What is the Service doing about Invasive Species?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service addresses invasive species issues through a variety of programs and partnerships. The Service’s Invasive Species efforts take proactive approaches to address intentional and unintentional introductions, combat the spread of existing invaders on and off Service lands, and maintain the Service as a leader in invasive species prevention and control. [Note: the text below is the same text as from the FWS Invasive Programs Page] • The Branch of Invasive Species, part of the Service’s Fisheries Program office in Washington D.C., leads the Service’s Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Program. The Branch’s Invasive Species web site has links to information on its ANS Program, the ANS Task Force, the Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers and Habitattitude public awareness campaigns, and the 100th Meridian Initiative. • The Branch of Invasive Species also conducts activities related to the listing of organisms as Injurious Wildlife. • The Service’s National Wildlife Refuge Syst
