United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-02-25 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-05-185 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-185 P0b002ee180378768 f:d05185 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-185 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-185 GAO-05-185 Federal funds Funds management Interagency relations Land management Locally administered programs Natural resources Plants (organisms) Program management Public lands State programs Strategic planning Wildlife conservation Intergovernmental relations California Colorado Idaho Maryland Mississippi Other Written Product A18237 Invasive Species: Cooperation and Coordination Are Important for Effective Management of Invasive Weeds (25-FEB-05, GAO-05-185). Invasive weeds, native or nonnative plant species, cause harm to natural areas such as rangelands or wildlife habitat and economic impacts due to lost productivity of these areas. While the federal investment in combating invasive species is substantial most has been concentrated on agricultural lands, not on natural areas. In this report, GAO describes (1) the entities that address invasive weeds in natural areas and the funding sources they use; (2) federal, state, and local weed management officials' views on the barriers to weed management; and (3) their opinions about how additional resources for weed management could be distributed. GAO limited this study to entities in the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior, and California, Colorado, Idaho, Maryland, and Mississippi, and gathered information through interviews of over 90 weed management officials. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-185/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-185.htm GAO-05-185 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-185 Other Written Product GAO-05-185; Invasive Species: Cooperation and Coordination Are Important for Effective Management of Invasive Weeds; Federal funds Funds management Interagency relations Land management Locally administered programs Natural resources Plants (organisms) Program management Public lands State programs Strategic planning Wildlife conservation Intergovernmental relations California Colorado Idaho Maryland Mississippi