Invasive Plant Management Program

Resources for Foresters and Other Natural Resources Professionals

• Very Important Invasive Plant Academy Preparation Materials (PDF | 209 KB)
• Program Manual (PDF | 829 KB)
• Program Manual Appendices (PDF | 1.6 MB)
• Examples of Invasive Plant Control Practice Plan (IPCPP) and Maps:
  • Example 1:
  • Example Plan 1 (PDF | 146 KB)
  • Example Maps 1 (PDF | 1.85 MB)
  • Example 2:
  • Example Plan 2 (PDF | 1.07 MB)
  • Example Maps 2 (PDF | 1.25 MB)
• Invasive Plant Control Practice Plan – Specifications and Checklist (PDF | 216 KB)
• Invasive Plant Academy Agenda (PDF | 136 KB)
• Native Woody Plants Potentially Confused with Invasive Woody Plants (PDF | 1.88 MB)
  NOTE: when printing, select “booklet’ under page size and handling
• Maine Forest Service District Foresters
• Handouts
  • iMap mobile App (PDF | 512 KB)
  • PowerPoint template for making maps from iMap screen capture images (PowerPoint | 9.73 MB) (PDF | 1.53 MB)
  • Landowner questionnaire for pre-site-visit assessment (Word | 14.6 KB) (PDF | 17.6 KB)
  • University of MN Coop Ext article about invasive plant prioritization strategies (PDF | 778 KB)

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Invasive Plant Academy

Day 1

• Welcome, Invasive Plant ID & Ecology, Part 1 (Recording) (Slides PDF | 4.54 MB)
• iMapInvasives Tool Boot Camp, Part 1 (Recording) (Slides PDF | 3.75 MB)
• How to Survey a Property to Prepare a IPCPP (Recording) (Slides PDF | 2.78 MB)
• How to Prioritize and set goals (Slides PDF | 5.60 MB)
• Writing an IPCPP (Slides | 1.83 MB)
• Field site 1 overview and Q&A

Day 2

• Q & A from Field site 1 and other Q&A (Recording)
• Invasive plant ID & ecology, Part 2 (Recording) (Slides PDF | 4.54 MB)
• iMapInvasives tool boot camp, Part 2 (Recording) (Slides PDF | 3.75 MB)
• Control methods overview and how to select AND Field site 2 overview and Q&A (Recording) (Slides PDF | 4.68 MB)

Day 3

• Herbicide boot camp (Recording) (Slides PDF | 5.95 MB)
• Review Online ID Quiz; Misc Q & A (Recording)
• Pesticide Safety and Consdierations (Recording) (Slides PDF | 6.75 MB)
• Program administration, Final Q&A, conclude (Recording) (Slides PDF | 1.29 MB)