal of the Idaho Pollinator Protection Plan is to create awareness of the importance of pollination to the state, by both the commercial honey bee industry and by native pollinating insects.