Description
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is providing grants to support implementation of interjurisdictional projects that cut across state and tribal Great Lakes Interstate Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plans. The grants will be awarded based on a competitive process, and funding will be prioritized towards target action-oriented projects that focus on pathway intervention, detection activities, and active prevention. Proposed work must either be within the Great Lakes Basin or near enough to the basin that it contributes substantially to the prevention and/or control of AIS in the Great Lakes basin.
Key aspects of the project include:
• Species with a substantial potential for interbasin transfer
• Species of significant concern to the Great Lakes community within a Great Lakes state
• Activities where the primary motivation is the prevent transfer of AIS into the Great Lakes basin
• Early detection, rapid response, and/or control efforts outside the basin
• Containment efforts, such as blocking movement with barriers or commercial harvest
• Reduction of the abundance of established AIS
• Long-term societal, economic, and environmental sustainability goals
• A well-reasoned, well-organized plan for carrying out the proposed activities
• A mechanism to assess success
• Qualified individuals, teams, or organizations to conduct the proposed activities