Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species

• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Agenda
• Member Updates
• Committee agendas:
  • Information/Education Committee
  • Organisms in Trade Ad Hoc Committee
  • Research Coordination Committee
  • Policy Coordination Committee
• Presentations:
  • GLP Business Items– Eric Fischer, GLP Vice Chair, and Ceci Weibert, GLP Coordinator, Great Lakes Commission
  • Interjurisdictional Project: Regional Invasive Aquatic Plant Control Prioritization and Needs Assessment update– Alisha Davidson, GLC Contractor, and Theresa Gruninger, GLC
  • GLANSIS Update– Rochelle Sturtevant, GLANSIS Program Manager, Michigan Sea Grant Extension
  • ANSTF Update – Susan Pasko, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • FWS Metabarcoding project update– Nick Frohnauer,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Plenary Session: Invasive Carp
  • Copi marketing launch– Brian Schoenung, Illinois DNR
  • Black carp bounty program- Brian Schoenung, Illinois DNR
  • Grass carp research updates-Chris Mayer and Rob Hunter, University of Toledo
  • Grass carp management updates– John Navarro, Ohio DNR
  • Development of new technologies for carp deterrents: Bioacoustic fish fence- Rob Simmonds, USFWS
  • Development of new technologies for carp deterrents: Underwater acoustics– Marybeth Brey and Andrea Fritts, USGS
  • Development of new technologies for carp deterrents: Carbon dioxide infusion systems- Aaron Cupp, USGS
• Plenary Session: Language of AIS
  • Alien Language: Reflecting on the Rhetoric of Aquatic Ecology and Beyond– El Lower, Michigan Sea Grant/NOAA-GLANSIS
  • Words have power: time to revisit invasive species nomenclature?– Sam Chan, Oregon Sea Grant
  • Minnesota Invasive Species Community of Practice– Megan Weber, University of Minnesota Extension; MAISRC
  • Renaming moths and more– Leigh Greenwood, TNC
  • Professional society management of names: American Fisheries Society Names of Fishes Committee-Larry Page, Names of Fishes Committee Chair, Florida Museum
• Plenary Session: Regional AIS Coordination through GLRI Interjurisdictional Projects
  • Background on interjurisdictional projects and selection process- Rob Simmonds, USFWS
  • Watermilfoil Management Given Variations in Response to Herbicides for Different Strains– Ryan Thum, Montana State University
  • Boater Behavior Survey- Tim Campbell, Wisconsin Sea Grant
  • Supporting transition from nonnative Phragmites at wastewater treatment facilities– Julia Bohnen, University of Minnesota
  • Aquatic Plant Survey Implementation- Julie Heinlein, Great Lakes Environmental Center
  • Interstate Early Detection & Rapid Response– Lindsay Chadderton, TNC, and Ceci Weibert, GLC
  • Invasive Crayfish Early Detection and Surveillance– Brian Roth, Michigan State University
  • Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz– Ceci Weibert, GLC
  • Great Lakes Detector of Invasive Aquatics in Trade (GLDIATR) enhancement– Ceci Weibert, GLC
  • Evaluating Control of Priority Established Species: Species and site-based analysis of control efforts in the Great Lakes region-Lindsay Chadderton, TNC, and Ceci Weibert, GLC
  • Evaluate data sharing options for watercraft pathway– Ceci Weibert, GLC
  • Exploring Stakeholder and Community Perspectives on Genetic Biocontrol for Invasive Species- Jason Delborne, North Carolina State University
  • Creating science-based outreach products and resources for aquatic plant management- Tim Campbell, Wisconsin Sea Grant
  • Enhancing the European Frog-bit Collaborative– Sam Tank, GLC

