© Steve S. Meyer Troy Weldy - 4 October 2013 New York Invasive Species Regs: Developing Regs with Consensus

A Vision for Our Future Plant and animal diversity Forest Regeneration Landscape Connections Future Generations Clean Water Wildlife Habitats

Regional Partnerships

Ecological Assessment Ecological Impact Biological characters Distribution Difficulty of Control See

Socio-Economic Assessment

4-Tier Team Charge Act as the “Steering Committee” Develop acceptable procedures, balancing harm with benefits Produce list of species Complete assessments Draft report  NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation  NYS Dept. of Ag. and Markets  Brooklyn Botanic Garden  The Nature Conservancy  NY Farm Bureau  NYS Nursery and Landscape Association  Cornell Cooperative Extension  Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council  Trout Unlimited  USDA APHIS PPQ & WS  NYS Dept. of Transportation  NY & Lake Champlain Sea Grant  SUNY Albany Bio. Cons. & Policy

Prohibited Species (~125) Sycamore Maple Japanese Barberry Autumn Olive Brazilian Waterweed Cogon Grass Yellow Iris Border Privet Amur Cork Tree Golden/Yellow Bamboo Eurasian Boar Nutria Mute Swan African Land Snail Faucet Snail Northern Snakehead Chinese Mitten Crab

Regulated Species (~30) Norway Maple Burning Bush Wintercreeper Chinese silver grass Goldfish Lionfish Green Crab Egyptian Goose Monk Parakeet Red-eared Slider

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