Appoint a State ANS or Invasive Species Coordinator

1. Appoint a State ANS or Invasive Species Coordinator • Have a full time coordinator • Have a part time coordinator, with other duties • Has no Coordinator

2. Establish state ANS or Invasive Species Committees • Has an ANS Committee • Has a committee or task force for a specific issue • In the process of forming a committee • Has no committee

3. Create State ANS Management Plans • No state plan • Plan for flora, but not fauna • Have a draft plan ready or in process • Have a plan in place

4. Appoint a Representative to the WRP and Provide the Resources Needed for Participation • Representative attends • No designated representative • Have a representative, but funding is inadequate. • New coordinator will be appointing one soon

5. Provide a Long-term Stable Source of State Funding That Can Be Used As Match for Federal Funding to Implement State Invasive Species Management Programs. • State does not have funding • Have secured partial state funding, but not adequate to cover program, and not assured for long-term.

6. Implement Programs to Prevent the Spread of Invasive Species From Boating • No formal boaters education program • Boater education, have not done 100th Meridian surveys • Have surveyed trailered boats according to 100th Meridian Initiative Guidelines

7. Create a State Early Detection and Rapid Response Plan With Clear Authority and Funding to Quickly Respond to New Invasions and New Pathways for Invasion. • Has no funded plan • Have plans for specific species, not fully funded.

8. Provide State Authority to Designate Water Bodies that Contain Invasive Species as “Infested Waters” and Implement Management Actions to Control the Existing Populations and Prevent Spread • Have authority and are designating waters as “infested” or as “water quality limited” • Do not have authority to designate “infested waters”

9. Implement a Nonnative Species Classification Program that May Allow for the Beneficial Use of Some Nonnative Species While Screening Out Potentially Invasive Species Prior to Importation or Release • No screening system • No classification system, but a review and permit is required • State has a screening and classification system with multiple categories