• Meeting Summary 
• Meeting Agenda
• Committee agendas:
  • Information/Education Committee
  • Research Coordination Committee
  • Organisms in Trade Ad Hoc Committee
  • Policy Coordination Committee 
• Member Updates
• Presentations:
  • GLP Business Items– Eric Fischer, GLP Vice Chair, and Ceci Weibert, GLP Coordinator, Great Lakes Commission
  • Interjurisdictional Project: Regional Invasive Aquatic Plant Control Prioritization and Needs Assessment update– Alisha Davidson, GLC Contractor, and Theresa Gruninger, GLC
  • GLANSIS Update– Rochelle Sturtevant, GLANSIS Program Manager, Michigan Sea Grant Extension
  • ANSTF Update – Susan Pasko, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Great Lakes LAW Committee Update– Brenda Koenig, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry
• Plenary Session: Progress on Crayfish Management
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crayfish work plan and projects –Amy McGovern and Kate Wyman-Grothem, USFWS, Lucas Nathan, MI DNR, Ann Allert, USGS, Jim Stoeckel, Auburn University, Brian Roth, Michigan State University, Greg Hitzorth, Illinois- Indiana Sea Grant
  • Rusty crayfish control on spawning reefs in northern Lake Michigan – Lindsay Chadderton, The Nature Conservancy
  • Red swamp and rusty crayfish in Illinois waterway – Reuben Keller, Loyola University
  • Rusty crayfish in northern Minnesota – Liz Anderson, Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District
• Plenary Session: Five year update on collaborative efforts
  • Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative– Sam Tank, Great Lakes Commission
  • Invasive Mussel Collaborative– Sam Tank, Great Lakes Commission
  • European Frog-bit Collaborative – Sam Tank, Great Lakes Commission
  • New Zealand Mudsnail Collaborative- Jeremy Geist, Trout Unlimited/Ducks Unlimited
  • Invasive Crayfish Collaborative- Greg Hitzroth, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
  • Great Lakes Hydrilla Collaborative– Mike Greer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Great Waters Research Collaborative– Jennifer Maki, University of Wisconsin-Lake Superior Research Institute
  • Habitattitude Collaborative- Doug Jensen, DAJ Consulting

• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Agenda
• Committee agendas:
  • Information/Education Committee
  • Research Coordination Committee
  • Organisms in Trade Ad Hoc Committee
• GLP Member Updates
• Presentations:
  • GLP Business update – Ceci Weibert, Great Lakes Commission and Eric Fischer, GLP Vice Chair
  • Interjurisdictional Project: Regional Invasive Aquatic Plant Control Prioritization and Needs Assessment update– Alisha Davidson, GLC Contractor, and Ceci Weibert, GLP Coordinator
  • GLANSIS Update– Rochelle Sturtevant, GLANSIS Program Manager, Michigan Sea Grant Extension
  • ANSTF Update– Susan Pasko, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Annex 6- Gavin Christie, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Aaron Woldt, U.S. FWS
  • Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers AIS Task Force– Mike Piskur, Great Lakes St. Lawrence Governors & Premiers
  • Great Lakes Detector of Invasive Aquatics in Trade (GLDIATR) – Erika Jensen- GLC
• Plenary Session: Regional AIS Coordination through GLRI Interjurisdictional Projects
  • Background on interjurisdictional projects and selection process – Rob Simmonds, U.S. FWS
  • Interstate Early Detection & Rapid Response – Lindsay Chadderton, TNC, and Ceci Weibert, GLC
  • Boater Behavior Survey– Tim Campbell, Wisconsin Sea Grant
  • Aquatic Plant Survey Implementation– Julie Heinlein, Great Lakes Environmental Center
  • Watermilfoil Management Given Variations in Response to Herbicides for Different Strains – Ryan Thum, Montana State University
  • Invasive Crayfish Early Detection and Surveillance – Brian Roth, Michigan State University
  • Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz – Ceci Weibert, GLC
• Plenary Session: Social Science and AIS Management
  • Willingness to pay for AIS management at Minnesota lakes – Lucy Levers, University of Minnesota
  • Lakeshore property owners’ attitudes toward aquatic invasive species management strategies – Bret Shaw, University of Wisconsin
  • Genetic Biocontrol of Invasive Rodents (GBIRd) partnership – Jason Delborne, North Carolina State University
  • Economics of AIS and effectiveness of outreach campaigns in Illinois – Reuben Keller, Loyola University Chicago
  • Social-ecological systems – Elizabeth Golebie, University of Illinois

