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THE AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES NORTHERN PIKE ESOX LUCIUS ELODEA CANADENSIS AND DREISSENID MUSSELS DREISSENA SPP. THREATEN THE MATSU BOROUGH MSBS FRESHWATER RESOURCES IMPACTING SUBSISTENCE COMMERCIAL AND SPORT FISHERIES THAT RELY ON HEALTHY SALMON HABITAT. THE MSB LACKS AN INTEGRATED NETWORK COMPOSED OF COMPREHENSIVE AIS SURVEY PRIORITIZATIONS AND ROBUST AISFOCUSED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THE REGIONAL EARLY DETECTION CAPACITY AND SUPPORT PREVENTION OUTREACH AND RAPID RESPONSE. COORDINATED EARLY DETECTION RAPID RESPONSE EDRR PROTOCOLS PROTECT MSBS PRODUCTIVE HABITAT FROM DEGRADATION BY INVASIVE SPECIES. IN THIS PROJECT TYONEK TRIBAL CONSERVATION DISTRICT TTCD AND KNIK TRIBE KT PROPOSE TO CREATE A BOROUGHWIDE NETWORK FOCUSED ON COORDINATED AIS EDRR EFFORTS BY ESTABLISHING A PRIORITIZED RANKING OF AIS SURVEY NEEDS BY TAXA AND DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING AN AISFOCUSED TRAINING CURRICULUM AND ONTHEGROUND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF TRAINED EARLY DETECTION OBSERVERS TO STRENGTHEN AIS SURVEY CAPACITY INTHE MATSU BOROUGH AND ESTABLISH A CLEAR AIS SURVEY PRIORITIZATION SO THAT SITES AT THE GREATEST INVASION RISK OR THREAT OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE ARE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE.

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