Web Addresses
Primary ANS Contacts
Freshwater Plants:
- Hope Leeson
Rhode Island Natural History Survey
101 CIK, 1 Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881
phone: 401.874.5822
hleeson@rinhs.org
Freshwater Animals:
- Hope Leeson
Rhode Island Natural History Survey
101 CIK, 1 Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881
phone: 401.874.5822
hleeson@rinhs.org
Saltwater Plants:
- Kevin Cute
Coastal Resources Management Council
Stedman Gov’t Center, Suite 3
4808 Tower Hill Road
Wakefield, RI 02879-1900
phone: 401.783.3370
kcute@crmc.ri.gov
Saltwater Animals:
- Kevin Cute
Coastal Resources Management Council
Stedman Gov’t Center, Suite 3
4808 Tower Hill Road
Wakefield, RI 02879-1900
phone: 401.783.3370
kcute@crmc.ri.gov
Panel Membership
Agency
- Rhode Island Natural History Survey
101 CIK, 1 Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston RI 02881 - Kevin Cute
Coastal Resources Management Council
Stedman Gov’t Center, Suite 3
4808 Tower Hill Road
Wakefield, RI 02879-1900
Representatives
- Kevin Cute
- Hope Leeson
Species Actively Managed
Plants
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- Asiatic bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus)
- Common reed (Phragmites australis)
- Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)
- Reed canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea)
Animals
Other Established Species of Concern
Plants
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- Alga (Grateloupia turuturu)
- Cork tree (Phellodendron sp.)
- Curly-leaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
- Dead-man’s fingers (Codium fragile)
- Fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana)
- Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
- Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii)
- Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
- Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)
- Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)
- Porcelain-berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata)
- Variable milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum)
- Watercress (Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum)
Animals
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- Asiatic clam (Corbicula fluminea)
- Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus)
- Green crab (Carcinus maenas)
- White didemnid (Didemnum sp)
Programs/Resources
- RI Department of Environmental Management, Office of Water Resources
- Narragansett Bay Research Reserve Coastal Training Program