This meeting will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites (62 South Royal Street, Mobile, AL 36602), September 9-10, 2026.
You may also join virtually here:
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DRAFT AGENDA
[All times stated in the agenda are in Central Daylight Time. * Indicates virtual presentation]
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026
8:30 Call to Order – Chair Matt Phillips
• Introductions
• Public Comment
8:45 Review and Adoption of Agenda – Chair Phillips
8:50 Review and Approval of Minutes from the Spring GSARP Meeting [Folly Beach, SC, April 14th– 15th] – Chair Phillips
9:00 Aquatic Plant Management Program – Wes Anderson, Alabama Power Company
9:45 Invasive lionfish in the Alabama Reef Permit Zone – Mark Albins, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
10:05 – 10:20 BREAK
10:20 Efforts to Control Apple Snails in the Three Mile Creek Watershed – Christian Miller, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program
10:40 Invasive Flora & Integrated Pest Management – Levi Blackmon, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn Univ.
11:20 Evaluation of Novel Control Techniques for Invasive Crayfish – Jim Stoeckel, Auburn Univ.
11:40 TBD
12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH (on your own)
1:30 Update on New ANS Introductions. – Wesley Daniel, US Geological Survey (USGS).
1:45 USGS Aquatic Disease and Pathogen Database Update. – Wesley Daniel, USGS.
2:00 Apple snail management – Don Bates, Osprey Initiative
2:20 TBD
2:40-2:55 BREAK
2:55 TBD
3:15 TBD
3:35 TBD
4:00 pm GSARP Business:
• Panel member elections
• SOP update
RECESS FOR DAY
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2026
8:30 Call to Order – Chair Matt Phillips
• Public Comment
8:40 Aquatic Nuisance Species Program – Adrian Stanfill, Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division (20 min time slot flexible, plans to attend meeting for full day)
9:00 Region 4 FWS update – James Ballard (USFWS)
9:20 Task Force Update – Susan Pasko (USFWS)
9:40 The Invasive Fish of Peninsular Florida Versus Panhandle Florida – Katelyn Lawson, Auburn University
10:00 BREAK
10:15 State Reports / Members Forum
11:30 Other Business –
•
Next Meeting (Spring 2027, Georgia?)
11:45 Public Comment
ADJOURN @ 12:00 PM
TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION AL-2026-02 - TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION AL-2026-02.pdf