International AIS Conference 2017 Leveraging Partnerships to Implement the Adirondack AIS Prevention Program: A Landscape-Scaled Watercraft Inspection and Decontamination Program October 24, 2017 Eric Holmlund, PhD Paul Smith s College Meg Modley Lake Champlain Basin Program
ADKs Comparatively Clean
NY Ground Zero for Forest Pests
Prevention, then containment
The response curve Era 2 -- + The Feds GLRI USFWS USEPA Era 3- + State & Local Muscle NYSDEC, LGPC Local Govt Sportsmen Enviros Era 4- Expanding Universe Business outreach NYS wide Status of GLRI? NYS EPF security? # inspectors/staff 175 Era 1- Core Partners AWI APIPP LCBP LGA Lake Associations Inspectors HPHW Decon. Units 0 2000 LCBP/LGA start 2011 2014 2017 2018
Annual $ cycle/sources 1-3 Yr $ Multi-Yr?? Growth process Our Key or tipping point Regionalized Initiated by parochial interests High level state commitment (normalization of resources) Federal Funding (Influx of seed resources) Regional AIS Action and Coordination Groups Higher Education/ Science Lake Associations The promise of permanence Concept proven/funded/scaled Legitimized
2017: A Multi-Agency Effort = AWI operated Decon = partner operated Decon = AWI inspector = partner org. inspector
Education, Outreach & Awareness Building Outreach Efforts Billboard on Interstate Website: Steward outreach at boat launches Signage - roadside Radio Messages Business Outreach Prg.
Graphic by Jake Sporn
Data Driven Decision Making Clean, organize, analyze nearly 100K inspections Outcomes (AIS or not) Previous waterway visited Look for pathways for the boat vector Use traffic density and pathways to designate the next year s steward and decon locations
Previous visits = Pathways Previous visits = outbound vectors Oneida Lake Where was your last visit? Where was your last visit? Great Sacandaga Raquette Lake
Compile Each Lake s Data Long Lake Lakes previously visited during 2016 season Previous Waterways for Launching Boats # visits Previous Waterways for Launching Boats # visits Previous Waterways for Launching Boats # visits NONE 526 Black Lake 3 DeRuyter Reservoir, DeRuyter, NY 1 Long Lake 339 Canandaigua Lake 3 Heart Lake, North Elba, NY 1 RENTAL 41 Lake Durant 3 Hinckley Reservoir 1 Raquette Lake 19 Lower Saranac Lake 3 Horseshoe Lake 1 Lake Eaton 18 Mohawk River 3 Keuka Lake 1 Lake Harris, Newcomb, NY 17 Raquette River 3 Lake Erie 1 Forked Lake 16 St. Regis River 3 Lake Kan-ac-to, Webb, NY 1 Tupper Lake 16 Upper Saranac Lake 3 Lake Lila 1 Sacandaga Lake 14 Ballston Lake 2 Lake Memphremagog, Magog, QC 1 Lake George 12 Barnum Pond 2 Lake Pleasant 1 Indian Lake 11 Cayuga Lake 2 Lake Zoar, Monroe, CT 1 UNKNOWN (boater doesn't know) 11 Eighth Lake 2 Limekiln Lake 1 DID NOT ASK 10 Fulton Chain of Lakes 2 Lower St Regis Lake 1 Fourth Lake 10 Glen Lake, Queensbury, NY 2 Mirror Lake 1 Schroon Lake 10 Lake Bonaparte 2 Moose Pond 1 Great Sacandaga Lake 9 Osgood Pond 2 Niagara River 1 Blue Mountain Lake 8 Rainbow Lake 2 Oswegatchie River 1 Oneida Lake 7 Snyder's Lake, Wynantskill, NY 2 Owasco Lake 1 Lake Champlain 6 Blue Cypress Lake, FL 1 Paradox Lake 1 Lake Ontario 6 Blue Marsh Lake, Berks County, PA 1 Piseco Lake 1 Atlantic Ocean 5 Brandreth Lake, Hamilton County, NY 1 Round Lake, Saratoga, NY 1 Cranberry Lake 5 Canandarago Lake 1 Seneca Lake 1 Hudson River 5 Caroga Lake 1 Seventh Lake 1 Little Tupper Lake 5 Carry Falls Reservoir 1 Silver Lake, Barnard, VT 1 Saranac River 5 Cazenovia Lake 1 Skaneateles Lake 1 St. Lawrence River 5 Cedar River Flow 1 somewhere in Connecticut 1 Brant Lake 4 Chateaugay Lake 1 South Pond, Long Lake, NY 1 Connecticut River 4 Chesapeake Bay, MD 1 Upper St Regis Lake 1 Lows Lake 4 Chittenden Reservoir, Chittenden, VT 1 Warner Lake, Berne, NY 1 Saratoga Lake 4 Conesus Lake 1 Wononskopomuc Lake, Salisbury, CT 1 Big Moose Lake 3 Total groups 1241
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2016 Combine with other lakes
2016 All the other lakes
17 Inspection & Decon Assets
2017 (prelim) outcomes 119 AWI stewards at 62 boat launches + 16 decon stations Performed over 81K inspections and 1,800 decontaminations Over 3,000 AIS interceptions so far this season, including a Hydrilla save at Upper Saranac Lake
Program/Design Strengths Inter-agency leadership team Field personnel hiring, training, supervision procedures = Quality Control Data quality = QA/QC procedures Species confirmation procedures Collection of key data points: Last waterbody visited Spread prevention behavior Strategic pairing of risks with assets
Take Home Messages Our critical success factor (big lever): Local Government cooperation and lobbying Complexity expands reach and impact, but requires increased administrative support and structure Landscape scope program upscaling is necessary AIS have already done it!
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