Local organizations in Knox County, Indiana, campaigned to raise awareness of the environmental and economic destruction that encroaching invasive species can have on communities. Representatives from the agriculture, horticulture and landscaping industries collaborated with conservation experts and the county attorney to determine the scope of an ordinance proposal that would ban 64 invasive plant species in the county.

To restore native amphibian populations decimated by non-native American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana), a collaborative team of researchers, managers, and technicians (Frog Team) has been conducting mechanical removal at a landscape-level across southern Arizona. Since 1990s, the frog team has removed bullfrogs in a prioritized project area of 10,230 square miles and reestablished the native Chiricahua leopard frog populations.

The Maidford River Saltmarsh of Sachuest Point Wildlife Refuge in Middletown, Rhode Island was degraded as a result of sea level rise and powerful storm surges, particularly during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. This project was designed to improve the marsh’s resiliency against sea level rise, which involved a thin layer deposition and invasive plant species management.

The state of Florida is working to control invasive Burmese pythons to reduce their impact on native species in the Everglades National Park. This project aimed to identify effective techniques for detecting and removing Burmese pythons, controlling their spread, and educating local partners about their impacts.

Marsh Island is a state-owned island in the Portersville Bay portion of Mississippi Sound, Alabama. This project will restore 50 acres of salt marsh at Marsh Island to prevent erosion and rebuild habitat. The site will include a permeable breakwater, added sediment, and added native marsh plantings.  

This project aims to clear dead trees and debris deposited by Hurricane Andrew in 1992 from mangrove tidal passageways in Matheson Hammock Park on Biscayne Bay. In a five-year effort to prevent further damage to this sensitive habitat, the debris are removed by volunteers using canoes and manual labor instead of large machinery.

In 2012, The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) collaborated to enhance populations of chub and leopard frogs in Moreno Spring. Their goal was to restore beneficial wetlands in the region by creating more open-water habitats and removing vegetation that reduces habitat suitability for these species.

The Mount Rose Preserve Forest Restoration Project aimed to (1) re-establish the forest, shrubland, and meadow habitats, (2) innovate and communicate locally appropriate forest restoration practices, and (3) restore existing plant species through the exclusion of white-tailed deer and invasive plant species.

Local ranchers drove the restoration of semi-dessert grassland to create diverse and connected habitats for pronghorn, quail, and other grassland species, as well as improve rangeland productivity for cattle on private lands and state trust lands. The project focuses on mechanical removal of mesquite that has reduced nesting habitats and cover of forage for wildlife and caused habitat fragmentation.

Nesting herring and great black-backed gulls (Larus argentatus and Larus marinus) were removed from a recently abandoned tern (Sterna sp.) colony in the Gulf of Maine through a combination of poisoning and shooting. All three species of tern that had nested in the colony prior to the arrival of the gulls returned and nested in increasing numbers.

The Paiute Cutthroat Trout (PCT) Restoration Project was established in 2000 as a partnership between California Department of Fish and Wildlife, USFWS, and USFS. Their goal is to recover the PCT population in the Silver King Creek through non-native fish removal and PCT reintroduction.

The New England Cottontail Project is a restoration effort with the objective to restore the New England Cottontail (Sylvilagus transitionalis) to their native habitats through the creation of young forest and captive breeding programs. Led by USFWS, young forests were created through tree/ shrub cutting, heavy-duty mowing/mulching, field mowing, forest harvesting, controlling invasive plants, and prescribed burning.

The construction of Glen Canyon Dam in 1966 altered the hydrology of Lower Colorado River, and subsequently non-native fish species were introduced for recreational fishing. To protect the native fish population in Bright Angel Creek, biologists at Grand Canyon National Park initiated a multi-year salmonid removal effort and reintroduced native Humpback Chub to tributaries free of non-native trout.

Following a fire that reduced non-native Brook Trout and Rainbow Trout populations, the Department of Game & Fish (NMDGF), USFWS, and the Gila National Forest initiated a project to restore the native, previously extirpated Gila Trout populations in Whitewater Creek. The team used electrofishing surveys to document non-native fish presence and perform reconnaissance for rotenone treatments.

The National Park Service led an oak savanna restoration project along a 5-acre stretch of the Mississippi River Gorge in a Minneapolis neighborhood. The project sought to eliminate the threat of exotic species, reintroduce the appropriate gorge plant community, and address erosion concerns with the collaborative effort of national and local agencies, and the advocacy of the local community.

The Ohkay Owingeh riparian restoration project is a series of coordinated projects reaching back to the 1990s that now encompasses over 700 acres of restored ecological mosaic including wetlands, cottonwood gallery forest, grassland, shrub cover, open water, and dense emergent willow thicket that is ideal for bird habitat, particularly Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.

During a population biology research project, biologists observed negative impacts of crayfish on the native Sonora mud turtle population at Cottonwood Creek, including signs of predation on hatchlings. To conserve the native aquatic amphibians and reptiles, the team conducted eradication efforts through capturing crayfish by hand using dip nets.

Ranch owners in the Alter Valley of Southern Arizona have worked with the US Natural Resource Conservation Service since 1984 to scientifically monitor range vegetation and conduct brush management to care for the 600,000 plus acre watershed surrounding the Ranch. Mechanical removal was conducted in 1984 – 1990 on 1,000 acres of shrubland.

Big sacaton (Sporobolus wrightii) once covered riparian floodplains throughout the southwestern United States and northern Sonora, Mexico. Today, these grasslands occupy less than 5% of their previous range. This restoration project evaluated the role of arbuscular mycorrhizae in the establishment and survival of sacaton at the Nature Conservancy's Patagonia/Sonoita Creek preserve near Patagonia, Arizona.

Researchers and managers from the University of Arizona, Arizona Game and Fish Department, USFWS, USFS, and BLM collaborated to eradicate American bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) and other invasive species from several sites in southern Arizona to conserve native aquatic species. The Frog Team employed mechanical removal, pond draining, and water pumping for reuse to eliminate non-native bullfrogs.