• AASHTO’s Compendium of Environmental Stewardship Practices, Policies, and Procedures. In particular:
  • Chapter 3: Designing for Environmental Stewardship in Construction & Maintenance
  • Chapter 4: Construction Practices for Environmental Stewardship
  • Chapter 9: Roadside Vegetation Management

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• A Manager’s Guide to Roadside Revegetation Using Native Plants (Oct. 2007)
• Roadside Revegetation: An Integrated Approach to Establishing Native Plants 
• Guidance Implementing Executive Order on Invasive Species (1999) and Guidance on 23 U.S.C. §329 on the Control of Noxious Weeds and Aquatic Noxious Weeds and Establishment of Native Species (2006), Federal Highway Administration
• FY 2007 STEP Research Plan - Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research Program 
• The Nature of Roadsides and the Tools to Work With It – FHWA Publication No. FHWA-EP-03-005 (HEPN-30) (posted on USDA National Invasive Species Information Center site)
• Introduction 
• Invasives 101 
• Ten IRVM Tools You Can Use 
• Preservation Is the First Choice 
• How To Work With Native Plants 
• Succession Saves Time and Money 
• 10 Best Management Practices That Work 
• 10 Research Reviews You Can Apply 
• Policies You Can Share 
• 20th Century Roadside Beauty 
• 21st Century Vision 
• Glossary 
• References: Books 
• References: Websites 
• References: Regional Plant Centers 
• References: Invasive Plant Councils 
• Roadsides Invasives Field Guide 
• Roadside Vegetation Contacts 
• Distribution Memo: Proceedings of the 2002 Weeds Across Borders Conference, February 13, 2003 (link to FHWA site)
• Greener Roadsides – a quarterly publication produced by the Federal Highway Administration

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• National Invasive Species Action Plan 
• The Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (FICMNEW) developed a Conceptual Design for a National Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) System for Invasive Plants (2003) 
• Dangerous Travelers: Controlling Invasive Plants along America’s Roadways – video of the U.S. Forest Service and Federal Highway Administration.
• National Strategy and Implementation Plan for Invasive Species Management (October 2004, U.S. Forest Service)
• USFWS Invasive Species Program Update (2005-6), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
• Through 2008, U.S. Geological Survey is currently providing onsite and distant technical support for establishment of State Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) Coordinating Committees in a number of states and provinces, including CT, NC, SC, MS, NE, WY, SD, MT, ID, UT, and Alberta. In support of this effort, USGS will cooperate with the Invasive Plant Atlas of New England and Mississippi State University to develop EDRR Guidelines for volunteer training, rapid assessment, rapid response, and partnership development.  In addition, USGS will cooperate with Mississippi State University to establish a second regional atlas - the Invasive Plant Atlas of the Mid-South. The Alaska Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plant Management (CNIPM) is also interested in establishing a similar atlas in their state.  Contact: rwestbrooks@usgs.gov
• Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points training is a tool to help prevent or significantly reduce the accidental transfer of invasive or non-target species from one location to another. In natural resource management, equipment is frequently used in different waters where non-target organisms could be transferred. HACCP is designed to identify points where this transfer can occur and eliminate them or modify the process to prevent the pickup of non-targets.  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• Invasive Species Monitoring Resources from the National Park Service, also provides information and links on Prevention and Early Detection, Prioritization Tools, Databases, References and Invasive Species Bibliographies, and much more.
• Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas, National Park Service, Plant Conservation Alliance
• Invasive Species Decision Support Tools, National Invasive Species Information Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
• Guide to Monitoring Exotic and Invasive Plants (Canada)
• Methods of Weed Control (USDA National Invasive Species Information Center, references on University of Arizona Arid Lands Information Center website)
• Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States (USDA)
• Biocontrol of Forest Weeds (USDA)
• Biological Control: Important Tool for Managing Invasive Species (USDA)
• Action Plan: Weed Management Systems (USDA) 
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Noxious and Nuisance Plant Management Information System

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Also see  NCHRP Synthesis 363: Control of Invasive Species and AASHTO’s Compendium of Environmental Stewardship Practices, Policies, and Procedures particularly:

• Chapter 3: Designing for Environmental Stewardship in Construction & Maintenance
• Chapter 4: Construction Practices for Environmental Stewardship
• Chapter 9: Roadside Vegetation Management

