Web Addresses
- des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/exoticspecies/index.htm
- https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/fishing/nuisance-species.html
Primary ANS Contacts
Freshwater Plants:
- Amy Smagula
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
29 Hazen Dr, PO Box 95
Concord, NH 03302-0095
phone: 603.271.2248
amy.smagula@des.nh.gov
Freshwater Animals:
- Scott R. Decker
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
11 Hazen Dr
Concord, NH 03301
phone: 603.271.2491
scott.decker@wildlife.nh.gov
Panel Membership
Agency
- New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
29 Hazen Dr, PO Box 95
Concord, NH 03302-0095
Representative
- Amy Smagula, Exotic Species Program Coordinator
Water Division, Watershed Management Bureau,
Exotic Species Program
Agency
- New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
11 Hazen Dr
Concord, NH 03301
Representative
- Scott R. Decker, Program Supervisor
Inland Fisheries Division
Species Actively Managed
Plants
- Brazilian elodea (Egeria densa)
- common reed (Phragmites australis)
- curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
- Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
- European frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae)
- European naiad (Najas minor)
- fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana)
- flowering rush (Butomus umbellatus)
- hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
- parrot feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
- purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
- variable milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum)
- water chestnut (Trapa natans)
- yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltata)
Animals
- Asian tapeworm
- Allegheny crayfish (Orconectes obscurus)
- bass tapeworm (Proteocephalus ambloplitis)
- grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
- red swamp crayfish (Orconectes clarkii)
- round goby (Neogobius melanostomus)
- rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)
- rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
- walking catfish (Clarias batrachus)
- whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis)
- White River crayfish (Procambarus acutus)
- zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)
- all non-indigenous crayfish
- unauthorized baitfish
Other Established Species of Concern
Plants
- water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes)
Animals
- black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
- tubenose goby (Proterothinus marmoratus)
- Eurasian ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus)
- piranha (Pygocentrus spp. and Serrasalmus spp.)
- snakehead (Channa spp. and Parachanna spp.)
- bowfin (Amia calva)
- transgenic fish
- fishhook waterflea (Cercopagis pengoi)
- spiny waterflea (Bythotrephes cederstoemi)
Programs/Resources
- New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Exotic Species Program
- Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers!