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Collaborating Across State Lines:AIS Prevention in a Multi-State Watershed

Advocating for conservation throughout the watershed

Angelique Dahlberg

The St. Croix Watershed

Wilson 2012

Dahlberg 2014

252 miles of protection

Two rivers:• St. Croix• Namekagon

Two states:• Wisconsin (~55%)• Minnesota (~45%)

St. Croix Invaders

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Jacobson 2016 Anderson 2016

Dahlberg 2015

Dahlberg 2016

Dahlberg 2015 Dahlberg 2015Dahlberg 2014

Dahlberg 2014

St. Croix River Partners

Dahlberg 2015

Partner Differences  Wisconsin MinnesotaFunding Grant process County funding

Citizen monitoring

Project REDAIS Snapshot DayAIS component of CLMN

AIS DetectorsStarry Trek

Research Passed on from Madison MAISRC

Statewide “blitz” events

Drain CampaignLanding Blitz

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Other differences: laws & regulations, AIS staff available to help, resources (i.e., decontamination units), and more.

Partner DifferencesWI MN

X = program present

Pierce

St. Croix

Polk

Burnett

Washburn

Sawyer

Bayfield

Douglas

Washington

Chisago

Pine

Boat inspections X X X X X X X X X X XAIS education in the schools - - X X X X X - - X XPurple loosestrife biocontrol use - X X X X X X X X X -

AIS signage – add, replace, etc. - - X X X X X - X X X

Japanese knotweed control - X X X X X X - X - -WDNR funding for AIS work - - X X X X X - NA NA NA

MN County AIS funding NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X

A Regional ApproachAdvisory committee formsSCRA applies for WI DNR grantWI DNR awards grantAIS Coordinator hiredAIS Workgroup assembles

AIS goals identified for watershedDevelop AIS Strategic PlanPublic meetings

Finalize AIS Strategic PlanApprove AIS Strategic Plan

Implement AIIS Strategic PlanFill AIS gaps regionally

20132014

2015

2016

2017+

Regional Projects:

Inspections Education

Henriksen 2015 Makosky 2016Dahlberg 2016

Inventorying

Griffin 2017 Koch 2017 Koch 2017

Regional Projects:Boat inspections

St. Croix Falls Lions Park

Prescott

Cove Boat RampHudson

North HudsonTwin Springs

Somerset

WI Interstate Park

Wisconsin public launches:

Henriksen 2015

Regional Projects:Boat inspections

Boaters who visited other waters in the

past 5 days:

8.4% in 201514.3% in 20168.1% in 2017

Regional Projects:Boat inspections

Ritten 2015

Regional Projects:Education

Dahlberg 2017 Dahlberg 2017

Dah6erg 2016

Regional Projects:Education

Makosky 2016

Project RED

Snapshot Day &

Starry Trek

CLMN AIS Training

2018 Eurasian watermilfoil workshop

Koch 2017

Koch 2017

Dahlberg 2017

Dahlberg 2018

Dahlberg 2018

Regional Projects:Riverway monitoring

Koch 2017

Koch 2017Dahlberg 2017

Regional Projects:Riverway monitoring

Makosky 2016Koch 2017 Dahlberg 2017

Dahlberg 2017

Weiler 2017

Dahlberg 2017

Dahlberg 2017

Wilson Witkowski 2017

Regional Projects:Riverway monitoring

Regional Projects:Riverway monitoring

Makosky 2016 Dahlberg 2017

Dahlberg 2017Griffin 2017

Van Riper 2017

Griffin 2017

Regional Projects:Riverway monitoring

Dahlberg 2017

Questions?