CEMML provides effective and environmentally sound solutions for controlling invasive species and developing/implementing biosecurity procedures.
Invasive Species and Biosecurity Services
Invasive Species
- Baseline and early detection surveys to locate and delineate existing invasive plants, insects, and animals and identify new ones before they become established.
- Programs for management of invasive species.
- Research on new and innovative methods for controlling invasive species.
- Experienced staff hold pesticide applicator licenses and certifications.
Biosecurity
- Quality Assurance/Quality Bio-sanitation procedures to verify that cargo is free of invasive species and meets federal pest management standards.
- Standard Operation Procedures for invasive species rapid response plan and team capacities to contain outbreaks in the field.
- Integrated approaches to managing risks to humans, native species, and agriculture from invasive species.
- Strategic planning to limit the spread of invasive organisms and diseases.
- Site-specific programmatic pathway risk assessments and analyses.
Email Invasive Species and Biosecurity Services inquiries to [email protected].
Other CEMML Natural Resources Management Services
Latest CEMML Stories

Nothing but flowers: On an Air Force base, CEMML helps create pollinator habitat
As a participant in CEMML’s Early-Career Development Program, Rebecca Morse is supporting pollinators and the military mission at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas. Morse and her counterparts at the installation planted native wildflowers and grasses in a new pollinator garden they created on land once occupied by military housing and a golf course. Work on the garden has also involved local families as well as airmen from the installation.

CEMML staff present as part of Natural Areas Association webinar
CEMML Assistant Director, Mindy Clarke, and Principal Investigators Jennie Anderson and Dave Jones recently presented as part of a webinar hosted by the Natural Areas Association. Clarke began the presentations by providing an overview of CEMML and our work on military lands. Jones then presented on the ‘Importance of DoD Lands to Biodiversity Conservation,’ and Anderson wrapped things up with her insights on ‘Natural Resources Management Planning & Partnerships.’

CEMML supports prescribed burn season at Fort McCoy
The 2025 prescribed burn season has been under way in early to mid-March 2025 at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. The prescribed burn team includes personnel from CEMML in partnership with several other entities at the installation. The prescribed burn season continues into the spring with the aim of improving wildlife habitat, controlling invasive plant species, maintaining native plant communities, and reducing wildfire potential.
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