• Meeting Summary
• Meeting agenda
• GLP Member Updates
• Committee agendas
  • Information/Education Committee
  • Research Coordination Committee
• Presentations
  • GLP Business – Ceci Weibert, Great Lakes Commission
• Programmatic updates
  • GLANSIS – Rochelle Sturtevant, GLANSIS Program Manager Michigan Sea Grant Extension
  • ANS Task Force – Susan Pasko, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Minnesota AIS Research Center recreational boating model – Nick Phelps, Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center
  • Research to inform Canadian ballast water regulation – Sarah Bailey, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • GLRI – Kevin O’Donnell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Informational Session: Didymo (Didymosphenia geminata)
  • St. Marys River Michigan/Ontario – Ashley Moerke, Lake Superior State University, Carole-Anne Gillis, Gespe’gewaq Mi’gmaq Resource Council, and Bob Pillsbury, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
  • Western Lake Superior/Minnesota – Mark Edlund, Science Museum of Minnesota
  • Pennsylvania – Matthew Shank, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
  • North Carolina/Tennessee – Justin Murdock, Tennessee Tech University
  • South Dakota – Lisa Kunza, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
• Draft 2021-2024 work plan
• Great Lakes BIOTIC Symposium: Organisms in Trade agenda

• Meeting agenda
• Meeting summary
• GLP Member Updates
• GLP AIS Priorities
• GLP Priority Actions
• Presentations
  • GLP Business – Ceci Weibert, Great Lakes Commission
• Programmatic updates
  • U.S EPA – GLRI – Kevin O’Donnell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • GLANSIS – Rochelle Sturtevant, Michigan Sea Grant Extension
  • ANS Task Force – Susan Pasko, Fish and Wildlife Service
• Committee agendas
  • Research Coordination Committee
  • Policy Coordination Committee
  • Information/Education Committee
  • OIT Ad Hoc Committee
• Recreational Activities Pathway Informational Session
  • Agenda
  • Registration Link
  • Session materials:
    • 2020 Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz factsheet
    • 2020 Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz accomplishments infographic – Northeast Minnesota
  • Presentations
    • Great Lakes AIS Landing Blitz – Kevin Walters, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy
    • Tracking progress on recreational boating pathway prevention – Ceci Weibert, Great Lakes Commission
• Ballast Water Pathway Informational Session
  • Agenda
  • Registration Link
  • Presentations:
    • EPA Proposed Rulemaking – Jack Faulk, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    • Great Lakes and Lake Champlain AIS Program – Kevin O’Donnell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    • Great Waters Research Collaborative – Kelsey Prihoda, Lake Superior Research Institute,University of Wisconsin-Superior
    • Industry Technology Development and Testing – Tom Rayburn, Lake Carriers Association
• Tips for Using Microsoft Teams as a Meeting Participant

• Great Lakes Panel Virtual Meeting Agenda
• Organisms in Trade Virtual Information Session Agenda
• Meeting summary
• Presentations
  • Interjurisdictional movement of baitfish – Brenda Koenig, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
  • Invasive Crayfish Enforcement – Case Study – Robert Stroess, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement
  • Comparative analysis of AIS regulations in the Great Lakes region – Jill Wingfield, Great Lakes Fishery Commission

• Meeting Agenda
• Draft organisms in trade ad hoc committee agenda (updated 11/11)
  • Draft charge
  • Pet Surrender Event Planning Worksheet
  • Draft PETCO pet take back event materials
  • Previous GL BIOTIC symposium materials
  • GSGP Least Wanted lists
  • GLP Risk Assessment Clearinghouse
• GLP Member Updates
• Meeting summary
• Attendee List
• Presentations
• GLP Business – Erika Jensen, GLP Coordinator
• GLANSIS & Risk assessment clearinghouse update – Ceci Weibert and Patrick Canniff, Great Lakes Commission, Rochelle Sturtevant, GLANSIS Program Manager, Michigan Sea Grant Extension
• ANS Task Force Report – Susan Pasko, Executive Secretary, ANS Task Force, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Genetic Biocontrol: Overview and opportunities
  • Genetic biocontrol overview – Chris Merkes, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Potential regulatory implications – Sarah LeSage, Michigan EGLE, Kelly Pennington, Minnesota DNR
• Organisms in trade project updates
  • Cultural release study – Tim Campbell, Wisconsin DNR/Sea Grant/Extension
  • MRBP Baitfish report – Doug Jensen and Jeff Gunderson, Minnesota Sea Grant
  • Minnesota pathway prioritization – Chelsey Blanke, Minnesota DNR
  • Grass Carp enforcement questionnaire results – John Navarro, Ohio DNR, and Erika Jensen, GLC
• Used watercraft as a pathway for invasive mussel spread – Thomas Woolf, Aquatic Invasive Species Bureau Chief, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
• Ballast water research updates
  • Ballast water monitoring projects: The role of indicative monitoring, and eDNA of target organisms – Allegra Cangelosi, Penn State Behrend and Jeff Ram, Wayne State University
  • Great Lakes shipping network model – John Bossenbroek, University of Toledo
  • Great Waters Research Collaborative – Kelsey Prihoda, Lake Superior Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Superior
  • National Park Service – Jeffrey W. Henquinet, Henquinet Consulting and Heather Bies, National Park Service

