Communication, Education, and Outreach Committee
The Communication, Education, and Outreach (CEO) Committee facilitates regional coordination of information dissemination.
Objectives
- Serve as a regional resource or clearinghouse to coordinate information sharing among all the states, provinces, organizations, and institutions represented on the NEANS panel, as well as other stakeholders.
- Promote the awareness of the NEANS panel to increase recognition of, and support for its mission and priorities.
- Increase aquatic nuisance species awareness among all sectors of the public, emphasizing the need for and importance of prevention activities.
Current Projects
- Revise the NEANS panel fact sheet into a tri-fold and edit information for printing and for displaying on NEANS panel website.
- Review and edit new version of NEANS panel website.
- Develop a web page on NEANS panel site specifically for Hydrilla, including general information about the species, as well as prevention, control, and BMPs.
- Develop a webpage on the NEANS panel site that summarizes the problem of ANS in the Northeast, highlighting some of the more problematic freshwater and saltwater species.
- Work with other NEANS panel committees to aid them in packaging and conveying their projects for dissemination to the public.
Past Accomplishments
- Floating Boaters Key Chain
- NEANS panel website version II
- Talking to the Media (73K, pdf)
- Water Chestnut Hand-pulling Brochure (for resource managers) (1.2M, pdf)
Committee Co-chairs
Leslie Matthews, VTDepartment of Environmental Conservation
Karen Hahnel, ME Department of Environmental Protection
Karen Hahnel, ME Department of Environmental Protection