The New York State Invasive Species Task Force

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TheNew York StateInvasive Species Task Force

• Past, Present Future
• Steven Jay Sanford
• Chief, Bureau of Habitat, NYSDEC

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What is the ISTF?

• Laws of New York, 2003
• Chapter 324

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Task Force Members

• Government agencies
• Conservation organizations
• Trade groups
• Academia

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Task Force Members

• DEC Ag Markets
• DOS DOT OPRHP
• Thruway Canals APA
• BRI Sea Grant Cornell Farm Bureau
• TNC NHP Invasive Plant Council
• Marine Trades Nursery Landscape

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ISTF Charge

• Assess impacts,
• identify existing actions, and
• report recommendations
• to Governor and Legislature
• by 30 November 2005

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Invasive species cause problems across many
facets of our lives
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Ecosystems

• Natural Systems

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Ecosystems

• Managed Systems

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Food Supply

• Agriculture

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Food Supply

• Harvested Fish, Shellfish Wildlife

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Built Environs

• Industry Transportation

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Built Environs

• Gardens, Landscaping, Pets

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Recreation

• Angling

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Recreation

• Boating

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Recreation

• Parks

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Timeline
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New York invasions since ISTF established

• European Crane Fly
• Southern Bacterial Wilt
• Swede Midge
• Brown Fir Longhorn Beetle
• Chronic Wasting Disease
• European Wood Wasp
• Northern Snakehead Fish
• Bloody Red Shrimp

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Implementation

• Recommendations
• SFY 2006-07 Budget
• Spending Plan
• SFY 2007-08 Budget

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Strategic Elements

• Coordination
• Prevention
• Education
• Early detection
• Rapid response
• Control or management
• Research

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Overarching Principles

• Deliver program primarily through partners
• Allocate EPF resources primarily to partners
• PRISMs for on-the-ground delivery
• NYSIS Council supported by NYS staff
• NYSISC and Advisory Committee by E. O.

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Regional Partnerships

• PRISMs partnerships for regional invasive
  species management
• Principal means of delivering IS programs
  throughout NYS

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Core Functions

• Coordination (among partners)
• Volunteers (recruit train)
• Education (identify meet needs)
• Early Detection (monitoring network)
• Rapid Response
• Eradication (implement projects)
• Research (citizen science)
• Planning (integrate existing plans)

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Recommendations

• 1
• Establish a permanent leadership structure to
  coordinate IS efforts.
• Federal model

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New Structure

• Council
• (10 agency reps)

Advisory Committee (30 groups)
Office of Coordination (4-5 agency staff)
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Core Functions(NYSISC, NYSISAC, Office of
Coordination)

• Coordinate with all stakeholders
• Communicate
• Identify program needs
• Identify resource needs
• Develop programs
• Pursue resources

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Recommendations

• 2
• Prepare and implement a comprehensive
• IS management plan.
• Contract

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Plan Outline

• Roles
• Responsibilities
• Authorities
• Resources
• Integration
• Gaps
• Strategies

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Recommendations

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• Allocate appropriate resources to invasive
  species efforts.
• 3.25 million EPF

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Recommendations

• 4
• Establish a comprehensive education and outreach
  effort.
• Cornell Cooperative Extension ?

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Outreach Education

• Identify needs
• Catalog whats available
• Develop new materials
• Develop new training
• Deliver training
• Coordinate with PRISMs
• Integrate with research
• Integrate with Clearinghouse

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Recommendations

• 5
• Integrate databases and information
  clearinghouses.
• Natural Heritage Program ?
• Sea Grant ?

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Locational Database

• The invasive map for NYS
• Available on www
• GIS for all species
• Link to others
• Identify/meet needs
• Integrate with Clearinghouse

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Information Clearinghouse

• The invasive library for NYS
• Available on www
• Info about all species
• Link to others
• Identify/meet needs
• Integrate with Database

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Recommendations

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• Convene a regular invasive species conference.
• Invasive Plant Council
• February 7 8 in Albany
• American Wildlife Conservation Foundation
• March 24 in Syracuse

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Recommendations

• 7 Formalize NYS IS policy and practices.
• 9 Coordinate and streamline regulatory
  processes.
• DEFERRED

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Recommendations

• 8
• Establish a center for invasive species research.
• Coordinate, prioritize, fund

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Research Coordination

• Establish IS Research Advisory Board
• Catalog existing research
• Identify research needs
• Prioritize research needs
• Identify researchers
• Catalog available funding
• Recommend research priorities to NYSISC
• Track progress/report to NYSISC

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Public Enemy 2
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Applied Research

• Supplement NYSDOT research funds to complete
  Phragmites biocontrol
• Priority based on existing information
• Future priorities guided by Council and Institute

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Recommendations

• 10
• Encourage non-regulatory approaches to
  prevention.
• Clean Stock Pilot

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Small Fruits
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Clean Stock Pilot

• NYS Ag Experiment Station (Geneva)
• Virus-free before propagation or distribution
• Grapes, small fruits (Currants), tree fruits
• Protocol for voluntary self-certification

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Recommendations

• 11
• Influence Federal actions to
• support invasive species prevention,
  eradication and control.
• DEFER
• (agencies organizations)

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Recommendations

• 12
• Recognize and fund
• demonstration projects.
• PRISMs
• Eradication Grants

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1 million in FY 05-06

• Eradication only
• Aquatic (and wetland) species
• 1 million
• 100,000 cap, 12 match
• Municipalities and not-for-profits
• Grants awarded June 2006

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1 million in FY 06-07

• Eradication only
• Aquatic and Terrestrial species
• 1 million
• 100,000 cap, 11 match
• Municipalities, NFPs, agencies
• Applications early 2007

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Thank you.
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