The Spring Panel meeting will be held at The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, 1141 Bayview Avenue, Biloxi, MS 39530 on May 14^th – 15^th, 2024.

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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 from GSARP/MAPAIS meeting, Wilmington, NC, November 14th-15th 2023– Peter Kingsley-Smith

9:00 Aquatic Invasive Plant Research at MSU – Gray Turnage, Mississippi State University, Geosystems Research Institute

9:25 Identifying Risks and Prescribing Access Enhancements – Zach Burnside, Wildlife Forever

9:50 BREAK

10:05 Overview of FWS AIS Activities and Upcoming High Priority Projects – James Ballard, USFWS

10:30 Investigating the Occurrence of Phragmites australis in Mississippi’s Coastal Marshes: Relationships with Habitat Characteristics and Spatial Change in Three Estuaries – Maggie Waldron, University of Southern Mississippi

10:55 Land Management Impacts to Crayfishes and AIS Detection – Zanethia Choice Barnett, USFS

11:20 New Resources for Southern Aquatic Plant Management – Wes Neal, MSU

11:45 LUNCH

1:15 eDNA Toolbox for Managers – Jon Amberg, USGS

1:45 How Mississippi Has Used its State ANS Grant Funding FY14-FY24 – Dennis Riecke, MDWFP

2:30 Boat Cleaning Stations – Ed Rudberg, CD³

3:00 BREAK

3:15 Update on New Introductions – Wes Daniel, USGS

3:35 Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Update – Susan Pasko, USFWS

3:55 Testing Low-Cost Control of Applesnail Egg Clutches – Cayla Morningstar, USGS

4:50 Public Comment

RECESS

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

8:30 Call to Order – Peter Kingsley-Smith

• Public Comment

8:40 Louisiana Invasive Carp Management Program – Rob Bourgeois, LDWFP

9:10 Update on Southeast Surveillance Project – James Ballard and Wes Daniel

9:30 Update on USGS ANS Projects – Wes Daniel

10:00 BREAK

10:15 Southeast Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (SE RISCC) Network – Paul Evans, University of Florida, Invasion Science Research Institute

10:35 State Reports / Members Forum

11:30 LUNCH

1:00 State Reports / Members Forum

3:00 BREAK

3:15 Other Business

• Panel Administration
• Next Meeting, Time, and Place

ADJOURN