A.46. SUMMARY OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT IN VERMONT 
A.46.1. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PLAN 
No plan available. 
A.46.2. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES 
• Aquatic Nuisance Control Program, Vermont Department of Environmental 
Conservation (VT DEC). The program’s goal is “to prevent or reduce the 
environmental and socio-economic impacts of nuisance (primarily non-native) aquatic 
plant and animal species.” The program’s seven sub-programs include the following: 
o The Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Watchers Program—includes training for 
interested volunteers to assist in early detection (species identification, lake searches, 
and communication of the status of nuisance species) 
o The Purple Loosestrife Biocontrol Program—includes on-the-ground management 
and control activities such as introducing leaf-eating beetles (Galerucella spp .), a 
biocontrol; selecting sites; obtaining landowner permission; monitoring; increasing 
public knowledge; raising and releasing beetles; and compiling and summarizing 
activities and findings 
o The Water Chestnut Management Program—includes on-the-ground management 
and control activities such as mechanical harvesting, manual culling, surveying, 
education, and outreach 
o The Eurasian Watermilfoil (EWM) Biocontrol Program—includes on-the-ground 
management and control activities such as weevil introductions and augmentations as 
a biocontrol agent for Eurasian watermilfoil 
o The Grant-in-Aid Program—provides financial assistance to municipalities and 
agencies for the control of EWM, as well as ANS spread prevention, mechanical 
control of nuisance native plant populations, and management of purple loosestrife 
o The permitting program for mechanical and chemical control of invasive species 
o Spread prevention 
• Alewife Monitoring, Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife. Since the discovery 
of this aquatic invasive fish species in Lake Champlain in 2004, monitoring activities on 
Lake St. Catherine and downstream waters has ceased as has research on control or 
eradication measures. Instead, activities now focus on monitoring the spread and 
increase of alewife in Lake Champlain. Current emphasis is on aquatic invasive species 
public education and outreach. 
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