1. Group F: Economic Consequences of Invasive Species Q1: Critical Scientific Issues Quantifying and verifying non-market impacts and their value Costs of potential loss of rare and endangered species from invasive species Understand the non-market impacts of species jumps from one ecosystem to another Social Issues Estimate the impacts of invasive species on values held by diversity of social groups, especially under represented groups. For example study the environmental justice of invasive species management programs. Can we use the volunteer stewardship activities to estimate peoples willingness to pay for higher quality ecosystems? BCA of outreach and education Understand land use changes that result from IS Climate Change Issues Impacts of Climate change on invasive species establishment and dynamics Acknowledging that invasive species can impact the stores of carbon, especially below ground, and in non forested ecosystems Time Issues How do we account for long term changes, and uncertainty in ecosystem processes or attributes resulting from IS? How do we display impacts in space in time?

2. Group F: Economic Consequences of Invasive Species Q2: Critical Management and Policy Issues Management Options Are there feasible and effective ways we can make polluters pay? Clean stock programs, BMP, and incentives for certification programs for packing material and live plants How can we manage pathways to reduce risk of introduction (e.g. tort law)? Connectivity: Trade offs among management policies, benefits and cost, aquatic, terrestrial applications streams and habit corridors What ways can we induce managers and landowners to use BMPs Needs for Economic and/or Benefit Costs Analysis Invasion controls and ecosystem restoration at regional and local levels Better Management Practices, quarantines, trade bans, biocontrols, pathway management, participatory management Research management policy; prioritizing research proposals, performing research in-house versus contracting Program management, prioritizing different pest management programs, biocontrol programs, etc Protection of native fisheries Pest surveillance programs, capturing the spatial-dynamic impacts of undetected pests

3. Group F: Economic Consequences of Invasive Species Q3: Scientific Data, Models Available to Inform This Topic Linking ecological production functions with economic valuation. For example opportunity for NFS to adopt model like INVEST Map NPP changes with IS spread and link to other benefits Sustainable Rangeland Roundtable data

4. Group F: Economic Consequences of Invasive Species Q4: Issues Likely to Become Important by 2040 Building capacity – we need more economists! Linking ecosytem health, human health, and food security Proactive approach to integrating T&E species with invasive species management

5. Group F: Economic Consequences of Invasive Species Q5: How This Topic can Potentially Connect With Other Topics in Chapter Outline Economics should be incorporated in introductory discussion and impacts to communities It should not be incorporated into every section

6. Group F: Economic Consequences of Invasive Species Q6: What are the Gaps in Knowledge and Current Research Cross-boundary Issues How are values of services affected by neighbors activities? Research & Data Issues How can we smooth communication between social scientists, economists, and biologists? Inability to survey people on national forests. Creates a large gap in availability of economic data. Valuation Issues Use BCA to identify economic injury level (break even point) of different pests Better assessment of non-market values IS impacts on food and ag sector, better evaluation Need to include biological invasions in integrated models INVEST How do we account for uncertainty in decision analysis? How do we communicate uncertainty to decision makers and public?