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Funding Program: IPM Partnership Grants

Project Title: Establishing an IPM Working Group on Invasive Species for New England and New York

Project Directors (PDs): Ellie Groden [1] Lois Berg Stack [2]

Lead State: ME Lead Organization: University of Maine

Undesignated Funding: $19,973

Start Date: May-01-2010 End Date: Apr-30-2011

No-Cost Extension Date: Jun-30-2012

Site/Commodity: landscape

Area of Emphasis: invasive species

Summary: Invasive plant and animal species have caused considerable problems in both natural and managed landscapes, with resulting damage, losses, and efforts to manage them estimated to cost the United States economy over $120 billion per year (Pimentel et al. 2005). These problems do not conform to political boundaries, and are thus best addressed with interstate coordination. Regional efforts to address invasive species in the NE have generally been fragmented by target species, taxa, or ecosystems impacted with little coordination across species and taxa or between the many instate and regional groups working on these issues. Individual states and the NE region could benefit greatly from more coordination among the individuals, agencies and organizations working in this area, both within and among states. Because of the shared geographic characteristics (including climate, landscape and land-use features) in New England and parts of New York, it will be most productive for those working with invasive species in these states to coordinate and assess the threats to this subregion. This project will establish an IPM Working Group (IWG) on Invasive Species for New England and New York in order to exchange information among the states on within state coordination of invasive species efforts via councils, advisory boards and/or networks, and assist each other with instate coordination efforts and assessing the needs of stakeholders within individual states. The IWG will then prioritize specific regional IPM outreach and research needs for invasive species that reflect the input from each of the state invasive species councils. Objectives: 1. To establish an IPM Working Group (IWG) on Invasive Species for New England and New York. Anticipated Impacts: Researchers, outreach/extension educators and managers from seven states will meet. They will increase their awareness of work being done in other states, across taxa, disciplines, organizations and methods. 2. To exchange information among IWG members and evaluate current models for within state coordination of invasive species efforts via councils, advisory boards and/or networks. Anticipated Impacts: Researchers, outreach/extension educators and managers from the seven states will increase their awareness of other states' organizational structures. Representatives from states without current organizational structures will learn from other states' experience, and return home with information that will enable them to implement councils/advisory boards/networks. 3. To assist within-state coordination efforts for participating states. Anticipated Impacts: Researchers, outreach/extension educators and managers will learn methods by which groups are formed, the various forms and responsibilities of those groups, and the groups' scope and mission. All participants will learn what each of the other states is doing, and will learn new ideas to incorporate into their in-state organizations, whether new or existing. 4. To identify and prioritize specific regional IPM outreach and research needs for invasive species that reflect the input from each of the state invasive species councils. Anticipated Impact: Researchers, outreach/extension educators and managers from all seven states will compare their needs from their individual states, and develop a prioritized list of research/outreach/management needs for the seven-state region. Proposal

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