B.17.4.1. Leadership and Coordination 
Goal 4 addresses communication with the public and coordinating with relevant groups. 
Climate change should be a consideration in communication on encroaching species and 
potential vectors and on adapting management practices to accommodate changing conditions. 
B.17.4.2. Prevention 
Goal 1 calls for the identification of aquatic organisms that could potentially have 
adverse impacts in state waters, as well as the characteristics, habitat requirements, and potential 
adverse impacts of these organisms. Assessment of adverse impacts should take into account the 
changing conditions projected by climate change models, which may make systems more 
vulnerable and/or exacerbate the effects of NAS. For example, warmer water temperatures could 
negatively impact native trout fisheries, allowing both NAS to become more easily established 
and greater impacts on the ecosystem. 
B.17.4.3. Early Detection/Rapid Response, Control, and Management 
Climate change considerations could also be incorporated into the Plan to strengthen 
progress toward Goal 2, reducing the potential for NAS that have been introduced into state 
waters to spread to uncolonized waters. This goal calls for monitoring colonized waters and 
collecting data on NAS such as rate of growth, distribution, and impacts on native species. 
These data are to be correlated with habitat data to develop predictive models of where and how 
NAS introductions might occur and to develop strategies for preventing and controlling them. 
These models could incorporate predicted habitat changes that may result from climate change to 
better predict NAS introductions. 
B. 17.4.4. Research 
The aim of Goal 3 is to provide information and management strategies related to 
minimizing impacts from NAS. Development of alternative management strategies and risk 
assessments of proposed introductions should consider climate change effects to ensure long¬ 
term efficacy. 
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