The formation of a California Invasive Plant Data Consortium is a
vital next step in planning ecological restoration efforts in the
state. As researchers and land managers learn more about the impacts
and of invasive plants and techniques to control them, it has become
ever more important to have more complete spatial data at a landscape
scale. The absence of such data is a major missing piece in restoration
strategy—the restoration community does not know where invasive plants
are, and how this is changing over time. The proposed project will
address this need by bringing together the major land managing agencies
to share their spatial data on invasive plants. Numerous land
management entities—federal, like the National Park Service and USDA
Forest Service, state, like California State Parks, and local, like Big
Sur Land Trust or the Peninsula Open Space Trust—are in various stages
of collecting spatial vegetation data. Providing a means for
aggregating this data builds upon their efforts, and also provides them
with valuable planning support.
Final
Report -- California
Invasive Plant Mapping Data Consortium
California Invasive Plant Council
Contact:
Doug Johnson, Executive Director
510-843-3902
dwjohnson@cal-ipc.org