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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
Stop
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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?