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Massachusetts

Web Addresses
Primary ANS Contacts
   Freshwater Plants:    Freshwater Animals:
  • Jim Straub
    Department of Conservation and Recreation, Lakes and Ponds Program
    251 Causeway St. Suite 900
    Boston, MA 02114
    phone: 617.626.1411
    jim.straub@state.ma.us
  • Jim Straub
    Department of Conservation and Recreation, Lakes and Ponds Program
    251 Causeway St. Suite 900
    Boston, MA 02114
    phone: 617.626.1411
    jim.straub@state.ma.us
  Saltwater Plant/Algae    Saltwater Animals:
  • Beth Suedmeyer
    Office of Coastal Zone Management
    251 Causeway St.
    Boston, MA 02114
    phone: 617.626.4921
    Beth.suedmeyer@state.ma.us
  • Judith Pederson
    MIT Sea Grant College Program
    292 Main Street, E38-300
    Cambridge, MA 01239
    phone: 617.252.1741
    jpederso@mit.edu
Panel Membership
   Agency:    Representative:
    MIT Sea Grant College Program
    292 Main Street, E38-300
    Cambridge, MA 02139
   Agency:    Representative:
  • Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
    251 Causeway St. Suite 900
    Boston, Ma 02114
  • Jay Baker
    Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
   Agency:    Representative:
  • Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
    251 Causeway St. Suite 900
    Boston, Ma 02114
  • Anne Monnelly
    Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
  • Jim Straub, Lakes & Ponds Program Coordinator
    Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Species Actively Managed
   Plants:    Animals:
  • Brazilian elodea or South American waterweed (Egeria densa)
  • common reed (Phragmites australis)
  • curly-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
  • Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
  • European naiad (Najas minor)
  • fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana)
  • hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
  • parrot feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
  • purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
  • variable milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum)
  • water chestnut (Trapa natans)
  • yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata)

 

  • Chinese mystery snail (Cipangopaludina chinensis)
Other Established Species of Concern
   Plants:    Animals:
  • Green fleece or dead man's fingers (Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides)

 

  • Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea)
  • Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus)
  • clubbed tunicate (Styela clava)
  • orange sheath tunicate (Botrylloides violaceus)
  • sea squirt (Didemnum sp.)
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