1. Group D: Invasive Species Management Tools and Technologies Q1: Critical Scientific Issues What makes a species invasive including data on dispersal & geographic origin What makes an ecosystem vulnerable, understanding hybrid and novel ecosystems Detection tools are critical – genetic and genomic early detection tools Identify weaknesses in invader biology & design tools specific to the weaknesses Management tools - for multiple invaders, secondary invasions, analysis of uncertainty Spatially explicit approaches Biocontrol tools & long term monitoring Integrate tools for surgical precision at population and community level Economic based decision on where we intervene along invasion progression Genomic maps of sensitive imperiled species and basic forest genetics Restoration to desired condition

2. Q2: Critical Management and Policy Issues Maximize risk assessment/map use for prevention, mgmt, restoration Science delivery to managers on ground, Bottom up suggestions for mgmt tools Post-treatment evaluation of mgmt Surveillance for multiple invasive species Geographic based mgmt decisions Safety of biocontrol agents Import and regulatory policies (domestic & international), Greater authority forpol icies (e.g., Lacey Act) Cost effectiveness of different strategies Improve cross-agency collaboration Stakeholder engagement for concensus actions Shift some responsibility to exporter Funding for long term monitoring Group D: Invasive Species Management Tools and Technologies

3. Q3: Scientific Data, Models Available to Inform This Topic Data – fish including mgmt and policy info - Plants USDA plant databas - EDD maps & Global IS Info network - FIA - living atlas - ArcGIS Concepts/Theories – Pop biology, succession, resilience IPM Systems – SOD info/data/mgmt tool website - STS, SLAM, Melaleuca, Island examples wildlife Models – Rangeland and Forest Vegetation simulators - epidemiological - disease models Group D: Invasive Species Management Tools and Technologies

4. Q4: Issues Likely to Become Important by 2040 Technology – drones, computer capacity, apps, remote sensing Climate change – bioenergy, emerging pests, Funding and partners – private sector/corporate, philanthropists, associations Genetic engineering - pest weakness, transgenic plants Mgmt – patch mgmt in invaded landsape, scenario driven tools, resilient ecosystems Future economic conditions – trade, transportation, recreation, pathways Increase collaboration – mgmt across jursidictions, international, citizen science, technical assistance to states and tribal groups Group D: Invasive Species Management Tools and Technologies

5. Q5: How This Topic can Potentially Connect With Other Topics Impacts on Communities/Landscapes – impacts drive mgmt decisions Impacts on Ecosystem Processes- mgmt affects impacts on ecosystem & vice versa, sensor networks will become more important Interactions with other stressors – climate change impacts pest populations and need for mgmt Change the Culture – increasing use of citizen science Economic – affects invasions and management strategies and priorities Group D: Invasive Species Management Tools and Technologies

6. Q6: What are the Gaps in Knowledge and Current Research Weed Risk assessment databases Centralized web-based storehouse, data coordination Connections of IS impacts/effects on human health (funding NIH) Etiology epidemiology of emerging disease complexes Non-target effects of mgmt and secondary invasions Restoring infrastructure for species restoration Decline in science support $, capacity, skills lost thru retirement Post treatment monitoring and efficacy Use of transgenics as tool vs solution Per capita effect of biocontrol and mgmt on invasives Group D: Invasive Species Management Tools and Technologies