NISC Strategic Priorities: Intersections with Regional and State Activities

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1 NISC Strategic Priorities: Intersections with Regional and State Activities The Guests that Won t Leave: How States Are Dealing with Invasive Species (NCSL Webinar, 15 May 2015)

2 NISC Background Executive Order (February 1999) Defined Invasive Species Not native to the ecosystem under consideration Whose introduction harms or is likely to harm to human health, the economy, or the environment Established the National Invasive Species Council (NISC) Established the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) under FACA Provided additional guidance Development of management plans Instructions to agencies to do no harm

3 NISC Background (cont.) Structure NISC Co-Chairs NISC Members Secretary of Agriculture Commerce Interior Defense Treasury Health and Human Services U.S. Trade Representative Homeland Security Admin. Of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency State Admin. Of U.S. Agency for International Development Transportation Admin. of National Aeronautics and Space Administration USDA Policy Liaison DOC Policy Liaison DOI Policy Liaison Each NISC Member has a Policy Liaison NISC Staff NISC Executive Director Program Staff Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC)

4 NISC Background (cont.) Management Plan (2008 under revision) 1. Prevention 2. Early Detection & Rapid Response 3. Control, Eradication & Rehabilitation 4. Coordination & Collaboration (Rodgers No Date)

5 Prevention Pathways Diagrams Development assistance Hydraulic fracturing

6 Prevention (cont.) Building Consensus in the West Phoenix Workshop (2012) and ANSTF Quagga-Zebra Action Plan (2010) State efforts Follow-up workshops (2013, 2014) Model legal framework State-by-state comparison Watercraft inspection and decontamination Federal efforts Training and outreach Funding for watercraft inspection and decontamination Federal Policy Options paper

7 Early Detection & Rapid Response (EDRR) Priority Agenda: Enhancing the Climate Resilience of America s Natural Resources the the Interior, working with other members of NISC, including Department of Commerce (NOAA), the EPA, and the USDA, will work with states and tribes to develop a framework for a national Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) program that will build on existing programs to assist states and tribes in forestalling the stress caused by the establishment and spread of additional invasive species populations, thereby improving the resilience of priority landscapes and aquatic areas. This will include the development of a plan for creating an emergency response fund to increase the capacity of interagency and interjurisdictional teams to tackle emerging invasive species issues across landscapes and jurisdictions. Structure Federal working group Advisory group (ISAC EDRR Subcommittee)

8 Control, Eradication and Rehabilitation Climate change: Bioinvasions in a Changing World: A Resource on Invasive Species-Climate Change Interactions for Conservation and Natural Resource Managers Species specific work ANSTF management plans (QZAP, snakehead, lionfish) USDA feral swine Forest pests South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force EDRR challenges (e.g., pythons) Crosscut budget Decision support tool

9 Coordination & Collaboration Regional efforts Great Lakes Restoration Initiative EDRR tools (e.g., edna) GLC and partner efforts (e.g., webcrawler, comparison of state lists) Funding through EPA Pacific: Regional Biosecurity Plan for Micronesia & Hawaii Arctic Arctic National Strategy Implementation Plan Arctic Council US Chairmanship

10 Coordination & Collaboration (cont.) Outreach National Invasive Species Awareness Week State-Invasives-L listserve (NCSL & NISC) Invasive species webinar series (ELI & NISC)

11 Thank you! For additional information contact: Stas Burgiel, Ph.D. Asst. Director, Prevention & Budgetary Coordination National Invasive Species Council (NISC) T: E: