December 5, 2014 TO: Members of the National Invasive Species Council (NISC) SUBJECT: Recommendations to the NISC from the ISAC

Home , Anthony Foxx, Chuck Hagel, Jeh Johnson, Michael Froman, Penny Pritzker, Sally Jewell

U.S. Department of the Interior • Office of the Secretary (OS/SIO/NISC) • 1849 C Street, N.W. • Washington, DC 20240 Phone: (202) 513-7243 • Fax: (202) 371-1751 • www.invasivespecies.gov

December 5, 2014

TO: Members of the National Invasive Species Council (NISC)

SUBJECT: Recommendations to the NISC from the ISAC Meeting held November 12-14, 2014

During the November 12-14, 2014 meeting held in San Antonio, Texas, the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) approved the following agreed upon recommendations:

Recommendation 1: Recognizing the value of the Invasive Species Working Group established recently under the United States-New Zealand Joint Commission on Science and Technology Collaboration, ISAC recommends that NISC Agencies pursue and support similar opportunities under other existing bilateral and multi-lateral science and technology collaboration agreements for research cooperation on priority invasive species issues of common interest.

Recommendation 2: Given that Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) is one of the most damaging invasive forest pests currently threatening North America; that it has been successfully eradicated from five sites nationwide; and that only three known localized infestations remain (MA, NY, OH), ISAC recommends that to ensure successful eradication the U.S. Forest Service, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and other NISC agencies share information to perform risk-based Early Detection Surveys for ALB in high risk areas outside current quarantine zones.

Sincerely,

Robert H. Wiltshire Chair, Invasive Species Advisory Committee Invasive Species Action Network

Attachment: NISC Distribution List

Department of the Interior • Department of Agriculture • Department of Commerce • Department of State Department of Defense • Department of Homeland Security • Department of Transportation Department of the Treasury • Department of Health and Human Services • Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Agency for International Development • U.S. Trade Representative DISTRIBUTION

DOI Member: Hon. Sally Jewell Liaison: Hilary Smith (OS/PPA)

DOC Member: Hon. Penny Pritzker Liaison: Margaret Brady (NOAA)

USDA Member: Hon. Tom J. Vilsack Liaison: Hilda Diaz-Soltero (FS)

DOD Member: Hon. Chuck Hagel Liaison: Darryl Forest (AFPMB)

EPA Member: Hon. Gina McCarthy Liaison: Caroline Ridley (NCEA)

HHS Member: Hon. Sylvia Mathews Burwell Liaison: Hugh Mainzer (CDC/USPHS)

STATE Member: Hon. John F. Kerry Liaison: Michael Trulson (OES/ENRC)

USAID Member/Liaison: Ms. Teresa Bernhard (G/ENV)

DOT Member: Hon. Anthony Foxx Liaison: Camille Mittelholtz (DOT/OS)

DHS Member: Hon. Jeh Johnson Liaison: Menwyelet Atsedu (CBP)

TREAS Member: Hon. Jacob J. Lew Liaison: NONE APPOINTED

USTR Member: Ambassador Michael Froman Liaison: Kelly Milton (Environment & Nat. Resources)

NASA Member: Hon. Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Liaison: Woody Turner