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1. New Invaders Watch ProgramA Volunteer-Based Program to Identify, Map and Control New Exotic Invasive Species www.NewInvaders.org

2. "On a global basis...the two great destroyers of biodiversity are, first habitat destruction and, second, invasion by exotic species” - E.O. Wilson

3. The New Invaders Watch Program is an Early Detection and Rapid Response Networkthat focuses on the identification, mapping and control of exotic invasive species that are common in other regions or states, but are not present, are rare or have not widely spread into their preferred habitat in our region. Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticilata), Florida Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) Japanese Hops (Humulus japonica) , Missouri

4. New Invaders Watch ProgramGoals: • Identify, report and map populations of target exotic invasive species*. • Work with partners to eliminate or contain those populations before they spread. • Share location and population information about these potentially invasive exotic species.

6. A strategy of education, documentation, communication, and action Training Eradication, control, or management plan Identify new populations Online reporting w/ image or mail-in voucher Alerts! Verification Mapping www.NewInvaders.org

7. Who Are Our Partners? • VOLUNTEER GROUPS • NGO’S & CWMA’s • LAND TRUSTS • ARBORETUM, UNIVERSITIES & BOTANIC GARDENS • FEDERAL AGENCIES • STATE AGENCIES • FOREST PRESERVES • CONSERVATION DISTRICTS • COUNTY AGENCIES • COUNTY PARKS • PRIVATE BUSINESS • GARDEN CLUBS & NATIVE PLANT GROUPS

8. You can help prevent the establishment of new exotic invasive species in our region! Join the New Invaders Watch Program www.NewInvaders.org

9. The NIWP database and website is hosted by EDDMaps, an Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System. You should always be sure to report your NIWP EDRR species on the NIWP webpage. To go between the websites, use the back arrow or re-type the www.newinvaders.org web address, or use your history button. If you want to report common invasive species, such as Reed Canary Grass, you can report it on the EDDMaps website. By partnering with EDDMaps NIWP is adding to a national database on invasive plant distribution and we are able to view the reports of our target species outside of our program area

10. How You Can Help ! • To participate in this program: • Complete the New Invaders training session (you don’t need to be an expert botanist!) • “Become a Volunteer”, sign up at NewInvaders.org, click on “become a volunteer” • Monitor for new populations (in Nature Preserves, Natural Areas, Private property (w/ permission), Trail-sides) • Report new populations • online. *To report new invaders to the web site you will need to sign up and create a user name and password – KEEP IT SIMPLE!

11. Registration Page When you sign up for NIWP, you are also signing up to EDDMaps

12. Trainings Are Provided By Many Partner Organizations • Train the Trainer Sessions • Program Training to Agencies and Organizations • Program Training to Stewards, the general public, and volunteer groups • Training that focuses on a subset of the target list, for example Forest Pests, Aquatics, or Ornamental Species Upcoming training opportunities are posted at http://www.newinvaders.org/training.cfm

13. Target Species New Target Plant Species Japanese Chaff Flower – Achyranthes japonica Amur Peppervine – Ampelopsis brevipeduculata Flowering Rush - Butomusumbellatus Narrow-leaf Bittercress – Cardamine impatiens Black Swallow-wort - CynanchumlouiseaeDog Strangling Vine- Cynanchumrossicum Chinese Yam - Dioscoreapolystachya Great (Blue) Globe Thistle – Echinopssphaerocepals Brazilian Elodea - Egeriadensa Water Hyacinth - Eichorniacrassipes Reed Manna Grass - Glyceria maxima Baby's Breath - Gypsophila paniculataGiant Hogweed - Heracleummantegazzianum Japanese Hops - Humulusjaponicus Common Frogbit – Hydrocharismorus-ranae Hydrilla - HydrillaverticillataSericeaLespedeze - Lespedeza cuneataJapanese Stilt Grass - Microstegiumvimineum Princess Tree – Paulownia tomentosa Mile-a-minute Weed - Persicariaperfoliatum Water Lettuce – PistiastratoidesKudzu - Puerariamontanavar. lobata Sawtooth Oak - Quercusacutissima Fig Buttercup – Ranuculusficariavar.bulbifera Himalayan Blackberry – Rubusarmeniacus Wine Raspberry – Rubusphoenicolasius New Target Insect Species Asian Longhorned Beetle - Anoplophoraglabripennis Chinese Longhorn Beetle - Trichoferuscampestris Brown Marmorated Stink Bug - Halyomorphahalys Spreading Target Plant Species Wild Chervil – Anthriscussylvestris Oriental Bittersweet - Celastrusorbiculatus Spotted Knapweed - Centaureastoebe ssp. micranthosLeafy Spurge - Euphorbia esula Japanese Knotweed - Fallopia japonica Silver Grass - Miscanthussinensis Amur silver grass - MiscanthussaccahriflorusBradford Pear - Pyruscalleryana

14. Identification and Data Collection Tools • Target Species ID Card Set (pdf online with select speceis) • Species Information Pages • Easy Minimum Data Collection Standards and Reporting • (completed online) • Automated Latitude and longitude finder with Google Maps • Vouchering instructions (online) • Training presentations for specific audiences

15. New Invaders Watch Website – additional resources: • Alerts and Recent Reports • Interactive Distribution Maps • Sign up for custom alerts (EDDMaps feature) • Update reports (under My EDDMaps) http://www.NewInvaders.org

