REPORT Invasive Species Sightings

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So you've identified and reported the invasive species you found. What's the next step? Read a species profile, find a map of the species' distribution, or find out how you can get involved in managing invasive species.

This page provides access to tools for reporting invasive species sightings in the United States and Canada.

Contacts for Reporting General Sightings
Contacts for Aquatic Sightings

Aquatic Species Sightings | Terrestrial Species Sightings
Hawaii Invasive Species Hotlines
Snakehead Fish | Cactus Moth | Gypsy Moth | Sudden Oak Death

Report Invading Species in Ontario Canada (including Asian long-horned beetle, emerald ash borer, Eurasian watermilfoil, European frog-bit, fanwort, fishhook water flea, flowering rush, invasive carp, northern snakehead, purple loosestrife, round goby, rudd, rusty crayfish, sea lamprey, spiny water flea, and zebra mussel).

Many reporting systems have been developed to allow citizens to map and submit data about species they have seen and identified, using the web. These systems include online forms, email addresses, and toll free telephone numbers. New methods for reporting invasive species sightings will continue to be developed as more and more concerned groups and organizations begin to support the idea that early detection and rapid assessment (ED/RA) is the best approach to managing the invasive species problem.

If you cannot find a reporting form, phone number, or email for the invasive species you want to report, try contacting: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contacts for invasive species issues; the U.S. Geological Survey's Biological Resources Discipline Invasive Species staff; the National Biological Information Infrastructure's Invasive Species Staff; or the Invasive Species Information Node Manager or Assistant Theme Coordinator.

Report General Invasive Species (Aquatic & Terrestrial) Sightings:

United States Fish and Wildlife Service logo showing a picture of a stylized duck and a fish. Link to the FWS Web site. Invasive Species Contacts (US Fish and Wildlife Service) Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) icon indicates PDF document available for download. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

> Alaska - Invasive Species HOTLINE: 1-877-INVASIV (1-877-468-2748) (Alaska Department of Fish & Game)

Hawaii Invasive Species Hotlines
> BIISC/Operation Miconia Invasive Species HOTLINE 808-961-3299 Fax: 808-974-4148 (Hawaii Big Island Invasive Species Committee - BIISC)
> Honolulu Pest HOTLINE 643-PEST (643-7378). Call 7 days a week. Read more...
> O'ahu Pest HOTLINE 808-586-PEST (O'ahu Department of Agriculture)
or 808-587-0164 (O'ahu Department of Natural Resources)

> Weed Contacts for Montana County (weedawareness.org)
> Weed Contacts for Montana Indian Reservations (weedawareness.org)
> New England Invasive Plant Sightings Form (Invasive Plant Atlas of New England - IPANE)
> New Pest Advisory Group (NPAG) Email: NPAG@aphis.usda.gov (USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine) From their Web site: NPAG assesses new and potential introductions of exotic plant pests into the USA in order to recommend the appropriate course of action.
> Oregon Invasive Species HOTLINE: 1-866-INVADER (1- 866-468-2337)
> Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Invasive Species Program Staff and Aquatic Nuisance Species Coordinators Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) icon indicates PDF document available for download. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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Report General Aquatic Invasive Species Sightings:

> Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Sighting Report Form and HOTLINE: 1-877-STOP-ANS (786-7267) of the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species [NAS] site.

Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) site - online at http://nas.er.usgs.gov

The USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) site is a product of the Invasive Species Information Node's partnership with the Center for Aquatic Resource Studies of the Florida Integrated Science Center of the  U.S. Geological Survey.

 

> Exotic Species Sighting Program form and Email: exoticspecies@reef.org (Reef Environmental Education Foundation - REEF)
> Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
> Gulf (of Mexico) and South Atlantic Regional Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
> Invaders in Oregon Estuaries HOTLINE: 1-866-INVADER and 541-867-0300 (Department of Fish and Wildlife)

(Oregon) Japanese eel grass (Zostera japonica) - Jim Kaldy (541 867 4026), Environmental Protection Agency, 2111 SE Marine Science Drive Newport OR 97365 5260.

(Oregon) Atlantic marsh grasses of the genus Spartina (Spartina alterniflora, S. patens ) - Oregon Department of Agriculture 503-986-4621, 635 Capitol St. NE, Salem, OR 97301-2532.