Materials

Genetic Biocontrol: Overview and opportunities

• Advanced Biotechnology Tools for Invasive Species Management
• Minnesota Genetic Biocontrol Technologies for Invasive Species Workshop Summary
• Research Prospectus – Genetic Control of Sea Lamprey Purpose

Organisms in Trade Project Updates

• Injurious Wildlife Fact Sheet
• Mississippi River Basin ANS Panel Live Bait Pathway Report

Ballast Water updates

• Great Waters Research Collaborative Handout

Other

• Compiled Great Lakes ANS Panel Priorities (updated 11/11)
• Belle Isle Aquarium Fact Sheet

• Meeting Agenda
  • Grass Carp Ad Hoc Committee Agenda
  • Risk Assessment Ad Hoc Committee Agenda
• Spring 2019 Member Updates
• Meeting summary 
• Meeting action items
• Attendee List
• Materials
  • Draft GLRI Action Plan III
  • Journal Article: What it is to be established: policy and management implications for non-native and invasive species
  • Transport Canada Proposed Regulations Fact Sheet
  • Transport Canada Proposed Regulations Information Paper
• Presentations
• GLP Update – Erika Jensen, GLP Coordinator
• Status of GLRI Action Plan III and Invasive Species Focus Area Funding – Kevin O’Donnell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Rob Simmonds, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Updates on Risk Assessment Activities
  • GLANSIS – Rochelle Sturtevant, Michigan Sea Grant Extension
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Kate Wyman-Grothem, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • New York DEC – Cathy McGlynn, New York DEC
  • Minnesota DNR  – Tina Wolbers, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources
  • Great Lakes Commission – Ceci Weibert, Great Lakes Commission
• Ballast Water Policy and Regulation Update
  • Overview – Erika Jensen, GLP Coordinator
  • Transport Canada – Benjamin Hayes, Transport Canada
  • U.S. EPA – Jack Faulk, U.S. EPA
• What it is to be established: policy and management implications for non-native and invasive species – Patrick M. Kočovský, U.S. Geological Survey
• Development and sharing of AIS Apps
  • AIS Field Guide – John Navarro, Ohio DNR, and Sara Stahlman, PA Sea Grant
  • Watercraft Steward Inspection Program – Cathy McGlynn, New York DEC

• Meeting Agenda
  • Risk Assessment Ad Hoc Committee Agenda
  • Grass Carp Ad Hoc Committee Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• GLP Member Updates
• Attendee List
• Materials
  • ANS Task Force Draft Strategic Plan Outline
  • AIS Priorities Crosswalk
•  Presentations
  • GLP Update – Erika Jensen, GLP Coordinator
  • GLANSIS Update – Rochelle Sturtevant, GLANSIS Program Manager, Michigan Sea Grant Extension
  • Regional Initiatives: AIS Goals and Role for the Great Lakes Panel
    • GLWQA Annex 6 – Gavin Christie, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and Mike Weimer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
    • Lakewide Action and Management Plans – Beth Hinchey and Liz LaPlante, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    • CGLFA Invasive Fish Committee – John Dettmers, Great Lakes Fishery Commission
  • Cross-walk of regional initiatives AIS goals and priorities – Ceci Weibert, Great Lakes Commission
  • GLP Priority Breakout Group Discussion Wordcloud
  • New York Response to Hydrilla – Cathy McGlynn, New York DEC
  • Ontario Response to Water Solider – Holly Simpson and Francine MacDonald, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, and Sophie Monfette, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
  • Procellacor: Novel herbicide use in Michigan – Sarah LeSage, Michigan DEQ
  • Michigan Response to Red Swamp Crayfish – Sara Thomas, Michigan DNR
  • Responding to Connecting Waterways in Ohio – John Navarro, Ohio DNR
  • Grass Carp Structured Decision Making: Informing the Grass Carp Response in Michigan and Ohio – Kelly Robinson, Michigan State University, and John Navarro, Ohio DNR

