Transcript The U.S. Invasive Species Management Plan Sharon Gross U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The U.S. Invasive Species
Management Plan
Sharon Gross
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Efforts
 Letter from 500 scientists and land managers inspired Executive
Order (EO) to improve coordination among 23 Federal agencies
in 11 different federal departments with responsibilities relating
to IAS.
 EO established Council and called for National Invasive Species
Management Plan.
 Goal: To develop federally-coordinated plan to reduce
introduction and spread of invasive species.
Green Crab
Salt Cedar
Executive Order 13112
Issued in February of 1999
National Invasive Species Council
Established to ensure that Federal agency activities are coordinated,
complementary, cost-efficient and effective.
Council’s co-chairs: Interior, Agriculture and Commerce.
Other members: DOT, DOD, Treasury, State, EPA, HHS,
USAID and DHS.
Invasive Species Advisory Committee
Established under FACA to provide information and stakeholder
input for consideration by the Council.
Represents a balance of non-Federal expertise, geographic
representation, and stakeholder interests.
The Executive Order directs the Council to:
1)
provide leadership and oversight on IAS issues.
2)
promote action at local, State, tribal and ecosystem levels.
3)
recommend measures to enhance international cooperation.
4)
develop a web-based information network on IAS.
5)
develop NEPA guidance related to IAS.
6)
draft and update a National Invasive Species Management Plan every
two years.
MANAGEMENT PLAN (approved Jan. 18, 2001)
Blueprint for coordinated action in areas of:
• Coordination and Leadership
• Prevention
• Early Detection and Rapid Response
• Control
• International Cooperation
• Research
• Information Management
• Education and Outreach
Zebra Mussels
Key Areas Addressed in Plan and Recommended Actions
Coordination and Leadership: More than 20 Federal agencies
share responsibility and authority over some facet of IS management,
along with all 50 states and territories.
Actions:
 Develop a crosscut budget for invasive species programs to
highlight cooperative efforts and for use as a planning tool
 Adopt oversight mechanism and dispute resolution process
 Prepare annual progress report on Plan implementation
Hydrilla
Prevention:
The first line of defense and most cost effective approach
Actions:
 Develop & test a risk assessment screening system for evaluating
intentionally introduced invasive species and reducing risk of
establishment
 Identify & rank key pathways by which IAS move & develop mechanisms
to reduce movement through these key pathways
- Take action on known high-risk pathways
Plum Pox
An APHIS dog used for detection
Melaleuca
Asian Longhorned Beetle
Early Detection and Rapid Response:
Finding IAS
early may provide the only opportunity to eradicate or contain them.
Actions:
 Improve detection methods to speed up the process
 Seek a flexible funding source for rapid response contingencies
 Establish rapid response guidelines and teams in cooperation with
local/state organizations
Research:
A critical underpinning for all other major areas of
Plan – including prevention, control, restoration, education, etc.
Actions:

Include, as part of the cross-cut budget proposal, an initiative to
adequately fund Federal invasive species research programs

Prepare a catalog of existing aquatic and terrestrial control
methods

Develop and implement a plan to strengthen international research
collaborations
Nutria
Control and Management:
Reducing established IAS &
limiting their spread can dramatically decrease negative impacts.
Actions:
 Increase funding for control and management on Federal lands
 Seek legislative authority to establish matching grants to assist
state, local, regional control efforts
 Work with state and local entities to determine and coordinate
control priorities
Gypsy Moth
International Cooperation:
Global Problem – cannot address prevention without international
component. Our actions create problems for other nations.
Actions:
• Develop a strategy to deal with IAS problems in North America
(working with Canada and Mexico)
• Improve technical assistance and information sharing
• Support work of the Global Invasive Species Programme
• Conduct a study of international assistance as an
“invasion pathway”
• Provide financial and technical support to:
• International meetings of policy makers
• Regional and global programs
Education and Public Awareness: Scope of the IAS
problem, their impact, and how to help must be communicated to the
general public.
Actions:
 Develop a National Invasive Species Awareness Campaign in
cooperation with States, tribes and local governments civic organizations
and industry
 Work to increase public cooperative efforts to counter IAS.
- state, regional and international organizations play a key role
- critical to prevention of aquatic invasions
Chinese Tallow
Formosan subterranean termites