(Oregon) Purple varnish clam or purple mahogany clam (Nuttallia obscurata) - John Chapman, Hatfield Marine Science Center 541-867-0235, Email: John.chapman@hmsc.orst.edu

(Oregon) Asian clam (Potamocorbula amurensis) - John Chapman, Hatfield Marine Science Center 541-867-0235, Email: john.chapman@hmsc.orst.edu

(Oregon) European green crab (Carcinus maenas) - Sylvia Yamada, Zoology Department 541-737-5345, Email: yamadas@science.oregonstate.edu

(Oregon) Chines mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) - Larry Cooper, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 503-872-5260, ext. 5347. Email: larry.cooper@state.or.us

> Michigan Aquatic Nuisance Species Contacts (MI Deptment of Environmental Quality)Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) icon indicates PDF document available for download. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
> National Sea Grant Program Contacts and offices by state
> Northeastern Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel (NEANS)
> Western Regional Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANSWEST)
> Wisconsin Invasive Species Program Staff and Aquatic Nuisance Species Coordinators (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources) Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) icon indicates PDF document available for download. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Report Specific Aquatic Invasive Species Sightings:

Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis). Photo Credit: Lee Mecum. Click image to see larger version.> California Chinese Mitten Crab Reporting Form (California Central Valley Bay-Delta)

> Purple loosestrife (Wisconsin DNR) Monitoring/Control Contacts Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) icon indicates PDF document available for download. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
> Eurasian water-milfoil (Wisconsin DNR) Contacts Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) icon indicates PDF document available for download. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
> Zebra mussel (Wisconsin DNR) Contacts Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) icon indicates PDF document available for download. Click to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.

SNAKEHEAD FISH
Northern Snakehead fish - Channa argus (USGS Florida Integrated Science Center).

> Snakehead fish Email: snakeheads@fws.gov (US Fish and Wildlife Service)
> Snakehead fish HOTLINE (Maryland): 1-877-520-8DNR (8367), ext. 8230  (toll-free) or 410 260 8320. Email: customerservice@dnr.state.md.us 
> Snakehead fish HOTLINE (Virginia) : 1-800-770-4951 (toll-free in-state) or 804-367-1258 (out-of-state)

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Report Specific Terrestrial Invasive Species Sightings:

Cactus moth (Cactoblastis cactorum). Credit: Susan Ellis, , www.forestryimages.org
Cactus moth (Cactoblastis cactorum). Credit: Susan Ellis, www.forestryimages.org

> Cactus Moth Detection and Monitoring Network (Mississippi State University Georesources Institute). * Request an account, log in and report sightings.

 

 

Emerald ash borer (agrilus planipennis). Credit: David Cappaert, , www.forestryimages.org
Emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). Credit: David Cappaert, www.forestryimages.org

> Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) Hotlines:

Michigan - 1-866-325-0023
Indiana - 1-866-NO-EXOTIC (1-866-66-396842)
Ohio - 1-888-OHIO-EAB (1-888-6446-322)
USDA APHIS 1-866-322-4512

Hint! Visit the Emerald Ash Borer Web site

> Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) Reporting Form (Discover Life)
> Miconia (Invasive Species) HOTLINE:  808-961-3299 (Environment-Hawaii)

Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar). Credit: John H. Ghent, USDA Forest Service, www.forestryimages.org
Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar). Credit: John H. Ghent, USDA Forest Service, www.forestryimages.org

> Minnesota Gypsy Moth Arrest the Pest HOTLINE: 651-296-MOTH (6684) (metro)
or 1-888-545-MOTH (6684) (toll free) (Minnesota Department of Agriculture)

> Report Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) sightings (Monkparakeet.com)

> Musk Thistle Alert Squadron - Report your sighting Form. Online at http://www.fsu.edu/~imsp/silent_invaders/new_weeds/guide/plants/musk/
muskreport.html

> Sudden Oak Death HOTLINE (USDA) : 1-888-703-4457

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Report Invasive Species in Canada

> Report Invading Species in Ontario (including Asian long-horned beetle, emerald ash borer, Eurasian watermilfoil, European frog-bit, fanwort, fishhook water flea, flowering rush, invasive carp, northern snakehead, purple loosestrife, round goby, rudd, rusty crayfish, sea lamprey, spiny water flea, and zebra mussel).

> Report Aquatic Invaders in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, call:
1-866-759-6600 or 506-851-2004
Fax: 506-851-2079, or
e-mail: invaders.glf@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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