MAPAIS & GSARP Fall 2023 Joint Meeting

Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species
Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species

The fall meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Wilmington Riverfront located at 9 Estell Lee Pl, Wilmington, NC 28401 on November 14-16, 2023.

All Times Stated in Eastern Time

Draft Agenda

Tuesday, November 14 – JOINT-MEETING

TimeTopicSpeaker
8:30 amCall to Order
– Meeting link: https://meet.goto.com/611968581
– Welcome
– Review of the Agenda
– Public Comment
Co-hosted by
MAPAIS/GSARP Chairs
8:45 amState Updates – five minutes per state
Session Introduction

– New York
– Texas
– Pennsylvania
– Louisiana
– New Jersey
– Mississippi
– West Virginia
– Alabama
BREAK
– Delaware
– Maryland
– Georgia
– Virginia
– South Carolina
– North Carolina
GSARP/MAPAIS Chair
All state representatives
11:30 amLUNCH – 1.5 hours
1:00 pmNC-specific projects/updates
– Wes Cartner (NCDOT) – Phragmites removal project at Bodie Island
– Kerry Mapes (Geo Owl) – “Adaptive Modeling Approaches to Mapping Phragmites Using UAV Imagery”
– Jarred Driscoll (NCDA&CS) – “Eradicating Yellow Floating Heart Through the Regulatory Process”
– Rob Emens (NCDWR) – Giant Salvinia in Columbus County
– Bronwyn Williams (NCMNS) – Invasive crayfish
– Chris Wood (NCWRC) – Alabama Bass
Rob Emens/Tim Ellis
4:30 pmDay 1 Adjourned.

Day 2 – Wednesday, November 15 – INDIVIDUAL PANEL MEETINGS IN AM, JOINT-MEETING IN PM 

TimeTopicSpeaker
8:30 amGSARP/MAPAIS only meetings
– GSARP members; see agenda in Appendix
– MAPAIS members
11:30 amBreak/Lunch – 1 hour
12:30 pmReconvene GSARP/MAPAIS members for joint discussion on themes common to both panels
Report out on newly introduced blue land crab in SC/NC (Daniel Sasson, SCDNR; NC person?
– Rachael Hoch (NCWRC) – Applesnail and Zebra Mussel update
– Bailey Robertory (NOAA) – CBP Invasive Catfish Workgroup
– ANSTF/USFWS Updates
4:00 pmNAS Program UpdatesIan Pfingsten &
Cayla Morningstar (USGS)
4:30 pmDay 2 Adjourned

Day 3 – Thursday, November 16

TimeTopicSpeaker
A.M.[Optional] Field Trip
TBD – Wilmington targeting invasive plants

APPENDIX
GSARP Only Meeting Agenda
November 15th, 8:30am to 11:30am

TimeTopicSpeaker
8:30 amCall to Order – 15 min
– Meeting link: https://meet.goto.com/611968581
– Introductions
– Public comment
– Review and adoption of agenda 
– Approval of minutes (Apr 25-26, 2023)
Peter Kingsley-Smith
9:00 amUpdate on New Fiscal AgentTDB
9:15 amUpdates on Traveling Trunk Start-up Kits – 15 minCharlie Robertson, GSMFC
9:30 amDiscussion of ANSTF Recommendations – 20 min
10:00 amState Reports/Members Forum – 60 minAll
11:00 amOther Business
11:30 amAdjourn
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Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species