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• conduct a comprehensive national biological survey and monitoring program <strong>for</strong> earlydetection, building upon recent progress in this area by academia, <strong>the</strong> U.S. GeologicalSurvey, <strong>the</strong> National <strong>Ocean</strong>ic and Atmospheric Administration, and <strong>the</strong> U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency.• determine <strong>the</strong> threshold needed to trigger a rapid response and develop environmentallysound rapid-response, eradication, and control actions.• designate resources <strong>for</strong> implementing surveys and eradication programs.• develop partnerships among government and industry to fund and implementresponse actions.Improving <strong>the</strong> Control of Invasive SpeciesAs biological invasions continue, <strong>the</strong>re is a pressing need to improve <strong>the</strong> control of invasivespecies by reducing <strong>the</strong> overlaps and redundancies caused by <strong>the</strong> involvement of multipleagencies with insufficient interagency coordination. More than twenty federal entities,under ten departments or independent agencies, have some responsibility <strong>for</strong> invasivespecies management.Coordinated ActionThe Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force and <strong>the</strong> National Invasive Species Council havemade a start in coordinating federal agencies and states. Yet different priorities among <strong>the</strong>agencies constrain full cooperation in funding and implementing invasive species programs.The ability to establish cross-agency goals is limited, and nei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> Task Force nor <strong>the</strong>Council has established clear per<strong>for</strong>mance-oriented objectives in <strong>the</strong>ir work plans.Management of invasive species is particularly complicated because <strong>the</strong> initial sourceof <strong>the</strong> non-native species, <strong>the</strong> path of introduction, and <strong>the</strong> resulting ecological andeconomic impacts may be quite far removed from each o<strong>the</strong>r. This increases <strong>the</strong> need <strong>for</strong>close coordination among different jurisdictions. Although national standards are impor-Box 17.2 Federal Departments and Agencies withRoles in Invasive Species Management• U.S. Department of AgricultureAgriculture Research Service<strong>An</strong>imal and Plant HealthInspection ServiceCooperative State Research,Education, and Extension ServiceEconomic Research ServiceFarm Service AgencyForest ServiceNatural Resources Conservation Service• U.S. Department of CommerceNational <strong>Ocean</strong>ic and AtmosphericAdministration• U.S. Department of DefenseU.S. Army Corps of Engineers• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency• U.S. Department of Homeland SecurityU.S. Coast GuardU.S. Customs and Border Protection• U.S. Department of <strong>the</strong> InteriorBureau of Indian AffairsBureau of Land ManagementBureau of ReclamationU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceU.S. Geological SurveyMinerals Management ServiceNational Park ServiceOffice of Insular Affairs• National Science Foundation• Smithsonian Institution• U.S. Department of State• U.S. Department of TransportationFederal Highway Administration• U.S. Department of <strong>the</strong> Treasury260 A N O CEAN B LUEPRINT FOR THE 21ST C ENTURY

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