WRP Supported Projects

Teaming with Partners to Develop AIS Resources

In the past, the WRP was able to provide funding support to complete high priority projects identified by the panel. The documents provided here are representative of those projects.  Additional key documents that inform western programs are also provided.

• Watercraft Inspection & Decontamination Programs
  • Regional Watercraft Inspection & Decontamination Data Sharing System
  • A Review of Decontamination and Cleaning Technologies Associated with Watercraft to Address Invasive Species (2025)
  • Uniform Minimum Protocols and Standards for Watercraft Inspection and Decontamination Programs for Dreissenid Mussels in the Western United States (UMPS IV, 2021)
  • A Review of Chemical Use Associated with Watercraft Decontamination to Address Aquatic Invasive Species (2018)
  • Recommended Uniform Minimum Protocols and Standards for Watercraft Inspection Programs for Dreissenid Mussels in the Western United States (UMPS III, 2016)
  • Survey of Watercraft Interception Programs for Dreissenid Mussels in the Western United States

• Analysis of Boat Traffic
  • A Risk Assessment of Recreational Boating Traffic and Aquatic Nuisance Species (Dreissenid Mussel) Invasion to Lakes, Rivers and Reservoirs of the western United States, Technical Report 2012
  • 100th Meridian Assessments of Boater Habits at Lake Mead National Recreation Area 2007-2008, Final Report for 100th Meridian Initiative at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area 2007-2008

• Zebra/Quagga Mussel Physiology
  • Executive Summary: Thermal Tolerance, Physiological Condition, and Population Genetics of Dreissenid Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and D. rostriformis bugensis) Relative to their Invasion of Waters in the Western United States

• Regional Surveys
  • Northern range expansion and coastal occurrences of the New Zealand mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) in the northeast Pacific
  • Regional surveys and outreach for the non-indigenous burrowing isopod, Sphaeroma quoianum

• Train the Trainer: Master Gardeners Prevent Aquatic Invasive Plant Introductions through Community Education and Outreach

  • Aquatic Gardens, Not Aquatic Pests: How to Practice Responsible Water Gardening
  • Practice Responsible Water Gardening: Tip Sheet
  • Aquatic Water Weeds Poster
  • Practice Responsible Water Gardening: Resource Sheet

• Professional Awareness of Flowering Rush in the Headwaters of the Columbia River System
  • Flowering Rush Video
  • Spatial Modeling of Invasive Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) in the Columbia River Headwaters