GSARP Fall 2019 Meeting

Embassy Suites Hotel
Charleston, South Carolina
November 19-20, 2019

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

8:30 Call to Order – Lisa Gonzalez

• Introductions
• Public Comment

8:45 Review and Adoption of Agenda – Lisa Gonzalez

8:50 Review and Approval of Minutes (4/17-18/2019 Ft. Lauderdale, FL) – Lisa Gonzalez

9:00 Welcome, history, and overview from the SCDNR ANS Program – Ken Rentiers

9:20 Update on SCDNR freshwater ANS priorities and emerging concerns – Chris Page

9:40 Recent research into invasive crayfish of the Carolinas – Michael Kendrick

10:00 BREAK

10:15 Update on island apple snail research in South Carolina – Elizabeth Gooding

10:30 Development and validation of a qPCR tool for the environmental detection of Anguillicoloides crassus, an invasive parasite in the American eel– Aaron Watson

11:00 Introgressive hybridization with an invasive species imperils the Savannah River endemic Bartram’s Redeye Bass – Mark Scott

11:30 LUNCH

1:00 Is the lionfish invasion coming to an end? A case study from the Southeast United States – Margaret Walker Finch

1:20 Overview of Boat Inspection and Decontamination Programs – Elizabeth Brown (GoToMeeting)

1:40 Update on New Introductions – Wesley Daniel

2:05 Invasive species environmental DNA data standards and database – Wesley Daniel

2:30 Status of Cuban Tree frogs in Florida and Their Threat to Other GSARP States – Steve Johnson

3:00 BREAK

3:15 Overview of the Miccosukee tribe’s ANS Issues and Activities – Craig van der Heiden

3:40 Overview of North Carolina’s Hydrilla control efforts – Rob Emens

4:05 Discussion of ANSTF Recommendations – All

4:35 Public Comment

RECESS

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

8:30 Call to Order – Lisa Gonzalez

• Public Comment

8:35 Region 4 USFWS / Small Grants Program – Cindy Williams / James Ballard

8:55 Overview of Forest Service ANS Activities in the Region – J. Keith Whalen

9:15 Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Update – Susan Pasko

10:00 BREAK

10:15 Discussion of ANSTF Recommendations – All

10:45 Overview of Smith-Root’s eDNA Sampling System and Demonstration – Austen Thomas

11:45 LUNCH

1:15 State Reports / Members Forum

3:00 BREAK

3:15 State Reports / Members Forum

3:45 Presentation of the GSARP Distinguished Achievement Award

4:30 Election of Officers

• Chairman
• Vice
  Chairman

4:45 Other Business

• Next Meeting, Time and Place (Alabama)
• Public Comment

ADJOURN