Table B-23. Assessment of the Virginia Aquatic Nuisance Species 
Management Plan 
Aspects of plan that may incorporate climate change 
Score 
Understanding and incorporating potential impacts resulting from climate change 
0 = no; 1 = briefly mentions; 2 = includes general discussion; 3 = includes quantitative info and/or specific examples 
Plan specifically mentions climate change 
2 
Plan acknowledges climatic boundaries of species 
1 
Plan demonstrates understanding of species and/or ecosystem sensitivity to changing conditions 
1 
Plan identifies research on the potential effects of species responding to changing conditions 
0 
Plan acknowledges regional differences in expected climate changes 
0 
Capacity to adapt to changing conditions 
0 = no; 1 = implicitly (i.e., includes goals and strategies that can be used to account for changing conditions, but does 
not specify changing conditions as part of their purpose); 2 = yes, explicitly, in passing; 3 = yes, explicitly, and 
specifies associated goals and/or action items 
Plan accounts for changing conditions in its leadership and coordination goals and strategies 
0 
Plan accounts for changing conditions in its prevention goals and strategies 
0 
Plan accounts for changing conditions in its early detection/rapid response goals and strategies 
0 
Plan accounts for changing conditions in its control and management goals and strategies 
0 
Plan accounts for changing conditions in its restoration goals and strategies 
0 
Plan accounts for changing conditions in its research goals and strategies 
0 
Plan accounts for changing conditions in its information management goals and strategies 
0 
Plan accounts for changing conditions in its education and public awareness goals and strategies 
0 
Monitoring strategies 
0 = no; 1 = yes, briefly mentions; 2 = yes, but unclear how information will be used; 3 = yes, and specifies associated 
goals and/or action items 
Plan includes strategy to monitor for changing conditions 
0 
Plan includes strategy to utilize monitoring data 
0 
Plan includes strategy for managing/updating monitoring data 
0 
Revision 
0 = no; 1 = yes, in passing; 2 = yes, and includes qualitative description; 3 = yes, and includes timeline and/or 
benchmarks for doing so 
Plan includes strategy for updating and incorporating new information 
3 
Funding 
0 = no; 1 = a source is specified for a portion of the required funding; 2 = a source is specified for a portion of the 
required funding along with strategies for obtaining remaining funding; 3 = a source is specified for 100% of 
required funding 
Plan identifies dedicated funding source for implementation 
0 
Total score: 
7 
B.24.4. INCORPORATING CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION 
Because Virginia will experience various effects from climate change, the Invasive 
Species Management Plan should incorporate climate change considerations in its next revision, 
or if the state chooses to develop an aquatic nuisance species (ANS) plan. The current 
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