management practices to accommodate changing conditions. Task 6C calls for developing 
outreach materials with information on transport vectors. Information about how climate change 
will affect these vectors and specific AIS should be included so that people associated with these 
vectors better understand the scope of the problem. 
B.13.4.2. Prevention 
Objective 2 identifies prevention tasks associated with specific vectors. Information on 
how climate change may affect these vectors could improve the efficacy of prevention programs. 
B.13.4.3. Early Detection/Rapid Response, Control, and Management 
Task 5B1 calls for an increase in research on effective biocontrol methods for AIS in 
Massachusetts’s waters. Consideration of projected climate change impacts is necessary to 
ensure these controls will remain effective. In addition, when developing a management 
priorities list (Task 5C), state staff should consider how climate change may affect the spread 
and establishment of AIS to best target these management efforts. Task 5D4 calls for 
reintroducing native species as part of a restoration program for lakes and ponds. Given that 
climate change can alter habitats, it will be important to consider how these effects will influence 
native species and habitats and AIS. A restoration plan should focus on native species that can 
thrive under or withstand climate change. These considerations may make habitats more robust 
and less vulnerable to potential invasions as conditions change. Integrating this information into 
a restoration plan/program also will make restoration activities more successful. 
B.13.4.4. Research 
Task 7A1 recommends that the Massachusetts’s leading scientists and state staff 
determine the state’s research priorities. This task provides an opportunity for these scientists 
and state staff to include research on climate change effects on AIS as a part of the agenda. 
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