Documents
Interagency Documents
Federal Lands Policy Options for Addressing the Movement of AIS onto and off of Federal Lands
(1426 kb)
ANSTF Organizational Documents
ANSTF Strategic Plan (2020-2025) (737 kb)
ANSTF Organizational Documents (165 kb)
ANS Strategic Plan (2013-2017) (891 kb)
ANS Task Force Strategic Plan (2007)
Aquatic Nuisance Species Program (667 kb)
Charter (2020) (1237 kb)
Interagency Agreement (1998) (164 kb)
Memorandum of Understanding (1992) (53 kb)
Reports to Congress
Aquatic
Nuisance Species Task Force Report to Congress (2016-2017) (PDF
976 KB) This report is designed to familiarize readers with the ANS Task Force and to report progress made toward the goals outlined in the ANS Task Force Strategic Plans.
Aquatic
Nuisance Species Task Force Report to Congress (2015) (PDF
26,086 KB) This report is designed to familiarize readers with the ANS Task Force and to report progress made toward the goals outlined in the ANS Task Force Strategic Plans. This report focuses on key activities that have occurred since the 2004 ANS Task Force Report to Congress, using examples from the Task Force’s Federal and ex-officio members and its Regional Panels.
Aquatic
Nuisance Species Task Force Report to Congress (2004) (PDF
2MB) The report describes the statutory
mandate and the structure of the ANS Task Force and progress
made toward the goals of the ANS Program, as implemented
through the ANS Task Force Strategic Plan (2002–2007). It also reports on agency-specific activities prescribed in the Act.
Intentional Introductions Policy Review (1994) (PDF 3MB) The report, prepared in consultation with State fish and wildlife agencies, other regional, State and local entities, potentially affected industries, identifies and evaluate approaches for reducing the risk of adverse consequences associated with intentional introduction of aquatic organisms.
Management and Control Plans
Other Documents
ABYC Standards and Technical Information Reports for Small Craft
Adopting a Classroom Animal/Plant
Pledge Form
Adopting a Classroom Animal/Plant
Pledge Form (Spanish version)
Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species (111KB)
Congressional Research Service
Ballast Water Workshop Report - revised final draft (2014) (1009 KB)
Environemntal Protection Agency
Brown
Tree Snake Control Plan (1996) (168
KB)
ANSTF Brown Tree Snake Control Committee
Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the San Francisco Bay & Delta (1995)
Andrew Cohen & James Carlton
Classroom Guidelines for Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS)
Classroom Guidelines for Preventing the Introduction and Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) (Spanish version)
Federal Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Research Risk Analysis Protocol
Risk Assessment & Management Committee (97 KB)
Generic Nonindigenous Aquatic Organisms Risk Analysis Review Process (1996)
Risk Assessment & Management Committee (866 KB)
Guidance for Science and Engineering Fair Projects
Education and Outreach Working Group of the Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Panel (332 KB)
Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States
Office of Technology Assessment, September 1993 (6 MB)
Invasive Lionfish: A Guide to Control and Management
Edited by James A Morris, Jr., NOAA (9 MB)
Invasive Species: Obstacles Hinder Federal Rapid Response to Growing Threat
U.S. General Accounting Office, Report to Congressional Requesters, 2001 (1.5 MB)
National
Ballast Information Clearinghouse Interim Report (October
2000) (182 KB)
Ruiz, Miller, Everett, Steves, Lion, Whitcraft, Arnwine, Colinetti, Sigala, and Lipski
Pathway Definition, Risk Analysis and Risk Prioritization - Training and Implementation Guide 2007
NISC/ANSTF Prevention Committee's Pathways Working Group (2007 Version; 1.4 MB)
Pearl Harbor Case Study, Executive Summary, 1997
(15 KB)
Bishop Museum Technical Report
Preventing the Spread of AIS By Recreational Boats - MOdel Legislative Provisions & Guidance to Promote Reciprocity Among State Watercraft Inspection and Decontamination Programs (619 KB)
Protocol for Evaluating Research Proposals Concerning Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
ANS Task Force, Research Working Group, 1994 (720 KB)
A Statewide Management Assessment of Invasive Species in Oregon (2010, 3 MB)
Prepared for the Oregon Invasive Species Council by Creative Resource Strategies, LLC Salem, Oregon
Summary of the Injurious Provisions
of the Lacey Act (18 U.S.C. 42; 50 CFR 16)
Voluntary Guidelines to Prevent the Introduction and Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species:
Recreational Activities
Voluntary Guidelines to Prevent the Introduction and Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species: Water Gardening
Outreach Materials
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