GLMRIS Natural Resources Team Responds to ANS Comments
- Non-Native Species of Concern and Dispersal Risk for the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (550 KB)
Memorandum for Record: Response to Public/Agency Review Comments (16 KB) The GLMRIS Natural Resources Team has made available responses to the public and agency review comments generated from a conference call held to ask questions and provide comment on the Aquatic Nuisance Species White Paper. A Memorandum for Record documents the comments and GLMRIS Team responses. In light of the stakeholder input, several revisions have been made to the ANS White Paper.
The total number of potential High Risk invasive species remains at forty (40), with no changes to individual species identified on this list.
View the response Memorandum and the updated ANS White Paper on the Aquatic Nuisance Species Documents page of this website.
If you haven't already, take a moment to explore the 40 high-risk species that are poised to potentially transfer between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins through the Chicago Area Waterway System via our High Risk Species fact sheets.
The Team wants to thank all those who took time to review and comment on the ANS White Paper. We sincerely appreciate your interest in GLMRIS!