Great Lakes Aquatic Nuisance
Species
Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
Great
Lakes Panel on ANS Background
Since 1991, the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
has worked to prevent and control the occurrence of aquatic nuisance
species in the Great Lakes. This is an immense task, as more than 160
nonindigenous aquatic species have been accidentally introduced into
the Great Lakes in this century. Once established, these species must
be managed and controlled, as they are virtually impossible to eradicate.
The panel was officially convened
in late 1991 in response to section 1203 of the Nonindigenous Aquatic
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-646) In establishing
the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species, Congress recognized
that providing sound advice to the ANS Task Force from experts in a
highly-impacted region could make a substantial contribution to the
collective management effort at both a regional and national level.
Effective prevention and control efforts in the Great Lakes continue
to be the first line of defense in slowing or preventing the spread
of aquatic nuisance species to other regions of the country.
The Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
is directed to perform the following tasks:
- Identify Great Lakes priorities
- Assist / Make recommendations to a national Task Force on Aquatic
Nuisance Species (also established via P.L. 101-646)
- Coordinate exotic species program activities in the region
- Advise public and private interests on control efforts
- Submit an annual report to the task force describing prevention,
research and control activities in the Great Lakes Basin
Great
Lakes Panel Guidance for Operations
Download
the Operational Guidance document (PDF 04/27/07)
Great
Lakes Panel Committees
Information and Education
Committee
Research Coordination Committee
Policy Coordination Committee
Information/Education
& Research Grant-making Priorities (2007)
Great
Lakes Panel Membership
The Panel membership
is drawn from U.S. and Canadian federal agencies, the eight Great Lakes
states and the provinces of Ontario and Québec, regional agencies,
user groups, local communities, tribal authorities, commercial interests,
and the university/research community.
Great Lakes
Panel Leadership Positions
The Great Lakes Panel has several elected leadership positions which
include the Panel Chair, Vice Chair, and a Chair for each of the Panel’s
three committees (see below). Each elected individual serves a two year
term. The current Panel leadership is as follows:
Panel Chair
Jim Grazio,
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection-Office of
the Great Lakes and Coastal Resources
Panel Vice
Chair
Phil Moy, University
of Wisconsin Sea Grant
Research
Coordination Committee Chair
Lindsay Chadderton,
The Nature Conservancy
Information/Education
Committee Chair
Rochelle Sturtevant,
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration-Great Lakes Environmental
Research Lab, and Sea Grant Extension
Policy Coordination
Committee Chair
Mike Murray,
National Wildlife Federaion
Great Lakes Panel At-Large
Members
Six representatives are elected by the Panel to serve as at-large members
on the Panel for a two-year term. The purpose of at-large membership
is to help ensure representation from all stakeholders, allowing for
individuals to contribute to the mission of the Panel based on special
expertise, interest, or advisory capability regarding AIS issues and/or
priorities.
• John A. Andersen,
Jr., The Nature Conservancy
• Cathie Cunningham
Ballard, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality-Coastal
Management Program
• Ted Batterson,
Ph.D., North Central Regional Aquaculture Center
• Doris J.
Bautch, U.S. Department of Transportation-Maritime Administration
• Allegra Cangelosi,
Northeast-Midwest Institute
• Doug Jensen,
University of Minnesota Sea Grant
• Francine
MacDonald, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
• Michael Murray,
National Wildlife Federation
The Panel focuses its efforts in three broad areas –
Information/Education, Research Coordination, and Policy and Legislation.
Each category is supported through a committee comprised of Panel members
with relevant interests and expertise. The Information/Education Committee
facilitates the coordination of ANS information/education (I/E) activities
conducted in the Great Lakes region; builds partnerships between the
various stakeholders involved in ANS I/E efforts; and promotes the development
and delivery of consistent messages regarding ANS prevention and control.
The Research Coordination Committee provides a forum for ongoing dialogue
and action among the parties who conduct, manage, sponsor or apply Great
Lakes-related ANS research; enhances inter-regional communication and
coordination of ANS research; and develops, maintains and disseminates
an ANS research inventory database and associated policy recommendations
regarding ANS research priorities. The Policy and Legislation Committee
coordinates development and dissemination of Panel policy positions
on key ANS issues; exchanges information on critical ANS legislative
and appropriations issues; promotes development and implementation of
state ANS management plans; and coordinates the Panel’s involvement
in regional legislative and policy-related initiatives addressing ANS
prevention and control.
Meetings of the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
The Great Lakes Panel meets twice a year in locations around the Great Lakes basin. If you would like further information on Panel meetings please contact Kathe Glassner-Shwayder at shwayder@glc.org
- MEETING ANNOUCEMENT: Great Lakes Panel Meeting – December 2-3, 2008: The meeting will be held in the Ann Arbor, Mich. area. Meeting details, including an agenda and logistics, will be posted as they become available.
- Great Lakes Panel Meeting (June 2008): Held in in Milwaukee, Wisc. as a joint meeting with the Mississippi River Basin Panel.
- Great Lakes Panel Meeting (Nov. 2007): Held at the Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Marriot in Ypsilanti, Mich. Meeting theme: Risk Assessment & Screening as Tools for AIS Prevention and Control.
- Great Lakes Panel Meeting (May 2007): Held in conjunction with the spring meeting of the national ANS Task Force and featuring the all day session “ANS State Management Planning Great Lakes Regional Perspectives”.
- Past Meetings
ANS
Update newsletter
The ANS Update is a quarterly newsletter insert and a publication of
the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species. The newsletter includes
a regionally relevant ANS feature article, a Panel update, updates from
member states and provinces, and a listing of upcoming events and publications.
The most recent issues are available to
view online.
Recommendations
submitted to the national ANS Task Force
• Screening Tools for Aquatic Invasive Species
submitted July 2008
Great
Lakes & Mississippi River Basin Panel Joint Recommendation
• Ballast Water
Regulation
submitted February 2008
Great
Lakes Panel Recommendation
• State Aquatic
Nuisance Species Management Plans
submitted November 2007
Great
Lakes Panel Recommendation
• Population
of the ANS Task Force Experts Database
submitted May 2007
Great
Lakes Panel Recommendation
ANS
Task Force Response
• Chicago Sanitary
& Ship Canal Aquatic Nuisance Disperal Barrier
submitted January 2007
Great
Lakes Panel Recommendation
ANS
Task Force Response
see also: Great
Lakes Commission recommendation to Congress,
sent February 2007
Information
and Education Committee
Priorities
submitted March 2006
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