GSARP Fall 2024 Meeting

The meeting will be held at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Ed Werland Training Room at Airport Commerce Park (1340 Airport Commerce Drive, Austin, TX 78741), November 19^th-20^th in Austin, Texas.

You may also join virtually here:

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[All times stated in the agenda are in Central Standard Time. * Indicates virtual presentation]

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024

8:30 Call to Order – Peter Kingsley-Smith, Panel Chair
• Introductions
• Public Comment
8:45 Review and Adoption of Agenda – Peter Kingsley-Smith
8:50 Review and Approval of Minutes from Spring GSARP Meeting [Biloxi, MS, May 14th-15th, 2024] – Peter Kingsley-Smith
9:00 Status of GSARP Executive/Steering Committee Positions – Jim Page, GA DNR
9:10 Statewide Aquatic Invasive Species Management in Texas – Monica McGarrity, TPWD & John Findeisen, TPWD
9:40 The Texasinvasives.org Program – Ashley Morgan-Olvera, SHSU-TISI
10:00 BREAK
10:15 Status and Trends in Zebra Mussel Populations in Texas – Robert McMahon, UT-Arlington (Professor Emeritus)
10:40 Zebra Mussel Research at Texas State University – Astrid Schwalb, TXST
11:00 Habitat Suitability and Distribution Modeling as Components of Integrated Risk Assessments – Jane Rogosch, USGS & TTU
11:20 Evaluating the Suppression of Hydrilla verticillata by Manual Removal and Planting Native Plants – Jeffrey Hutchinson, UTSA
11:40 LUNCH
1:10 *Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force (ANSTF) Update – Susan Pasko, USFWS
1:30 Overview of FWS AIS Activities and Upcoming High Priority Projects – James Ballard, USFWS
1:50 Update on New ANS Introductions – Wesley Daniel, USGS
2:10 New USGS Aquatic Disease and Pathogen Database Update – Wesley Daniel, USGS
2:30 Distribution of the Australian Redclaw Crayfish in South Texas – Lance Williams, UT-Tyler
2:50 BREAK
3:05 Testing the Efficacy of Low-Cost Control Methods for Giant Applesnail (Pomacea maculata) Egg Masses – Cayla Morningstar, USGS
3:25 Bear Lake Applesnail Eradication Efforts – Romi Burks, Southwestern University
3:45 Suckermouth Armored Catfish Management and Research in the San Marcos River, Central TX – Christopher Riggins, The Meadows Center/TXST; Rachel Moran, Texas A&M
4:05 *Asian Swamp Eel Summit Update – Paul Evans, Invasion Science Research Institute-UF
4:25 Panel Introduction and Freshwater Invasive Fish Work in SW FL – Michael Sipos, Florida Sea Grant-UF/IFAS
4:45 Public Comment
RECESS

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2024

8:30 Call to Order – Peter Kingsley-Smith
• Public Comment
8:45 Discussion of Steering Committee Terms – Peter Kingsley-Smith
8:55 Call for Executive/Steering Committee Nominations – Peter Kingsley-Smith
9:05 Overview of NOAA AIS Activities – Dana Wusinich-Mendez, NOAA
9:25 *Removal of Invasive Octocoral – Nilda Jiménez, Puerto Rico DRNA
9:45 Integrating Chemical and Biological Controls for the Aquatic Weed A. philoxeroides (Alligatorweed) – Gary Ervin, MS State (GSARP-Funded Research)
10:05 BREAK
10:20 A Horizon Scan to Collaboratively Identify Invasive Species Threats to the Islands of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands – Wesley Daniel, USGS (GSARP-Funded Research)
10:40 The use of eDNA in comparison to trawl and historical catch data for assessing marine finfish in Matagorda Bay, Texas – Polly Hajovsky, TPWD
11:00 State Reports / Members Forum
11:45 LUNCH
1:15 State Reports / Members Forum
3:00 BREAK
3:15 Other Business – Peter Kingsley-Smith
• Budget Discussion
• Elections – Officers, Steering Committee
• Next Meeting, Dates, and Place (Florida?)
4:50 Public Comment
ADJOURN