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SOUTH DAKOTA: Invasive Species

Invasive Species: A Quick Look
South Dakota has been invaded by a number of harmful exotic plants and animals. Click here to view a fact sheet listing some of the worst current and potential invaders.

Click here for specific information on invasive species in South Carolina. This link will take you to the Environmental Law Institute's state by state search tool. Select your state from the pull-down menu.

Halting the Invasion: State Tools for Invasive Species Management

In August 2002, the Environmental Law Institute released it’s report, Halting the Invasion: State Tools for Invasive Species Management. The report analyzes the legal tools available at the state level to combat invasive species. Only those laws and policies approved through state legislation or agency rulemaking were addressed. The report highlights 17 invasive species tools found in state statutes and regulations. These tools are divided into five main categories: prevention, regulation, control and management, enforcement and implementation, and coordination. The report recommends that states evaluate which of three standards (gold, silver, or bronze) their invasive species laws and regulations currently meet.

The appendix presents the state-specific data that was collected and analyzed for the report. The information contained in this appendix was obtained primarily through research on state statutes and regulations conducted from February 2001 through February 2002. For each state, the statutes and regulations affecting five general categories of invasive species were examined. These categories are invasive wildlife; invasive aquatic species; invasive plants; plant pests and diseases, including pathogens and microorganisms; and insects. (Excerpted from the Environmental Law Institute's website. Click here to view.)

For specific information on invasive species, click here for the State Appendix. This link will take you to the Environmental Law Institute's state by state search tool.

Click here to download or order a copy of the report from ELI's website.

If you know of current information, please email us at kkelly@defenders.org. To learn more about this state, see the other categories to the right.



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	Invasive Species Fact Sheets. View state by state fact sheets listing some of the worst invaders and potential invaders. Click here to view. Written by a partner: Alien Invasion: America's Battle with Non-Native Animals and Plants by Robert S. Devine with foreword by Bruce Babbit. Now in paperback! Click here to view Amazon.com listing. Publications from the Environmental Law Institute: Making a List: Prevention Strategies for Invasive Plants in the Great Lakes States. Read more. Invasive Species Control: A Comprehensive Model State Law. Click here to view. Halting the Invasion: State Tools for Invasive Species Management. Click here to read more. External links: Weed Databases Invaders (Database) USDA/NRCS Plants (Database) Weed Information Weed Science Society of America Western Society of Weed Science North American Weed Management Association Biological Control Purdue Biological Control Cornell University The Southwest Exotic Mapping Program coordinates the compilation of a regional database of non-native invasive plant distributions and creates maps for those distributions. Click here to view. State Environmental Resource Center (SERC): Stopping the Spread of Invasive Species. Legislation, executive orders, and policies throughout the U.S. Global Invasive Species Database: a searchable database from New Zealand. Invasive and Exotic Species of North America: Invasive.org provides an archive of images related to invasive, introduced or exotic species. The Plant Conservation Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group: Weeds Gone Wild--Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas. The Nature Conservancy, Wildland Invasive Species Team: Invasive Species Initiative. Click here to learn how to protect against aquatic hitchhikers, including zebra mussels. Click here to view Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas website. View the federal government's website on invasive species laws and regulations Invasivespecies.gov. From the same website, view the National Invasive Species Council page.



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