• Meeting Agenda
  • Risk Assessment Ad Hoc Committee Agenda
  • Grass Carp Ad Hoc Committee Agenda
• Meeting Action Items
• Meeting Summary
• GLP Member Updates
• Materials
  • The Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study—Brandon Road Draft Integrated Feasibility Study and Environmental Impact Statement
  • Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner Brandon Road Non-Federal Sponsor Letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner Brandon Road Letter to Great Lakes Governors
  • Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee Asian Carp Action Plan May 2018
• Presentations
  • GLP Update – Erika Jensen, GLP Coordinator
  • Chicago Area Waterway System Update: GLMRIS, Brandon Road, and Dispersal Barriers – Jeff Zuercher, U.S Army Corps of Engineers
  • Chicago Area Waterway System Update: Carp Challenge – Tammy Newcomb, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada AIS Program Update – Jennifer Wright, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
  • Invasive Species Centre AIS Program Update – David Nisbet, Invasive Species Centre
  • Minnesota AIS Research Center Update – Nick Phelps, Minnesota AIS Research Center
  • Climate Change and Forecasting AIS Spread – Jason Granberg, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
    • Species RAMP Scores (Excel sheet)
  • Great Waters Research Collaborative: Great Lakes Ships Ballast Monitoring Project – Allegra Cangelosi, Great Waters Research Collaborative Principal Investigator
  • New York State Watercraft Steward and Decontamination Station Program – Cathy McGlynn, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
  • Michigan Department of Natural Resources Red Swamp Crayfish Enforcement Activities – Mike Feagan and Nick Torsky, Michigan DNR
  • Ohio Department of Natural Resources Grass Carp Enforcement Activities – John Navarro, Ohio DNR

• Agenda
  • Risk Assessment Ad Hoc Committee Agenda
  • Grass Carp Ad Hoc Committee Agenda
• Action Items
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations
  • Great Lakes Panel Update – Erika Jensen, GLP Coordinator
  • Applying Collective Impact and Adaptive Management Concepts to Phragmites – Heather Braun, Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative
  • GLANSIS Updates – Felix Martinez and Rochelle Sturtevant, NOAA
  • Great Lakes Blue Accounting – Steve Cole, Great Lakes Commission, Erika Jensen, Great Lakes Commission and Lindsay Chadderton, The Nature Conservancy
  • GLSGN Habitattitude Surrender Network – Doug Jensen, Minnesota Sea Grant
  • AIS HACCP Update – Chris Weeks, Michigan State University
  • GLDIATR & Internet Trade Update – Erika Jensen, Great Lakes Commission
  • Developing Scientifically-Based Ecosystem Report Cards – Bill Dennison, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
  • Understanding the hydrodynamics and mixing characteristics in the Brandon Road Lock and approach channel – Frank Engel, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Sea Lamprey control program research update – Tyler Buchinger, Michigan State University
• Meeting Attendees
• Member Updates

• Agenda
  • Standing Committee Session Agendas
  • Grass Carp Committee Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Action Items
• Presentations
  • GLP Update– Erika Jensen, GLP Coordinator
  • State/Privince Round Table: Invasive Species Councils
  • Overview of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative – Accomplishments and Opportunities– Jamie Schardt, U.S.Environmental Protection Agency
  • Implementing Michigan’s AIS Program– Sarah LeSage, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)
  • Implementing Indiana’s AIS Program– Eric Fisher, Indiana Department of Natural Resources
  • An Interstate Plan for AIS Prevention, Early Detection and Response– Sarah LeSage, MDEQ & Lindsay Chadderton, The Nature Conservancy
  • USFWS Early Detection Surveillance for Non-native Aquatic Species in the Great Lakes– Stephen Hensler, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Meeting Attendee List
• GLP Member Updates
• Meeting Materials
  • ANS Task Force Meeting Materials (link to external website)