States

• California Department of Transportation
  • Caltrans Guidance for E.O. 13112 
  • Vehicle cleaning environmental stewardship practices 
  • Caltrans Highway Design Manual 
  • Caltrans Maintenance Manual 
• Florida Department of Transportation
  • Florida DOT Procedure #850-000-015-f, Roadway and Roadside Maintenance 
• Idaho 
  • Idaho Transportation Department Integrated Vegetation Management 
  • Guidelines for Terrestrial Weed Mapping and Inventory in Idaho.
  • Information on how to document new weeds, from Idaho’s Noxious Weeds
  • Native Plants for Idaho Roadside Restoration and Revegetation Programs (2006)
  • Idaho Roadside Revegetation Handbook (2003)
• Iowa Department of Transportation
  • Iowa DOT Statewide Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management Plan
• Minnesota Department of Transportation 
  • Mn/DPT Guidelines For Protecting, Salvaging And Replacing Vegetation Along State Highways and Minnow Ponds Wetland Restoration Project: Research Implementation in Partnership  
  • Minnesota Best Practices Handbook on Roadside Vegetation (Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota Local Road Research Board, and The University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies)
• Montana
  • Montana Noxious Weed Survey and Mapping System (Montana State University Extension Service)
• Introduction to Mapping Noxious Weeds (Montana)
  • Nebraska Department of Roads
  • Nebraska Department of Roads (NDOR) Mowing Guidelines 
  • NDOR Roadside Chemical Usage Guidelines
• New York State
  • NYSDOT Environmental Procedures Manual Chapter 4.8, Invasive Species, 9/10/04 (New York State Department of Transportation, Office of Environmental Analysis) and Engineering Instruction 07-013 to help control the unintentional introduction and spread of invasive plant species.
  • Adirondack Park Invasive Plant Program
• Nevada
  • Map Important Weeds for A Living Inventory, part of the War on Weeds series from University of Nevada Extension Publications.
• Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
  • PENNDOT Design Manual 2 Section 8.1 Planting Design 
  • Invasive Exotic Plants In Pennsylvania List – includes fact sheets and control suggestions
• Washington State Department of Transportation
  • Integrated Vegetation Management for Roadsides
  • WSDOT Roadside Manual 
  • WSDOT Roadside Classification Plan 
  • WSDOT Herbicide Use 
• Wisconsin Department of Transportation
  • WisDOT Best Practices for Control of Certain Invasive Plant Species
• Wyoming Department of Transportation
  • Wyoming Weed Management Plan 

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• NCHRP Synthesis 341 Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management 
• NCHRP Synthesis 363: Control of Invasive Species (February 2007)
• Maintenance Quality Management and Environmental Stewardship: Best Practices in Information Management and Decision Support (2006)
• Prototype Software for an Environmental Information Management and Decision Support System  (Research Results Digest 317: National Cooperative Highway Research Program (March 2007)
• New Treatment Combinations for Vegetation Management Along Indian Roadside (Research in Progress)

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• Action Plan: Weed Management Systems - Cultural, mechanical, and integrated management in croplands and non-croplands. From the Agricultural Research Service.
• Biocontrol: Integrated strategies for sustainable control (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre) 
• Exotic Pest Plants and Their Control - U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Auburn, Alabama.
• Invasive Species Assessment Protocol, developed in cooperation with The Nature Conservancy and the National Park Service.
• Invasive Species in Transportation Rights of Way: "You Wouldn't Plant Kudzu, Would You?" –Center for Transportation and the Environment Web Cast on Invasive Species (10/15/02)
• Invasive Plant Atlas of New England – includes pictures of species and their landscape, as well as detailed species information and species commonly confused with invasives.  
• IPM ACCESS Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Information Service - IPM ACCESS is a networking and information service website of the IPM Practitioners Association.
• Guide to Monitoring Exotic and Invasive Plants - The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network; Environment Canada.
• Mapping Standards from NAWMA (the North American Weed Management Association)
• Penn State Vegetation Management Project 
• “Roadsides Through the Prairie” (Integrated Roadside Vegetation Management- University of Northern Iowa)
• The Nature Conservancy Weeds Program and tool reviews 
• Standard Operating Procedures for Herbicide Use (The Nature Conservancy Wildland Invasive Species Team). 
• Upkeep and Maintenance of Herbicide Equipment: A Guide for Natural Area Stewards (The Nature Conservancy)
• Noxious Weed Integrated Vegetation Management Guide - IPM Practitioners Association
• Weed Information Management System (The Nature Conservancy)

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