Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>In 2002, the Department of Fish and Game prepared a management plan to address the threat invasive species pose to the aquatic ecosystems of the state. The Alaska Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan (PDF 1,210 kB) was approved by the federal Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force (ANSTF). Under Section 1204 of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Prevention and Control Act the ANSTF has provided limited funding to state’s with an approved plan.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>The ANS management plan describes</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>Alaska’s history of invasion,</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>species considered to be the highest threat,</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>pathways for introduction</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>management actions to</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>prevent the introduction or spread of invasive species,</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>promote early detection and rapid response actions, and</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>control or eradicate invasive species.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Collaboration</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) is responsible for management of fisheries, wildlife and habitats. ADF&G strives to protect native fish and wildlife and the habitats that support them from impacts imposed by invasive species. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has management responsibility for terrestrial and freshwater plants. As appropriate, the two agencies collaborate to safeguard Alaska ecosystems from aquatic invasive species. If you are seeking information about aquatic invasive plants, such as Elodea, please visit the DNR invasive plants website.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is a feature-based database that interconnects and uniquely identifies the stream segments or reaches that make up the nation's surface water drainage system. NHD data was originally developed at 1:100,000-scale and exists at that scale for the whole country. This high-resolution NHD, generally developed at 1:24,000/1:12,000 scale, adds detail to the original 1:100,000-scale NHD. (Data for Alaska, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands was developed at high-resolution, not 1:100,000 scale.) Local resolution NHD is being developed where partners and data exist. The NHD contains reach codes for networked features, flow direction, names, and centerline representations for areal water bodies. Reaches are also defined on waterbodies and the approximate shorelines of the Great Lakes, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico. The NHD also incorporates the National Spatial Data Infrastructure framework criteria established by the Federal Geographic Data Committee.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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