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary and Action Items
• Presentations
  • Great Lakes Panel Updates – Erika Jensen, Great Lakes Commission
  • Natural Resource and Environmental Economics– Frank Lupi, Michigan State University
  • Regional Economic Assessment of Aquatic Plant Pests in the Great Lakes Basin – Jenny Apriesnig (Johnson), Colorado State University
  • Council of Great Lakes Governors AIS Task Force – Tammy Newcomb, MI DNR
  • Ontario AIS regulations – Francine MacDonald, OMNRF
  • Canadian Federal AIS Regulations – Becky Cudmore, DFO
  • Implementation of Ballast Water Standards – Lorne Thomas
  • Grass Carp: DFO Risk Assessment – Becky Cudmore, DFO
  • Grass Carp: USGS/Partner research – Patrick Kovocsky, USGS
  • Grass Carp Efforts in Lake Erie– Seth Herbst, MI DNR
  • Grass Carp: Tributary Use and Large Scale Movements of Grass Carps In Lake Erie – Travis Brenden, Michigan State University
  • Hydrilla Infestations in Ohio – John Navarro, OH DNR
  • Progress on Hydrilla in the Erie Canal – Mike Greer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Starry Stonewort in Wisconsin – Bob Wakeman, WI DNR
    • This presentation was also part of the Starry Stonework Breakout Session along with Starry Stonewort Control Strategy in Indiana – Eric Fischer, Indiana DNR
  • Habitattitude Campaign Update – Marshall Meyers
• Attendee List
• GLP Member Updates  (Updated 10/5/2015)
• Materials
  • Canadian AIS Regulations Fact Sheet (French Version)
  • CAWS Advisory Committee Letter on Brandon Road (August 2015)

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary and Action Items
•  Presentations
  • Building Consensus in the West – Joanne Grady, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • NISA Reauthorization and AIS Legislation – Allegra Cangelosi, Northeast-Midwest Institute
  • Overview of MICRA report and recommendations – Steve Shults, Illinois DNR
  • DFO risk assessment – Greg Conover, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Biological Supply and Freshwater Invasive Species: A Crayfish Case – Eric Larsen, Shedd Aquarium
  • Assessing the Internet trade of AIS for the Great Lakes – Erika Jensen, Great Lakes Commission
  • Making Habitattitude Work for Wisconsin – Tim Campbell, UW-Extension, Wisconsin DNR
  • Rusty crayfish in Sparkling Lake – Gretchen Hansen, Wisconsin DNR
  • An Integrated Pest Management Approach to Contain, Control and Potentially Eradicate Red Swamp Crayfish – Heidi Bunk, Wisconsin DNR
  • Sampling Techniques for Crayfish in Lentic and Lotic Environments – Eric Larsen, Shedd Aquarium
  • Successful Eradication of Yellow Floating Heart in Two Ponds Adjacent to Delavan Lake – Heidi Bunk, Wisconsin DNR
  • Michigan European Frog-Bit response – Sue Tangora, Michigan DNR
  • Hydrilla in Erie Canal, NY – Mike Greer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Hydrilla Eradication and Starry Stonewort Battle in Indiana – Eric Fisher, Indiana DNR
  • Water Soldier Control and Eradication in Ontario – Francine MacDonald, Ontario MNR
  • Eurasian Water Milfoil (EWM) management in Wisconsin – Michelle Nault, Wisconsin DNR
  • How genetic methods can influence the way we assess watermilfoil – Syndell Parks, Grand Valley State University
• Attendee List
• GLP Member Updates

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Action Items
• Presentations
  • Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Update – James Schardt, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Great Lakes National Program Office
  • Risk Assessment Tool – Mike Hoff, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Response Exercises: Reports & Lessons Learned: Asian Carp Binational Tabletop Exercise – Gavin Christie, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Response Exercises: Reports & Lessons Learned: Eurasian Ruffe/Calumet Harbor – Kevin Irons, Illinois Department of Natural Resources
  • Response Exercises: Reports & Lessons Learned: Grass Carp/Lake Erie – Seth Herbst, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
  • User Surveys Across the Region: Synthesis Presentation – Doug Jensen, Minnesota Sea Grant
  • Chicago Area Waterway System & Asian Carp: Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee – Todd Turner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Chicago Area Waterway System & Asian Carp: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Dave Wethington, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Chicago Area Waterway System & Asian Carp: CAWS Advisory Committee – John Navarro and Bob Wakeman, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  • Organisms in Trade Update: Internet Trade Project – Erika Jensen, Great Lakes Commission
  • Invasive Mussel Collaborative – Tim Eder, Great Lakes Commission
• GLP Member Updates

