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www.BAEDN.org
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The Bay Area Early Detection Network:
Photo by Bob Case
Photo by Jen Jordan
BAEDN Partners:
Acterra
Alameda County Department of Agriculture
Audubon Canyon Ranch
BAELIN Inc.
Bay Area Open Space Council*
Calflora Database*
California Association of Resource Conservation Districts
California Department of Fish and Game Bay Delta Region
California Department of Fish and Game Invasive Species Program, Habitat Conservation Branch
California Department of Fish and Game Central Coast Region
California Department of Fish and Game Environmental Scientist, Aquatic Nuisance Species, Region 3
California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant -Integrated Pest Control
California Department of Food and Agriculture Plant Pest Diagnostics Laboratory, CDA Herbarium
California Department of Pesticide Regulation
California Invasive Plant Council *
California Native Plant Society East Bay Chapter
California Native Plant Society State Office
California State Coastal Conservancy
California State Parks
Caltrans District 4District 4
City and County of San Francisco
City of Walnut Creek Open Space - Borges Ranch and Shell Ridge Open Space
Claremont Canyon Conservancy
Conservation Value, Inc
Contra Costa County Department of Agriculture
Contra Costa Resource Conservation District
Creekside Center for Earth Observations
East Bay Regional Parks District
Friends of 5 Creeks
Friends of Corte Madera Creek
Garcia and Associates
Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District
Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Invasive Spartina Project
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve - Stanford University
Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation*
Land Trust of Napa County
LSA Associates and CNPS
Marin Audubon
Marin County Open Space District
Marin Municipal Water District
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Napa Botanical Survey Services
Napa County
National Park Servic - California Exotic Plant
Management Team
National Park Service Muir Woods National Monument
National Park Service - Golden Gate National
Recreation Area
National Park Service - Point Reyes National Seashore
National Park Service - San Francisco Bay Area
Network *
Nature in the City
North Hills Landscape Committee
Peninsula Open Space Trust Cloverdale
Pepperwood Preserve
PG&E
Presidio Trust
Regional Water Quality Control Board
San Francisco Estuary Invasive Spartina Project*
San Francisco Natural Areas Program
San Francisco Parks Trust
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
San Mateo Co Parks & Rec Fdn
San Mateo County Ag. Dept
Santa Clara County Department of Agriculture
Santa Clara County Open Space Authority
Save the Bay
Shelterbelt Builders INC
Solano Agricultural Commissioner
Solano Resource Conservation District
Sonoma Ecology Center
Sonoma Land Trust
Stanford
University of California Berkeley Botanical Garden
University of California Cooperative Extension
University of California Davis
University of California Santa Cruz
USFWS Coastal Program
USFWS San Pablo and Marin Islands NWR
USFWS SF Refuge Complex
USFWS Aquatic Invasive Species Program
USFWS Region 8. Aquatic Nuisance Species
Program, Pacific Southwest Region
Weed Management Area - Alameda/Contra Costa,
Contra Costa Ag Commissioner office
Weed Management Area - Marin/Sonoma
Weed Management Area - Napa
Weed Management Area - San Francisco
Weed Management Area - San Mateo
Weed Management Area - Santa Clara
Weed Management Area – Solano
Invasive species are second only to habitat destruction as a threat to biodiversity
.
• $143 billion/year in U.S. economic impacts.
• Over $82 million/year spent in California.
• Early detection, control, and eradication yields a cost-to-benefit of $17-$34 for every $1 invested.
Photo by Paolo Vescia
Photo by Andy Cohen Photo courtesy of Invasive Spartina ProjectPhoto by CDFA
Photo by Christiana Conser
Photo by Andy Cohen
• 4,600 Western wildland acres/day are lost to invasive plants.
• Over 3,300 non-native plant species have naturalized in the lower 48.
• At least 60 of these species cause major ecological/economic impact.
• San Francisco Bay is one of the most invaded aquatic
ecosystems in the world. As of 2003 at least 167 species
have been introduced and established into its marine and
brackish waters. Today’s # might be closer to 200.
-C. L. Duncan and J. K. Clark. 2005. Invasive Plants of Range and Wildlands, and Their Environmental, Economic, and Societal Impacts
-Westbrooks, R. 1998. Invasive Plants Fact Book. Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds
- Cohen, A., Carlton, J. Accelerating Invasion Rate in a Highly Invaded Estuary. Science Vol. 279 23 January 1998, pp555-558
- Andrew Cohen, Director of the Biological Invasions Program, San Francisco Estuary Institute. Personal communication October 15, 2009.
The List (for now)
Spartina alterniflora, introduced to SF Bay in 1970’s
Limonium
ramosissimum
found in large
stands in SF
Bay
in 2006
Invasive Spartina Project
Mike Perlmutter
Jimfbleak
Steve Kroiss/WUSTL
Buddleja davidii, commonly planted for
butterflies, invades riparian areas
Deer mouse eating endangered lupine
because of European beachgrass
“Early detection is the single most important element in successful and economical
eradication of new weeds before they become permanently
established in new localities.”- 2005 California State Noxious
Weed Action Plan
Goals of BAEDN include:
• Ensure effective detection efforts covering the region
• Garner funds to eradicate priority invaders while still cost-effective
• Increase effectiveness and strategic nature of regional invasive species management
• Involve and train citizen detection partners
• Realize a coordinated system of regional early detection networks across all California
The BAEDN Toolbox•Early
Detection
handbooks,
systems, and
methods
•Trainings
•Coordination
•Identification
resources
•Central
database
•Eradication
and monitoring
protocols
•Common methods
•Regional maps
•Prioritized species &
populations
•Improved regional management
•Increased funding appeal
•Transferable approach
Monitoring & Adaptive Management
Project Status
• Startup $$ secured
• Priority species lists and population lists
• Rapid response pilot season targeted for late
2010
• Programmatic environmental compliance
underway
• Partnership building and outreach
• Seeking additional $$ to realize full scope
What YOU Can Do
1. Report non-native plant occurrences and/or upload entire datasets
to the Calflora database.
2. Join or start a “Weed Watcher” volunteer invasive plant detection
program. Existing programs are run by Golden Gate National
Recreation Area, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin Municipal
Water District, Audubon Canyon Ranch, and San Pablo Bay
National Wildlife Refuge.
3. Subscribe to the BAEDN partners listserve for BAEDN
announcements.
4. Register your organization as a BAEDN partner.
5. Join a BAEDN working group:
– Priority Weed List Group
– Data mining Group/Mapping Group
– Rapid Response Group
– Training, Protocols, and Methods Group
The List (for now)
Your Bay Area Early Detection Network!
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Photo by Bob Case
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