GLIN==> GLMRIS High-Risk Species List reduced to 39

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New Zealand Mudsnail removed from list of riskiest invaders:
GLMRIS High-Risk Species List reduced to 39
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The initial publication of the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) White Paper,
the first interim product of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin
Study (GLMRIS), listed 40 High-Risk Species to potentially transfer between
the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins through the Chicago Area
Waterway System. A late incorporation of a comment made by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service during the secondary agency review reduces the list to 39,
as the New Zealand Mudsnail, which is already found in both basins, will be
removed.

The purpose of the ANS White Paper is to catalog potential non-native species
within the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins and identify which
high-risk species will be an initial focus in GLMRIS.

With the removal of the New Zealand Mudsnail from the list, 10 species are
high risk for potential transfer to the Great Lakes Basin and 29 are high
risk for potential transfer to the Mississippi River Basin. 

The identification of the species in the ANS White Paper will aid the GLMRIS
Team in focusing efforts toward identifying available prevention and control
technologies for further analysis. 

The Other Pathways Team (Focus Area II) will be using the ANS White Paper to
develop site-specific High-Risk Species lists for all other potential aquatic
pathways along the basin divide.

View the ANS White Paper at
http://glmris.anl.gov/documents/docs/Non-Native_Species.pdf, and explore the
39 High-Risk Species on the GLMRIS Web site at
http://glmris.anl.gov/documents/ans/index.cfm#speciesfs

If you have any questions about the paper, please contact GLMRIS Project
Manager Dave Wethington at (312) 846-5522.



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