• Agenda
• Meeting Summary
• Action Items
• Presentations
  • Great Lakes Panel Updates – Erika Jensen, Great Lakes Commission
  • Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study – Update and Aquatic Nuisance Species Control Efforts – Dave Wethington, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Envisioning the Future of the Chicago Area Waterway System – Tim Eder, Great Lakes Commission
  • Asian Carp Control Technology Development and Potential Applications – Rip Shively, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Annex 6 (Aquatic Invasive Species) Subcommittee Update – Gavin Christie, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • Interstate Early Detection, Rapid Response Plan– Sarah LeSage, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
  • Interstate Early Detection Rapid Response Plan – Tim Strakosh, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Update on Great Lakes Surveillance Sampling Plans, Design and Methods Development – Chris Jerde, University of Notre Dame
  • Research in Detecting and Monitoring Great Lakes Invasive Species – Erik Pilgrim, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Using a Ballast Water Prediction Model to Inform Surveillance and Response Monitoring Efforts – Lindsay Chadderton, The Nature Conservancy
  • Ohio Asian Carp Tactical Plan – John Navarro, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
  • Protect Our Waters from Aquatic Hitchhikers (PSA Video) –  Collaborative project among natural resource agencies in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota
• GLP Member Updates

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• Meeting Summary
• GLP Member Updates

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• Attendee List
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations
  • Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Annex 6 Subcommittee Updates – Gavin Christie, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
  • U.S. Geological Survey Grass Carp Update – Patrick Kocovksy, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Ohio Department of Natural Resources Grass Carp Update – John Navarro, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
  • Michigan Department of Natural Resources Grass Carp Update – Seth Herbst, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
  • Brandon Road Feasibility Study and Tentatively Selected Plan – Mark Cornish, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Testing BWMS and Monitoring Laker Ships’ Ballast Water/Harbors – Allegra Cangelosi, Great Waters Research Collaborative
  • Transfer of ANS into the Great Lakes from U.S. and Canadian Coastal and Inland Ports – Patricia Engel, Eastern Research Group, Inc
  • New Non-Native Species: Brachionus leydigii – Jospeh Connolly, Cornell University
  • Michigan Red Swamp Crayfish Update – Seth Herbst, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
  • Minnesota Rusty Crayfish Update – Derrick Passe, Lake County Soil and Water Conservation District
  • Ohio Red Swamp Crayfish Update – John Navarro, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
  • Invasive Crayfish Collaborative – Pat Charlebois, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
  • Round Goby Collaborative – Tim Campbell, University of Wisc. Extension/Wisc. Sea Grant/Wisc. Department of Natural Resources
  • Invasive Mussel Collaborative – Erika Jensen, Great Lakes Commission
  • Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative – Heather Braun, Great Lakes Commission
  • Starry Stonewort Collaborative – Hilary Mosher, Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  • Habitat titude – Doug Jensen, Minnesota Sea Grant

• Agenda
• Attendee List
• Meeting Summary
• Presentations
  • GLRI funding update – Matthew McKenna, Northeast-Midwest Institute
  • Council of Great Lakes Fishery Agencies: Invasive Fish Committee – Todd Turner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  • Exotic cyclopoid copepod (Thermocyclops crassus) detected in Lake Erie – Jospeh Connolly, Cornell University
  • Testing alternative hypotheses to explain round goby colonization of inland lakes and rivers using genomics data – Nick Sard, Michigan State University
  • Status of round gobies within the French Creek watershed and potential impacts to native fauna – Casey Bradshaw-Wilson, Allegheny College
  • Rapid response actions following the discovery of round gobies in Little Lake Butte des Morts – Bob Wakeman, Wisconsin DNR
  • Starry stonewort treatment efforts and results: Indiana – Eric Fischer, Indiana DNR
  • Starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa): Research efforts towards an integrated management plan – Andrew Tucker, The Nature Conservancy
  • Starry stonewort management in Minnesota – Tim Plude, Minnesota DNR
  • What have we learned about managing starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa)? – Scott Van Egeren, Wisconsin DNR
  • Update on hydrilla management at Pymatuning Reservoir – Brian Pilarcik, Crawford County Conservation District
    • Handout: 2016 Pymatuning State Park Pilot Program: Invasive Species Courtesy Boat Inspection Stations
  • Expanded detection and control of Hydrilla in Ohio’s Lake Erie Basin – Mark Warman, Hydrilla Project Coordinator, Cleveland Metroparks
  • Michigan’s aquatic invasive plant response: Parrot feather – Sarah LeSage, Michigan DEQ
  • Invasive Phragmites control efforts at Rondeau Provincial Park and Long Point area – Francine MacDonald, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
  • U.S. Coast Guard ballast water management – Lorne Thomas, U.S. Coast Guard
  • Minnesota lake service provider permit training – April Rust, Minnesota DNR