Ecology & Management of Bio-Invasions: This course, offered to graduate and undergraduate students at Portland State University, provides an overview of the ecology and management of invasive species. Students examine the causes and consequences of species introductions, learn about different management options and apply their understanding of invasive species ecology and policy to create useful management products. These projects are created with and for community partners including past and present Council members and other invasive species professionals. These projects focus on invasive species and issues that threaten Oregon’s infrastructure, economy, natural resources, including those that can impact outdoor recreation opportunities and tourism. Students work with their community partners to create management products that are useful in addressing active invasive species issues.
Fall 2025
European Green Crab (Carcinus Maenas):
Literature Review of Case Studies and Field Survey Protocol
Created for The Friends of Netarts Bay - Watershed, Estuary Beach and Sea (WEBS)
Elizabeth Lopez-Hernandez
Early Detection and Monitoring Methods for Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
Final Report | Annotated Bibliography
Arin Dhanani & Cleo Schaumann
Protect Your Waters from Invasive Golden Mussels
Pamphlet created for ODFW
Josh Christie, Spencer Henwood and Euan Granath
Wisconsin Sea Grant Survey Report
Cian Dimmick & Ella Taylor
Key to Spartina of the West Coast - based on vegetative characteristics
Oregon and Washington Spotted Lanternfly Action plan
Fall 2024
Pamphlets and Outreach Projects:
Invasive Plant Prevention In Oregon & Washington
Gabriella Johnson, Hannah Roy, Mimi Crosby, Mikel Sunyich, Amesia Ariadne
Mute Swans: What to Know
Dalton Palin, Richard Torres, Cara Smit, Rose Tucker
Invasive Green [5-spined] Crab
Assessing the effectiveness of incentive programs for the control of invasive species: a meta-analysis to inform West Coast European green crab management Beatrice Larson, Devin Forest-Hines, Erin Riley, & Harry Jack
Dredging Risk Assessment for Green Crab Kyle Swanson & Keria Moritsugu-Vandehey
Risk Assessments
Novel Invasive Plant Pest Risk Assessment: Double-Spined Bark Beetle Ips duplicatus (Sahlberg, 1826)
Anna Mele
Pest Risk Assessment for Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) in Oregon
Alyson Yates, Aubrey DeBolt, Rose Tucker & Angel Santos
Informational Pamphlets
Invasive Crayfish of Oregon - A guide to identifying Oregon’s native and invasive crayfish
Aaron Deluca & Destiny Hazeri
LOOK OUT! for Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) in Oregon’s Waterways
Aaron Deluca & Destiny Hazeri
Fall 2023
Pamphlets and Outreach Projects:
Protect Oregon's Waterways Against AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES Javier Gonzalez
Creeping Invaders Pamphlet Michelle Hesek
Don’t Move a Mussel Krista Jovag
New Zealand Mudsnail Juliana Vucurevic
Fact sheets for ODFW on Virginia Opossum and Northern Crayfish
Trever Gelling, Ruth Henderson
Offshore Wind and Bio-Invasions
Lydia Lyall, Trajan Bitner, Izzy Mize, Caroline Kovacs, Dawson Davis
Storymap | State of the Coast Poster | Annotated Bibliography
Species Impacts on PNW Coastal Indigenous First Foods,
for Oregon Invasive Species Council (OISC)
Jasmine Beach, Zosia Lynch, Caitlin Sharpe, Rowan Irene and Macayla Mesaros
First Foods Write up & Species Profiles for OISC Info Hub
Investigation of Broadleaf Perennial Herbicide Fusilade on Velvet Grass Holcus lanatus
Haley Cohn, Patrick Gresh, Ariel Myton
Horizon Scan Species Profiles
Gilli Williford, Ella Honmeyer, Chloe Maharg, Ian Taylor, Sean Chadduck
Common Salvinia, Salvinia minima
Indian Swampweed, Hygrophila polysperma
Wingleaf primrose-willow, Ludwigia decurrens
Climate Change Effects on Invasives for the OISC Info Hub Meg Waller, Bre Stewart, Ashley Payne, Emma Ferguson
Oregon Invasive Species Digital Information Hub: Workflow for the Addition or Removal of Species Reagan Thomas, Rodé Krige, and Emma Scott
Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge Invasive Velvet Grass: Management Plan Anton Surunis and Isaac Loudermilk
Ecological Risk Assessment for Non-native Hognose Snake in Oregon for the ODFW Alejandrina Acereto, Hannah Chambers, Amy McClung, Nicole Popp
Outreach Brochure: Aquatic Invasives Identification and Prevention Guide
for the Columbia Slough Watershed Council Ruby Howard, Jack Mylet, and Camille Shokrian
Common Names for Invasive Species Project for the Oregon Sea Grant Mia Hackett, Marisa Hernandez, and Michelle Mrogenski
Framework for the Ecological Risk Assessment of Green Crab Carcinus maenas in Oregon for ODFW Justine Casebolt, Peyton Priestman, and Seth Wright
Investigative Report on Spongy Moth Eradication for Customs and Border Protection Part One | Part Two Grace Hall and Zada Spencer-Andrade
EDRR Class A Weed Identification Training for Mosaic Ecology
Part One | Part Two
Shane Habel, Avery McClure, Kendall O'Leary, and Anna Thompson
Fall 2022
Fall 2021
Abalone Risk Assessment
Elissa Connolly-Randazzo, Tony Lind, and Fawn Lengvenis
How to Move to Oregon
Erica Krygsman, Tobias Oyarzabal, and Teagen Traver
Impacts of Invasive Plants and Aquatic Organisms Storymap
Ashley Newcomb, Ashley Kahl-Placek, Matt Magel, Nick Stockton, Travis Hood, Tyler Chase, and William McDonald
Jumping Worm Educational Materials
Megan Colley, Joaquin Moore, and Rebecca Sinichko
Major Invaders in the Willamette Basin Brochure
Kelli Hackney, Queenaly Tran, Zoey Fabian, and Maura De Lorenzo
Mary S Young State Park Storymap
Kylee Church and Julian Roth
Mud Blister Worm Storymap & Handout
Kimberly Brown, Erin Mcelroy, Allie Tissot, and Danielle Schwantes
Spotted Lanternfly Storymap
Geoff Szafranski and J Barclay Zimmerli