Management Plan
Arizona Invasive Species Management Plan
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Executive Summary INTRODUCTION The Arizona Invasive Species Advisory Council (AISAC) was initially created in 2005 by the Governor's Executive Order to develop a coordinated, multi-stakeholder approach for addressing invasive spe ies issues in Arizona. In June 2006, recommendations to the Governor included that the AISAC be permanently established and a comprehensive invasive species management plan be developed. The Governor's Executive Order in 2007 directed the AISAC to develop an invasive species management plan by June 30, 2008. This plan is based upon the framework recommended in the initial AISAC report and focused on five strategic concepts: |
Leadership and Coordination, Research and Informatiion Management, Anticipation and Outreach, Control and Management, and Funding. In developing the plan, fifteen objectives and sixty-three recommendations were established to address invasive species needs in Arizona. Highlights of those recommended objectives and actions are as follows.
LEADERSHIP & COORDINATION
• Identify lead coordination to facilitate the needs
identified in the plan;
• Retain the vision of a coordinated, multi-stakeholder approach;
• Implement effective communication and coordination among state and
federal
agencies and stakeholders as well as with interstate, international and
tribal
entities; and
• Develop the Arizona Center for Invasive Species as a web-based
network.