Nov 30 – Dec 1, 2022

Sheraton French Quarter
541 Bourbon Street
New Orleans, LA 70130

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

8:30 Call to Order – Peter Kingsley-Smith
• Introductions
• Public Comment

8:45 Review and Adoption of Agenda – Peter Kingsley-Smith

8:50 Review and Approval of Minutes (6/28-29/2022 – Gulf Shores, AL) – Peter Kingsley-Smith

9:00 Overview of the Louisiana Aquatic Invasive Species Program – Rob Bourgeois

9:25 Tracking Large-scale Movement of Invasive Carp in Louisiana – Christian Walker

9:50 Identifying Invasive Carp Spawning Locations Through Statewide Larval Fish Surveys – Quenton Fontenot

10:15 BREAK

10:30 Overview of the Louisiana Aquatic Plant Control Program – Daniel Hill

10:55 Eight Years of Invasive Giant Applesnail (Pomacea maculata) Control in the Pascagoula River – Successes, Challenges and Lessons Learned – Mike Pursley

11:20 Reporting Exotic/Invasive Species in South Carolina – Combining Esri Technology with EDDMapS to Create a Collaborative Tracking Solution – Joe Lemeris

11:45 LUNCH

1:15 Determining the Distribution of the Non-native Blue Land Crab, Cardisoma guanhumi, in South Carolina Using a Public Sightings Database – Elizabeth Underwood Scott

1:40 Effective Scientific Communication on Invasive Species – Leslie Hartman

2:10 Update on New Introductions – Cayla Morningstar

2:35 Using Genetic Approaches to Investigate Pathways of Dispersal of the Invasive Red Swamp Crayfish – Michael Kendrick

3:00 BREAK

3:15 Giant Salvinia Treatment and Eradication at Ross Barnett Reservoir in Mississippi – Ryan Jones

3:40 Update on USGS ANS Projects – Wes Daniel

4:05 Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Update – Susan Pasko

4:25 Public Comment

RECESS

Thursday, December 1, 2022

8:30 Call to Order – Peter Kingsley-Smith
• Public Comment

8:40 Discussion of ANSTF Recommendations – All
• 1) ANSTF urges the USFWS and/or MICRA to take the necessary steps needed in terms of legislation and national plans to allow the use of invasive carp funding in the Tombigbee and Mobile River Basins.
• 2) ANSTF urges Congress to amend NANPCA so that Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and all U.S. territories and possessions are eligible to receive aquatic invasive species management plan funding.

9:10 Discussion on GSARP Outreach Material – Dennis Riecke

9:30 Utilizing the Invasive Species Travelling Trunk in a High School Science Class – Eve Kendrick

9:50 Region 4 USFWS / Small Grants Program – Cindy Williams / James Ballard

10:00 BREAK

10:15 State Reports / Members Forum

11:45 LUNCH

1:15 State Reports / Members Forum

3:00 BREAK

3:15 State Reports / Members Forum

4:00 Other Business
• Next Meeting, Time and Place (Georgia)
• Public Comment

ADJOURN