Web Addresses
- State Management Plan and resources
- http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2696&q=322690&depNav_GID=1630
- hthttps://portal.ct.gov/caes-iapptp://web2.uconn.edu/seagrant/whatwedo/ais/index.php
Primary ANS Contacts
Freshwater Plants:
- Greg BugbeeConnecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Invasive Aquatic Plant Program
123 Huntington St.
New Haven, CT 06511
phone: 209-974-8512 fax:
Gregory.Bugbee@CT.gov
Freshwater Animals:
- Robert Jacobs
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
209 Hebron Rd
Marlborough, CT 06447
phone: 860.295.9523 fax:
Robert.Jacobs@CT.gov
Marine Shoreline and Marsh Plants:
- Juliana Barrett
Connecticut Sea Grant/University of CT
1080 Shennecosset Rd
Groton, CT 06340
phone: 860.405.9106 fax:
Juliana.Barrett@uconn.edu
Marine Seaweeds:
- Charles Yarish
University of CT
One University Place
Stamford, CT 06901
phone: 203.251.8432 fax:
no email
Marine Animal:
- David Molnar
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
333 Ferry Rd
Old Lyme, CT 06371
phone: 860.447.4334 fax:
david.molnar@ct.gov
Panel Membership
Agency
- Connecticut Agricultural Experiment StationInvasive Aquatic Plant Program
123 Huntington St.
New Haven, CT 06511
Representative
- Gregory Bugbee, Invasive Aquatic Plant Program
Agency
- Connecticut Sea Grant
1080 Shennecosset Rd
Groton, CT 06340
Representative
- Vacant
Species Actively Managed
Plants
- Fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana)
- Brazilian water-weed (Egeria densa)
- Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
- Yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus)
- Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
- European waterclover (Marsilea quadrifolia)
- Parrotfeather (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
- Variable-leaf water milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum)
- Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
- Brittle water-nymph (Najas minor)
- American water lotus (Nelumbo lutea)
- Yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata)
- Crispy-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
- Water chestnut (Trapa natans)
- Common reed (Phragmites australis)
Animals
- Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)
Other Established Species of Concern
Plants
- Didymo (Didymosphenia geminata)
- Mud mat (Glossostigma cleistanthum)
- Flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)
- Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpiodes)
- Watercress (Nasturtium officinale)
- Onerow watercress (Nasturtium microphyllum)
- Green fleece (Codium fragile subsp. fragile)
- Red alga (Gracilaria vermiculophylla)
- Red Alga (Heterosiphonia japonica)
- Rhodophyta red alga (Grateloupia turuturu)
Animals
- Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
- European green crab (Carcinus maenas)
- Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus)
- Sea squirt (Ascidiella aspersa)
- Compound sea squirt (Didemnum vexillum)
- Compound sea squirt (Diplosoma listerianum)
- Orange or red sheathed tunicate (Botrylloides violaceus)
- Golden star tunicate (Botryllus schlosseri)
- Clubbed tunicate (Styela clava)
- Kelp bryozoan (Membranipora membranacea)
Programs/Resources
- Connecticut Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan
- Factsheets
- The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station – Invasive Aquatic Plant Program
- Connecticut’s Aquatic and Wetland Invasive Plant Identification Guide, Third Edition