Publications & Downloads

Manuals/Handbooks

• Guide for the Importation and Release of Arthropod Biological Control Agents - April 2006, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada



• Module 1.9 Biological Treatment and Monitoring



• Field Guide to the Biological Control of Weeds in British Columbia - Land Management Handbook Number 27, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia - Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Analysis of Sulphur Cinquefoil in British Columbia - Working Paper 16, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Agapeta zoegana - Operational Field Guide, March 1998, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Cyphocleonus achates - Operational Field Guide, March 1998, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Larinus minutus - Operational Field Guide, March 1999, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Larinus obtusus - Operational Field Guide, June 2002, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Larinus planus - Operational Field Guide, May 2001, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Mecinus janthinus - Operational Field Guide, May 2000, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Mogulones cruciger - Operational Field Guide, May 2004, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Rhinusa antirrhini - Operational Field Guide, May 2008, Ministry of Forests and Range

Pamphlets

• Knotweed - Forest Practices Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range (pdf 594KB)



• Key to identification of Invasive Knotweeds in British Columbia - Forest Practices Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range (pdf 904KB)



• Key to Identification of Invasive and native Hawkweeds (Hieracium spp.) in the pacific Northwest - Forest Practices Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range (pdf 4216KB)



• Controlling Weeds Using Biological Control Methods - Forest Practices Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Gorse: The Spiny Competitor - Forest Practices Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Broom: Putting it in Its Place - Forest Practices Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range



• Marsh Thistle: Beware This Alien Weed - Forest Practices Branch, Ministry of Forests and Range (pdf 2,873KB)



• Biological Weed Control - Range, Ministry of Forests and Range (pdf 515KB)



• Noxious Weeds - Range, Ministry of Forests and Range (pdf 485KB)



• Dalmatian Toadflax - Range, Ministry of Forests and Range (pdf 349KB)



• Ecosystems Destroyed - Cranbrook Forest District (pdf 1.35MB)



• Weeds how they spread and what you can do to stop them: issued December 11, 2001 - Forest Practices Branch (pdf 0.77MB)



• Weed control is caring for their future-deer-food chain: issued December 11, 2001 - Forest Practices Branch (pdf 1.88MB)

Educational

• Bionic Bob to the Rescue Children's colouring/activity book - Ministry of Forests and Range




• Knowing about Knapweed Colouring book - Cariboo Regional District





• Resin Blocks  April 2000.  Instructions for encapsulating biological control agents in resin - Ministry of Forests and Range

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Posters

• Alien Invaders: issued March 1999 - Forest Practices Branch



• Shattering the Environment: issued March 2000 - Forest Practices Branch



• Explosion in Slow Motion: issued March 2000 - Forest Practices Branch



• Gorse Poster: issued December 2008 - Forest Practices Branch



• Knapweed Poster: issued December 2008 - Forest Practices Branch



• Scotch Broom Poster: issued December 2008 - Forest Practices Branch

Biological Control Info Pages

• Biocontrol Agent Lifecycle Schedule - Forest Practices Branch
, updated April 2009


• Biocontrol Agent Handling Techniques - April 2009, Forest Practices Branch

For more information and/or to request hard copies of any extension materials, please contact Marsha DeWolf , Biocontrol Technician. For specific information regarding biological control or the production of these extension materials, please contact Susan Turner , Invasive Plant Biocontrol Specialist.