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Web Addresses
Primary ANS Contacts
   Freshwater Plants/General:    Freshwater Animals/General:
  • John McPhedran
    Maine Department of Environmental Protection
    State House Station 17
    Augusta, ME 04333
    phone: 207.287.6110
    john.mcphedran@maine.gov
  • Pete Bourque
    Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
    284 State St. Station #41
    Augusta, ME 04333
    phone: 207.287.5261
    pete.bourque@maine.gov
   Saltwater Plants:   Saltwater Animals:
  • Pete Thayer
    Maine Department of Marine Resources
    PO Box 8
    W. Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575
    phone: 207.633.9539
    pete.thayer@maine.gov
  • Pete Thayer
    Maine Department of Marine Resources
    PO Box 8
    W. Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575
    phone: 207.633.9539
    pete.thayer@maine.gov
Panel Membership
 Freshwater
   Agency:    Representative:
  • Maine Department of Environmental Protection
    State House Station 17
    Bureau of Land and Water Quality
    Augusta ME 04333
  • John McPhedran, Coordinator, DEP Invasive Aquatic Species Program
    Maine Department of Environmental Protection
 Saltwater
   Agency:    Representative:
  • Maine Department of Marine Resources
    PO Box 8
    W. Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575
  • Pete Thayer, Marine Resources Scientist
    Bureau of Resource Management
Species Actively Managed
   Plants:    Animals:
  • curly pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
  • Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
  • hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
  • variable watermilfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum)
  • bluegill (Lepomis macrohirus)
  • Bonamia oyster disease (Bonamia ostrea)
  • goldfish (Cyprinus auratus)
  • green crab (Carcinus maenas)
  • koi carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Other Established Species of Concern
   Plants:    Animals:
  • common reed (Phragmites australis)
  • dead man's fingers (Codium fragile tomentosoides)
  • flowering rush (Butomas umbellatus)
  • Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
  • purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
  • red algae (Polysiphonia harveyi)
  • yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus)
  • Allegheny crayfish (Orconectes obscurus)
  • Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus)
  • black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculaus)
  • compound seasquirt (Botryllus schlosseri)
  • compound seasquirt (Botrylloides violaceus)
  • compound seasquirt (Didemnum sp.)
  • flatworm (Convoluta convolute)
  • largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
  • mud puppy (Necturus maculosus)
  • muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)
  • naval shipworm (Teredo navalis)
  • northern pike (Esox lucius)
  • opossum shrimp (Mysis relicta)
  • red swamp crayfish (Orconectes clarkii)
  • rock louse (Ligia oceanica)
  • rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
  • seasquirt (Styela clava)
  • sea slug (Tritonia plebeia)
  • smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu)
  • White River crayfish (Procambarus acutus)
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