B.16.4.1. Leadership and Coordination 
Strategy 1B calls for participation in and support of regional, federal, and international 
efforts to control ANS. In order to better anticipate and manage the expanding ranges of ANS, 
regional efforts should be cognizant of and in communication about species’ expanding ranges. 
B.16.4.2. Prevention 
Strategy 2A establishes the task of describing invasion pathways and identifying high- 
risk water bodies. Analysis of invasion pathways should account for climate-sensitive vectors, 
such as increased recreational boating and the impact of increased water temperature on the 
health of native fish and the ability of non-native fish to establish new populations. 
B.16.4.3. Early Detection/Rapid Response, Control, and Management 
Identification of high-risk water bodies might reflect the impacts on native and invasive 
species of changes such as reduced lake water levels and decreased stream flows caused by 
increased evaporation. Strategy 2C, designed to prohibit, control, or permit the importation of 
non-indigenous aquatic species based upon their invasive potential, requires research on the 
invasive potential of aquatic plant species currently imported. This research should examine 
currently permissible species’ ability to persist in the expected conditions resulting from climate 
change in order to obtain a complete assessment of invasive potential. 
B.16.4.4. Research 
Strategy 6B, which relates to research on management alternatives and their effects on 
ANS and native species, calls for the investigation of the relationship between human-induced 
disturbance of aquatic and riparian systems and ANS invasion, establishment, and impacts. This 
is an ideal opportunity for state staff to research the effects of climate change on the state’s water 
bodies and waterways and the influence of these changes on ANS invasions. 
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