Management Plans
AIS MANAGEMENT PLANS
The federal Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force approves state and species management plans to help guide work on the ground across the USA. The plans below feature the western states and species-species plans. These resources are available for public use and are free to be circulated. More information about ANSTF-approved plans and plans from different geographic areas of the USA can be found here.
SPECIES-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS
- Quagga-Zebra Mussel Action Plan for Western U.S. Waters (2010)
- The Updated Recommendations for the Quagga Zebra Action Plan (QZAP 2.0) (2020)
- New Zealand Mud Snail Management Plan (2007)
- Invasive Carp Management Plan (2007)
- Snakehead Management Plan (2014)
- Lionfish Management Plan (2015)
- Green Crab Management Plan (2002)
- Lionfish Management Plan (2015)
- Mitten Crab Management Plan (2003)
- Ruffe Management Plan (1996)
- Brown Tree Snake Management Plan (1996)
- Caulerpa Management Plan (2005)
STATE AIS MANAGEMENT PLANS
- Alaska Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2002)
- Arizona Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2011)
- California Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2008)
- Colorado Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan (2021)
- Hawaii Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2003)
- Idaho Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2007)
- Kansas Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2005)
- Montana Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2002)
- Nebraska Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2010)
- Nevada Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2017)
- New Mexico Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2008)
- North Dakota Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2018)
- Oklahoma Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan (2009)
- Oregon Invasive Species Management Plan (2023)
- South Dakota Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2008)
- Texas Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2011)
- Utah Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2009)
- Washington Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2001)
- Wyoming Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan (2010)