Interstate Early Detection and Rapid Response

Plans

Aquatic Invasive Species Interstate Surveillance Framework for the U.S. Waters of the Great Lakes (2019)

This document was developed so states and partners can use their collective capacity for surveillance when appropriate, as well as develop clear and consentaneous priorities on AIS surveillance issues across the basin. The Framework is intended to enable AIS surveillance actions that are complimentary to existing work, prioritized appropriately, and informed by the most recent research while maintaining and recognizing decision-making authority. The Framework describes the key elements for a basin wide AIS surveillance program, including species and site surveillance priorities, survey design and methods, and an adaptive management planning cycle. The Surveillance Framework can be accessed here.

 Great Lakes Basin Aquatic Invasive Species Interstate Response Framework (2024)

This document focuses on the actions that follow the report of a potential invasive species incursion. It provides a standardized decision-making process that can be used to help determine the potential spatial, ecological, and economic extent of the threat posed by a newly discovered AIS and provides guidance on how to determine what (if any) response actions may be feasible. The Response Framework can be accessed here.

Great Lakes Regional AIS Response Framework Communications Plan (2021)

This document details best practices for communication among Great Lakes basin agencies and partners regarding newly discovered aquatic invasive species. This document is to be used as a framework for what information should be communicated, how information should be communicated, and to whom. The development of the communications plan was funded through a GLRI grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and is a product of the IEDRR core team. Communication Plan can be accessed here.

• Novel AIS Detection Description Form Guidance: An example of a standard description form that could be used to communicate the new detection of a Novel AIS or major AIS range expansion within the Great Lakes.