Web Addresses
Primary ANS Contacts
Freshwater Plants:
- John McPhedran
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
State House Station 17
Augusta, ME 04333
phone: 207.215.9863
john.mcphedran@maine.gov
Freshwater Animals:
- Dakota Stankowski
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
333 Water St
Augusta, ME 04330
phone: 207.592.0982
Dakota.Stankowski@maine.gov
Saltwater Plants:
- Beth Bisson
Maine Sea Grant College Program
The University of Maine
5784 York Complex
Orono, ME 04469
phone: 207.581.1440
beth.bisson@maine.edu
- Robert Russell
Maine Department of Marine Resources
PO Box 8
West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575
phone: 207.633.9524
Robert.Russell@maine.gov
Saltwater Animals:
- Robert Russell
Maine Department of Marine Resources
PO Box 8
West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575
phone: 207.633.9524
pete.thayer@maine.gov
Panel Membership
Freshwater
Agency
- Maine Department of Environmental Protection
State House Station 17
Bureau of Land and Water Quality
Augusta ME 04333
Representative
- John McPhedran, Coordinator, DEP Invasive Aquatic Species Program
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Saltwater
Agency
- Maine Department of Marine Resources
PO Box 8
West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575
Representative
- Robert Russell, Marine Resources Scientist
Species Actively Managed
Plants
- Curly pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
- Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
- Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
- Variable watermilfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum)
Animals
- 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
- 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)
Animals
- 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)
Programs/Resources
- Asian Shore Crab Reporting Program
- Cost Share Grant Program
- Courtesy Boat Inspection Program
- Invasive Plant Patrol Program of Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program
- Maine Action Plan for Managing Invasive Aquatic Species
- Maine Marine Invasives Working Group
- Maine’s Marine Invasion Fact Sheet