A.31. SUMMARY OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT IN NEW JERSEY 
A.31.1. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN 
No plan available. 
A.31.2. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 
• Liberty State Park Project: Interior Restoration, New Jersey Department of 
Environmental Protection (NJDEP). This project derives from a legal settlement of a 
chromium case and restoration involves Phragmites control by tidal flushing. NJDEP 
eradicates the species by removing the soil from an area around the plant, uprooting the 
plant, and filling the holes with “clean” sand. 
• Lower Cape May Meadows Environmental Restoration Project, NJDEP. NJDEP 
controls Phragmites using fill and herbicides and controls purple loosestrife using beetles 
and tidal flushing. 
• Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program: purple loosestrife control, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, New Jersey Department of Agriculture, NJDEP, Division of Fish 
and Wildlife, Endangered and Nongame Species Program. The Program controls 
purple loosestrife on private lands. 
• New Jersey Invasive Species Council. The Council was created under a 2004 executive 
order to create a state invasive species management plan and to undertake a set of tasks to 
control and eradicate invasive species in the state. Representatives on the Council come 
from the NJDEP, Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, Commerce 
and Economic Growth Commission, conservation organizations, agricultural sector, 
nursery and landscape sectors. New Jersey Agricultural Invasive Species Council, 
academia, and the general public. 
• Wetlands enhancement in the New Jersey Meadowlands, New Jersey Meadowlands 
Commission. Wetland enhancement projects for three sites in the New Jersey 
Meadowlands area include control and management of numerous invasive species. 
A.31.3. CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS REPORTED BY STATE PERSONNEL 
(None reported.) 
A.31.4. CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS 
(None reported.) 
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