Terrestrial Invasive Species Committee Update
Great Lakes Terrestrial Invasive Species Committee
MNRG Meeting
June 6, 2007
Carmen Chapin, Chair (NPS)
- Progress Report
- Communicating Our Activity
- Sharing Agency Information
- Collaborative Projects
- Assessment of our Shortcomings
- Change: the view from the field
- TISC: Leading Change
- MNRG: Leading Change
Progress Report
- Communicating our activity outside MNRG
- Sharing agency information within MNRG
- Collaborative projects
- Specific work efforts
- Assessment of our shortcomings
- Leading change and moving forward
Communicating our Activity
- Website (EPA)
- EPA testimony (EPA)
- National Invasive Weeds Awareness Week (NRCS, NPS, MIPN)
- Poster display (All: BLM, FS, ACE)
- George Wright Society (NPS)
- Interaction with State agencies (All)
Sharing Agency Information
- Talking points handout (NPS)-web
- Sources of weed free products (FS)-web
- Native seed/plant sources (EPA)-web
- Roadside vegetation management (FHWA)-web
- Communicating our NEPA processes (FHWA/FWS)-internal
- General information
Collaborative Projects
- Poster display (All)
- Developing sources for weed free mulch and hay (FS, NPS, MIPN)
- BMP’s (FS, NPS, FHWA)
Assessment of our Shortcomings
- Difficulty in transfer of funds
- Limited participation of some agencies
- Limited NGO partnerships
- Lack of structured format for chair rotation
Change: The view from the field
- Change in our environment (climate/species movement)
- Change in how we get IS work done (partnerships)
- Change in how we manage IS (ecosystem maintenance)
- Change in how a new generation understands or values nature
- Native vs. IS impacted ecosystems
TISC: Leading Change
- Identify beneficial agency activity to TISC
- Seek opportunities for interagency collaboration and sharing of resources and information
- Participate in NGO collaborations
- Relay these opportunities to all levels of agency management
- Ex. Data Management for IS
MNRG: Leading Change
- Utilize Climate Change platform to encompass Global Change and include IS issues (and others) as part of that message
- Select new TISC chair
- Encourage participation in TISC committee
- Use products created by TISC
- Communicate leadership needs to TISC