A.ll. SUMMARY OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT IN GEORGIA 
A.11.1. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN 
Plan under development. 
A.11.2. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 
• Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) management activities, Georgia Department of 
Natural Resources (GADNR), Wildlife Resources Division, Fisheries Management. 
The department responds to problematic invasive species with monitoring, containment, 
and removal. Giant salvinia, a primary problem, is being controlled with chemical 
treatments. Applesnail control and management includes surveys, destroying egg 
masses, and an applesnail task force was scheduled to be initiated in December 2005. 
• Swamp eels management, GADNR, Wildlife Resources Division, Fisheries 
Management; University of Georgia; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and National 
Park Service. Officials have been periodically surveying for the eel since its discovery 
in the late 1980s in artificial ponds at a nature center. The surveys in these ponds have 
occurred once a month since 2004. The next step will be to develop control 
recommendations. 
• Flathead catfish control program. In 2006 the Georgia legislature allocated funding to 
control and manage invasive flathead catfish in Georgia. The increase in funding allowed 
for a fishery’s biologist and two fishery’s technicians to be hired to work on eradication 
and control methodologies. 
• Survey of lakes and reservoirs, Georgia Power (a regional utility), GADNR, Wildlife 
Resources Division, Fisheries Management. Georgia Power surveys its lakes and 
reservoirs three or four times a year for aquatic invasive plants and applies spot 
treatments of herbicides when they are found. GADNR assists with these activities. 
A.11.3. CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS 
• Climate change is a potential threat to applesnail control efforts. If climate change results 
in warmer temperature at higher latitudes, the snail may have the potential to expand its 
habitat. 
A. 11.4. CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS 
(None reported.) 
A.11.5. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION USED 
(None reported.) 
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