1. Spartina
Ecology and Research
2. Spartina Control (WA, other states)
3. Other Invasive Species
4. Related Agencies and Organizations
5. The ISP in the Press
Web
site for UC Davis' biocomplexity grant, supported by the National
Science Foundation, DEB-0083583, "Dynamics of an Invasive Non-Native
Species and its Biological, Physical, and Human Impacts: Spartina
alterniflora on the Pacific Coast."
http://www.two.ucdavis.edu/spartina/
Invasive Spartina in Washington State: Information on the Spartina
Control program progress.
http://www.willapabay.org/~coastal/nospartina/
The
Extension Toxicology Network (ExToxNet)
http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/
The
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
http://www.anstaskforce.gov/
The
National Invasive Species Council
http://invasivespecies.gov/
California
State Coastal Conservancy
http://www.coastalconservancy.ca.gov/
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex
https://www.fws.gov/sfbayrefuges/
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region
https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Regions/3/erp
The
San Francisco Bay Joint Venture
http://www.sfbayjv.org/
—This monster plant is taking over Silicon Valley - should we let it?, William Poor, The Verge, August 2018
—Massive effort to remove aquatic invader nearly finished, Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News, April 2016(PDF)
—Invasive weed all but eliminated , Mark Prado, Marin Independent Journal, March 2016(PDF)
—Weeding Out Invasive Grass and Data Errors, ESRI ArcNews, Winter 2014/2015
—Turning the Corner on Invasive Spartina, Lexi Pandell, Bay Nature, April-June 2014
—How Do You Solve a Problem Like Spartina?, Susan E. Davis, Alameda Magazine, February 2014
—Spartina Grass: Friend and Foe?, Rachel Benbrook, Sea Kayaker, August 2011
—Hybrid Spartina and the California Clapper Rail, Peggy Olofson, Amy Hutzel, and Marilyn Latta, letter to Estuary News, June 2011
—Hybrid Spartina Forum: Defining eradication for a genetic invader, Ingrid Hogle, Cal-IPC News, Spring 2011
—Ecologist looking to clear bay of invasive cordgrass , John Driscoll, Eureka Times Standard, December 5, 2007
—The Dirt: Native plants vs. exotics in restoring tidal marshes, Ron Sullivan and Joe Eaton, San Francisco Chronicle, November 21, 2007
—Invasion
of the Bay Snatchers: Local scientists battle aquatic invaders
that quash biodiversity and threaten state coffers, Eric
Simons, East Bay Express, June 6, 2007
—Fears
of water weed at popular river park: Biologists testing shoreline
cordgrass to see if S.F. Bay invasion has spread north, Corey
Young, Petaluma Argus-Courier, December 13, 2006
—Biologists
Battle Non-Native Marsh-Devouring Grass Ryan
White, Alameda Sun, July 21, 2006
—Earth
versus 'the swamp thing,' Matt O'Brien, Daily
Review (Hayward) July 17, 2006
—The
Great Invaders,
Glen Martin, San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, February 5,
2006
—Bay
Researchers Try to Mow Down Enemy,Glen Martin, San Francisco
Chronicle, October 11, 2005
—Invading
Shoreline Plant Threatens Habitat, Susan Fuller, Alameda Journal,
June 17, 2005 (PDF)
—Wetlands
Threat Branching Out, Paul
Rogers, San Jose Mercury News, June 15, 2005 (PDF)
—Spartina
Invasion of San Francisco Bay,
D. R. Ayres and D.R. Strong
—San Francisco Bay and Beyond: Invasive Spartina Continues
to Spread Among Pacific Estuaries, D. Smith, S. Klohr and K.
Zaremba
ANS Digest, Feb 2002
(PDF,
412K, entire Digest)
(PDF,
160K, Spartina articles only)
—Nonnative
Grass Threatens Wetlands, Jane Kay, San Francisco Chronicle, March 12, 2001
—Grass
Wars, California
Coast & Ocean Magazine feature, Summer 2000
—Good
Intentions Gone Awry, Phyllis Faber
—Girding
for Battle Against Spartina, Bill O'Brien
—The
Cordgrass Is Not Always Greener on the Other Side, Coastlines
Magazine, October 1999
HISTORIC NOTE:
Out of the Mud Rises a Marsh, San Francisco Chronicle, April 10, 1976 (Introduction of non-native cordgrass in restoration project, Alameda Creek.)
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