Several of the Strategic Actions listed in the Action Plan could incorporate climate change 
considerations to adapt management activities in the Midwest region. 
C.5.4.1. Leadership and Coordination 
Issue 6 of the Action Plan addresses partnerships and coordination, including involving 
external organizations such as nongovernmental organizations and industry in promoting ANS 
policy and agendas. These provisions call for expanding coordination and attention to regional 
ANS issues. Coordination on the regional level offers the opportunity for states to share 
information on climate-related ANS issues, including expanding ANS ranges, changing 
conditions, and adapting management to address changing conditions. 
C.5.4.2. Prevention 
Issue 2 relates to preventing new introductions and the spread of ANS, including the 
development of a method for evaluating species to determine whether they should be allowed to 
enter a state or the country. Issue 9 involves coordinating and communicating regulated species 
lists among the states and developing federal guidance for uniformity between states. Efforts to 
assess risk and develop species lists could also account for the effect of climate change on 
ecosystem vulnerability to ANS invasion and expanding species ranges and vectors. 
C.5.4.3. Early Detection and Rapid Response, Control, and Management 
Issue 12 addresses developing tools for control and management of established ANS. 
These tools should incorporate climate change effects to ensure long-term effectiveness. 
C.5.4.4. Research 
Issue 4 promotes the compilation and use of economic data to generate interest in, and 
support for, ANS issues from sport fishing and hunting communities. This effort includes 
researching ANS impacts, producing economic data on ANS impacts and educating 
policymakers and the public. Analyses of ecologic and economic impacts from ANS should also 
take climate change effects into account and be communicated to the public. 
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