Pacific Northwest Garlic Mustard Working Group

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The Pacific Northwest Garlic Mustard Working Group is a collaboration between invasive plant managers and field staff working on surveying and control of garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska. By coming together to share observations, identify challenges and discuss treatment strategies, the working group enhances the collective understanding of garlic mustard impacts and solutions across the region. In addition to improving and refining best management practices, the working group also seeks to develop a composite view of the current work being undertaken. Developing a platform for collaboration promotes timely sharing of key information and supports a region-wide effort to contain and decrease garlic mustard presence in the Pacific Northwest. In Oregon, garlic mustard is known to occur in fourteen counties, and includes population centers in Northwest Oregon, Umatilla County, and the Rogue River. See the Garlic Mustard Working Group's 2014 poster on the King County website, here. For more information, please check out the Garlic Mustard Working Group resources available through the 4-County CWMA website or contact Michelle Delepine at michelle@wmswcd.org.

Pacific NorthWest Economic Region

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The Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) is a statutory public/private non-profit created in 1991 by the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Visit the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region website to learn more.

Pacific Ballast Water Group

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The Pacific Ballast Water Group (PBWG) serves as a coordinating body to share information and formulate consensus solutions on ballast water management and research issues of common concern to regulators, managers, scientists and the shipping industry on the West Coast. The mission of the PBWG is to promote development and implementation of safe, economical, effective management of aquatic nuisance species associated with West Coast shipping. Visit the Western Aquatic Invasive Species Network webpage to learn more.

Western Invasives Network

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The Western Invasives Network mission is to prevent the introduction and to control the spread of the most harmful invasive plant species in northwest Oregon and southwest Washington by coordinating information and activities of Cooperative Weed Management Areas (CWMAs) and willing land managers. Visit the Cascade Pacific website to learn more.