NEANS Panel Tools and Products
Publications and Other Materials
- NEANS Panel Forum
- Online Guide – click here to create a custom made invasive species guide
- Hydrilla Watch Card (English) (517K, pdf)
- Hydrilla Watch Card (French) (333K, pdf)
NEANS Panel Fact Sheet (253K, pdf) - Chinese mitten and Dungeness crabs alert print-ready posters available for the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island.
- Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel Chinese Mitten Crab Early Detection / Rapid Response Plan for the NEANS Panel Region(2.84m, pdf)
- Best Recommendations for Decontamination of Outdoor Equipment for the Prevention and Spread of the Invasive Alga Didymosphenia geminata (Didymo) (63K pdf)
- Water Chestnut Hand-pulling Brochure for resource managers, updated June 2008 (320K, pdf)
- Hydrilla Watch Card (81K, pdf)
- International Didymo Conference 2013 presentations and conference proceedings
- Rapid Response Financial Assistance Application (130K, doc)
- Evidence for a genetically distinct strain of introduced hydrilla verticillata (hydrocharitaceae) in North American Tippery et al 2020
Monitoring Resources
- US Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species mapping, tracking, and reporting tool (external link)
- Report on the 2010 Rapid Assessment Survey of Marine Species at New England Floating Docks and Rocky Shores (1M, pdf)
- Citizen Volunteer Monitoring Workshop packet October 2006 (895K, pdf)
- Citizen Volunteer Monitoring Workshop packet with PowerPoint presentations October 2006 (19M, pdf)
Media
- Talking to the Media (73K, pdf)
Prevention, Early Detection and Rapid Response Resources for Managers in the Northeast
- Freshwater Nuisance Species Prevention & Early Detection: Northeast Programs and Potential for Regional Collaboration. May 2008 Workshop Summary (145k, pdf)
- Implementing Rapid Response to ANS in the Northeast: Key Components of a Successful Program. May 2005 Workshop Proceedings (5.4M, pdf)
- Rapid Response to Aquatic Species in the Northeast: Developing an Early Detection and Eradication Protocol May 2003 Workshop Proceedings – document released September 2003 (5.4M, pdf)
- Links to existing Priority Species Lists for the Northeast
- Crossing state lines: An analysis of priority species lists for non-native aquatic and wetland plants in New England
- Rapid Response Plan for Management and Control of the Cinese Mitten Crab Northeast United States and Atlantic Canada 2016 (external link)
- Resources for Geographic Information about Non-Native Species
- Identification Resources for Non-Native Species
Control and eradication resources
Herbicide Application Resource Library
Connecticut River Hydrilla Project
- Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel Hydrilla Connecticut River Card
- Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel Hydrilla Connecticut River Sign
- Connecticut River (State of Connecticut) Hydrilla Survey map (link)
Hydrilla Initiative Pilot Resources
- Hydrilla Literature Search 12.31.12 (998 K, pdf) and Cited Articles and Abstracts 12.31.12 (449K, pdf)
- Hydrilla Literature Search December 14, 2012 presentation (6M, pdf) and conference call recording (right click on link to save the 84M, mp2 file)
- Community Based Social Marketing approach to Hydrilla. November 2006 work shop report (213K, pdf)
- HIP (Hydrilla) Workplan (152K, pdf)
- Early Detection /Rapid Response Survey annotated worksheet (65K, pdf)
- Context document for the Response Survey worksheet (50K, pdf)
- Hydrilla Profile Page
Legislation Summaries of Panel Member States
- Northeast legislation summary updated as of April 30, 2003 (71K, pdf)
- Connecticut (97K, pdf)
- Maine ( 104K, pdf)
- Massachusetts ( 88K, pdf)
- New Hampshire (97K, pdf)
- New York ( 98K, pdf)
- Rhode Island ( 85K, pdf)
- Vermont ( 100K, pdf)
NEANS Panel Resource Digest
Produced between July 2002 and June 2005.
- Volume 4, Issue 5, June 14, 2005 (153K, pdf)
- Volume 4, Issue 4, May 1, 2005 (139K, pdf)
- Volume 4, Issue 3, March 25, 2005 (154 K, pdf)
- Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2, 2005 (152 K, pdf)
- Volume 4, Issue 1, January 26, 2005 (152K, pdf)
- Volume 3, Issue 9, December 30, 2004 (172K, pdf)
- Volume 3, Issue 8, September 27, 2004 (85K, pdf)
- Volume 3, Issue 7, August 29, 2004 (101K, pdf)
- Volume 3, Issue 6, July 30, 2004 (93K, pdf)
- Volume 3, Issue 5, June 1, 2004 (185K, pdf)
- Volume 3, Issue 4, May 1, 2004 (212K, pdf)
- Volume 3, Issue 3, April 1, 2004 (170K, pdf)
- Volume 3, Issue 2, March 1, 2004 (173K, pdf)
- Volume 3, Issue 1, February 1, 2004 (160K, pdf)
- Volume 2, Issue 7, November 19, 2003 (165K, pdf)
- Volume 2, Issue 6, September 1, 2003 (132K, pdf)
- Volume 2, Issue 5, August 1, 2003 (57K, pdf)
- Volume 2, Issue 4, July 1, 2003 (121K, pdf)
- Volume 2, Issue 3, May 31, 2003 (339K, pdf)
- Volume 2, Issue 2, March 31, 2003 (308K, pdf)
- Volume 2, Issue 1 February 28, 2003 (103K, pdf)
- Volume 1, Issue 2 September 30, 2002 (141K, pdf)
- Volume 1, Issue 1 July 29, 2002 (105K, pdf)
Links to Other Resources
NH LAKES Lake Host Program
Connecticut’s Invasive Aquatic Plant, Clam and Mussel Identification Guide, 4th edition
Publications and Outreach Materials
- Tench a new invasive fish species discovered in Quebec (224K, pdf)
- Water Chestnut Hand-pulling Brochure for resource managers, updated June 2008 (320K, pdf)
- Pennsylvannia’s Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species Second Edition 2015 (external link)
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
- Link to HACCP website including sample plans
- HACCP Handbook (1.81M, pdf)
- NEANS Panel NOAA UConn Sea Grant HACCP training slides(10.95M, pdf)
Monitoring Resources
- Aquarium & Pond Plants of the World
- Marine Invader Monitoring and Information Collaborative (MIMIC)
- Resource list of invasive plant organizations in the northeast – from NIPGro (New England Invasive Plant Group) (116K, pdf)
Media
- NOVA PBS television feature on Caulerpa (April 2003)
Invasive Literature
- State of the Gulf of Maine invasive species theme paper 6.2010
- Management of Biological Invasions online journal
- Third International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference Papers
- Bioinvasions in a Changing World: A Resource on Invasive Species-Climate Change Interactions for Conservation and Natural Resource Management 12.2014
- Scanning the horizon for invasive plant threats using a data-driven approach