Our Tool Shed is a resource library designed for professionals working within all aspects of park maintenance. We continually research best maintenance practices from all industries to gather videos, articles, templates, and websites and store them in one place for our subscribers. We spend the time to sift through the noise and provide you with valuable information when you need it, so you can focus on developing solutions. If there is something you need but cannot find, reach out and share your specific needs.
Best Practices of Maintenance Planning & Scheduling
Matt Midas
This article outlines best practices to consider for evaluating maintenance efficiencies.
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Handbook
Doc Palmer
The book positions planning in maintenance operations and then proceeds logically to introduce the principles of planning and scheduling and explain how to make planning work. Additional sections cover the nuances of planning preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and project work. The book concludes with helpful information on howto get started.
SAMPLE - Integrated Pest Management Plan
Clean Water Services
The approach outlined in this document is being integrated into a regional invasive species Early Detection-Rapid Response (EDRR) program currently under development in the Tualatinbasin. This vegetation management strategy emphasizes education, monitoring for early detection, and control or eradication of invasive species.
Invasive Species Management Plan
City of Austin, TX
This plan outlines goals and actions critical to protecting Austin’s natural resources. The plan also includes recommendations for implementation including staffing, funding sources, centralized mapping and monitoring, and education and outreach.
Sample IPM for Wetlands Area
Devil's Lake Wetland Management Complex
This document presents IPM strategies selected to control invasive plant species according to the Complex’s various site and soil types, with attention to resource needs. All control methods are considered, specific to each invasive and other pest species, as are prevention, monitoring, mapping, and restoration methods.
Invasive Plant Management Planning
National Park Service
This document provides an overview of key technical concepts and critical information needed to develop the content of an effective invasive plant management plan.
Invader Watch List
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Many invasive species are exceptionally difficult and costly to control. That’s why it’s important to identify invasive species before they make their impact on the environment. To aid in early detection efforts, Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program staff initiated a project in 2017 to determine invasive plants likely to arrive in Pennsylvania over the next ten years, species considered “emerging threats” to the commonwealth.
PA imapInvasives
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
Resources regarding Pennsylvania invasive species control
Forest Service National Strategic Framework forInvasive Species Management
US Department of Agriculture
This framework is intended to provide broad strategic direction for the Forest Service’s programs, spanning the NFS Research and Development (R&D), and State and Private Forestry (S&PF) Deputy Areas, and International Programs. This document supersedes the National Strategy and Implementation Plan for Invasive Species Management (2004) and is intended to clarify the roles of the deputy areas of the Forest Service regarding invasive species programs.
National Invasive Species Council Management Plan 2016 - 2018
National Invasive Species Council
The Management Plan identifies the high priority, interdepartmental actions that the Federal government and its partners can take to prevent, eradicate, and control invasive species, as well as recover species and restore habitats and other assets adversely impacted by invasive species.
Safeguarding America's Lands and Waters from Invasive Species
US Department of Interior
The Framework provides the structure to identify strategic and shared priorities for focusing limited resources and enhancing partnerships and on-the-ground actions necessary to stem the tide of invasive species.
Rapid Response Plan and Procedures for Responding to Aquatic Invasive Species
Pennsylvania Invasive Species Council
This rapid response plan for aquatic invasive species (AIS) is an inter-agency decision support tool designed to aid regulatory agencies in conducting a coordinated and structuredresponse to new AIS infestations.
Invasive Plants of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
This guide is designed to give volunteers the information necessary to identify and control the invasive plants that pose the greatest threat to biodiversity in the Pittsburgh area.
Mid-Atlantic Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species
Pennsylvania Sea Grant
This field guide is designed to aid scienceprofessionals and other interested individualsin AIS early detection and reporting.
Pennsylvania's Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species
Pennsylvania Sea Grant
This reference guide can help waterways conservation officers, regional biologists, volunteer monitors, resource managers, educators, students, and others working in Pennsylvania’s waters. It includes general information for AIS identification, collection, verification, and reporting.