16. Target Insects

17. ASIAN LONGHORNED BEETLE- Anoplophora glabripennis USDA Exit hole

18. CHINESE LONGHORNED BEETLE - Trichoferus campestris C. Pierce Ventral view Dorsal view • IDENTIFICATION CHARACTERISTICS: • Adults: • Elongate, 11 to 20 mm body with long antennae and parallel sided hardened wing covers, which are covered with short hairs • Dark brown to brownish-orange in color with legs and antennae often being lighter in color than rest of body. • Larvae: • Up to 25 mm long, yellowish-white in color with brownish head, and short, poorly developed legs

19. Impacts: Larval feeding under bark and in wood can stress or kill trees, and reduces marketability of wood. Feeding damage can reduce yield of fruit trees. Infests healthy, stressed or dying trees and cut wood. Preferred hosts include apple and mulberry, but have been documented feeding on long list of species (e.g., maple, birch, beech, ash, locust, walnut, larch, fir, cedar, oak, willow, mountain ash, elm, grape, sumac) and cut wood of spruce and pine. Wood damaged by a European species of Trichoferus

20. Brown marmorated stink bug- Halyomorpha halys • Description • Adult Description: • Shield shaped body (characteristic of all stink bugs) • Adults ~15-17 mm long with mottled brownish grey color • 4th antennal segment has a white band • Underside is white, sometimes with grey or black markings • Legs are brown with faint white banding S. Ellis Adult • Nymph Description: • Eggs white or pale green barrel-shaped laid in clusters on the underside of leaves, about 1 mm in diameter and become apparent when nymphs emerge, as they will stay at the egg mass for several days. • The first instar nymphs resemble ticks. Nymphs are more brightly colored than the adults. • As the nymphs mature, the black and white banding on the antennae and legs becomes distinct. USEPA. Newly hatched nymphs

21. Host Plant: Many agriculturally-important plants, from apples to soybeans. Also, various ornamental plants are at risk. brown marmorated stink bug Penn State Univ. Apple Damage Threatens include damage to fruit; in particular, affected apples often exhibit pitting and discoloration . Because the brown marmorated stink bug feeds on a wide range of host plants, almost any crop with fruit may be at risk.

22. Take a good photo(s) or collect a good specimen (get permission to collect). • Record data about the population in the field • Go to www.NewInvaders.organd click on “Report an Invader” • Enter your user name and password • Click on “plant or insect”, then click on the state where you found the population • Fill out a reporting form • Attach your digital photo • Click “Report” • If you have a pressed specimen mail your form and specimen/photo to the Morton Arboretum. If any target species are found:

23. What Data Should You Report? Any data items in red are required Type in the species name, common or Latin, choose from the drop down menu (includes more species than the NIWP target species) You MUST select a county Enter latitude and longitude or use the map to pinpoint location of population

24. Double click on the map to zoom in, keep adjusting the location of the red pin until you identify the location, the latitude and longitude will fill in automatically. You MUST select a site, (if you do not know the site, select the landowner name or the county name from the drop down list. For private land, select the county By choosing a site name (even if just the agency or county) you will link your report to a rapid responder. THIS IS IMPORTANT!

25. Add your images and click Report

26. What happens after I submit my report? After you submit your report it will automatically be sent to NIWP for verification and an alert sent to the landowner or a County Representative. After verification, your report is mapped and viewable online, participants who sign up are sent alerts.

27. To access your reports click This will take you to My EDDMaps, you will leave the NIWP website.

29. Creating Alerts Alerts can be created for a state, for a county, or a species. If you create more than one alert, say for multiple species, you will only get one email with multiple alerts when species are found

30. Reporters and responders can Use the “Manage My Reports” to record control and management Information under “Revisit”

31. EDDMaps Resources on EDDMaps website

32. How to Use the NIWP interactive mapping system Click on maps, then the species, You will notice an option to see EDDMaps records, recent New Invader records, and historic herbarium records of NIWP species with different legend colors. Zoom in and scroll around the map, click on the pin pointed population of interest, click on more information If you see a number, it means more than one population has been reported in one another at the map scale you are viewing www.NewInvaders.org

33. Report

34. Our Rapid Response Network A network of land managers and licensed, trained volunteers that can eradicate or contain new populations or that can assist private landowners, Townships, Municipalities, and Highway Departments in control efforts. The electronic alert system alerts primary responders of new population found on their property. Currently includes, state, county, national park service, some county parks, and some private landowners.

35. Examples of Success • Japanese stilt grass identified in Will County and Forest Preserve initiates control • County record for Giant Hogweed in Lake County, IL reported and controlled. • Giant Hogweed identified by DuPage County resident and removed from private land within5 days of initial report. • Japanese Knotweed populations identified and controlled in Lake Michigan ravines, state Nature Preserve, along the Fox and Des Plaines Rivers and private lands. • Flowering Rush controlled on county Forest Preserve land and adjacent private land. • Lespedeza cuneata identified and controlled in State Natural Area and County lands. • NIIPP Invasive Plant Strke Team. • Brazilian elodea found on private land and 3-year eradication plan implemented. • Mapping of over 1500 herbarium records of NIWP target species in and surrounding the region. • First population of Black swallow-wort identified (and controlled) in Lake County , IL in 2010 • Online mapping avaiable

36. Thank You for Joining and to All Of Our Partners! Volunteer Stewardship Network Natural Area Contractors Garden Clubs

37. Please sign up to help stop new invaders from establishing or spreading in northeast Illinois today! www.NewInvaders.org

38. For questions on the New Invaders Watch Program • Contact: • Debbie Maurer • Lake County Forest Preserves, Illinois • Phone: 847-968-3285 • E-mail: dmaurer@LCFPD.org • Or • Cathy McGlynn • Northeast Illinois Invasive Plant Partnership • 847-242-6423 • E-mail: cathy.mcglynn@niipp.net