MISS$SPPI I{IVER BASIN PANEL ON AQUATIC NUISANCf,SPECES

BoATER/A}IS SURWYS

2007:2n1o

CoMPILATIoN oF R.ESULTS

STETTN ScsAtrIosr, CEAnOUIREACE aND EDUCATIoN CoMMtrrEE

24 FEBRUARy 2012

INTRODUCTION

AppDxinarely 2004, the Mimcsota DNR (Jay Rendall) dd Mi.n€sota Sa Cru1 (Doug Jos.)dclclopcd o ANS suryey. It qd desiged lo gaugc how nuch Mime$ta's h.ale^ *rew aboulaquatic invasive speci* dd wherc tney got lheir infomation. Ihe ovemll obicclive was todnect future public infomalion cmpaisls 10 set the frost 'bdg-for-thc-buck". The long temihrcnl was ro redo lhe swey every fe* ted 10 lind onl iflhe cupoisns rerc s@esstul atinprolins bosler's lnowledee ed awdcness 6 w€ll s 10 tne t@e oi redimt tuiE work-

The Oure&h od Edetion Comilt€c oflhe Mississippi River Basin Pdel on AqualicNuis@ specis (MRBP) thou8ht thal this tool nighl be ustul for lhe bsin. r the MRBIcould pmvide sone iirdins and tlt sufley l€nplale. porhaps slat€s could run additional sNcysIf they all 6ked the @e set of qucslioff, lhe Esulrs @uld b€ ued to help dirccr tne MRB?trLions. ,\Rd much discusior, it rs deided 10 offer $5,000 (p€r srak) to help flnd a statesw€y md do up ro t{o sweys pa yd. Ir snould be nade ols that the nonet wd nolintended to pay for sweys bu1 $ a iicuof lo oco@ee statcs 10 do sweys-

MDTHODS

The surey hs 22 q@snons. The Appddix nas lhe rctual q@sions, I vill stnmiz thcn

Q | . PEsols a lisl ofspeies and asks ifthe boa&i hs hdd ofrhen ed how nuch.'l his qucstion is intended to be cusionircd lo Dy partiold sraks list of species of

Q2. Asks their altirude d to now inport .r they feel it is to prvenl the spmd ofANs.

Q3. Presents a list of son@s ofin{omation md sk iflbey hav€ hedd of,ANS nonthee. h&nded to find out wheE lhey re settirg th€ir infomation.

Q4. Asks whioh o! 1he souces in Q3 rc th€n besl sow6 of infoftation.

Qs. Presnls a list of senrios dd aks which o.4t muld cause thed to l"le sl€As loprcvent the spread olANS. Iruther sks if my ofthese ha ateady cansed thm to iake

Q6 Asks which oflhe $eEios in Q5 would be nos! €ffeclive al uDsins ihen 10 take

Q7. Asks ifrhe boarer used their boat in the past yetr.

Q8. ffiat kind ol boat did they us?

Q9. Askilg how long d€y keF th€ boar i. $e wat€r betbrc movins 10 mothdwlerbody. Gne bngcr a boat is in lbe wat€r, tn€ hielEr the lik€lihood thal ANS conld

Ql0. Askine how lo.s the boat ws oul ol the water beforc beins ladched inlo a nwMterbody. {Ilr longer the boal h oDt ofth€ wter, the highd lhe odds thai ANS could

Qll. Askins how fd apart the mlerbodies wft ifthe boaler nov€d the boat (Thecloser lhe waleibodics, the histrer t!€ chee thai aNS cotrld be moved-)

Ql2. Askinc if Lhe boald movcd lheir b@t to dothe. slale dd which st*€s they visiled.

Ql3. &kins iflhe boate. b@ted bets€en comected valerways ot infesled waleF sd

Ql4. Askiq iftle boal€r took my steps to clefl their boat beforo novins it 44 ifnoi.

Ql5. Asking ifthoy knowinsly boal€d on inftsled Ml4 ed, ifso, how did tbey know?

Q16. r lhey boot o. infested MleB, how likely is il tbal iney will tale sl€ps lo clean

Ql7. A list ofs@nri@ rclabd ro boar deco aninalion md which ones the boatd

Ql8. As(ing ifANS hs aused fien !rcblms md, if so, wbdt prcbl€ms

Ql9. Provides a list ofdoud values ($0 to >$10) ed aks how nuch noE $ey wouldbe *illing ro spcnd on a boat rcsishatio. ifde 6nls we.t to ANS ed@tion/pEv€nlion.

The nqt !*o m denogmphic quslions:

Q20. Wlat types ofndio sraiiom do you list€n 10?

Q2l Whar is you zip code?

Q22. Asks if lbey hav€ my colmchh or Emmmendations rcgrding ANS.

The individual stales conducted their om sw€ys dd subnift€d copis ollhet repoit oi dala tothc MRBP ar conpler'o.- Thc intbmdtio. in these w6 exheled md erteEd into m Dxcelspedsbe€t that was usd lo conpile the esulls dd nale chans and s6pbs.

RESULTS

To date. six surveys have bcen done which tre listed dd brierly deeihed b€lo{

Kmss: 200? mil sunex @cilcd copy ol slwey resulls but no repoft.

Oualoma: Mail sudey of boaErs lhich included exfi! queslions on th€ Ne ofbaiifish.

IndiM: Dlectonic swey of li@hed egleis becaus b@t€r EsislBlion data was uravailable.

Illinois: Mail swey ofboah in I I soufiem lllinois @ulies (Davenporl fld Schulrs 2009)

Missuri: Mail sNcy. (Bmek dd Colatskie, 2011)

N€bBka: Mtl sNey. (Deker od Engel. 2012)

Dacn sh1e tended to modiry $e sufl€y to sun 6cir rad6. Some questions *ee not asked adothes were si$itcmlly altered. As a Eult, it ws s challense io shosnom the infomalion intode oisinal fomat. I will so llnousn rho questions one at a lime to pEse lhe €sults.

Q] , AQUATIC NUISANCE SlEclES de pldts md aninals thal e.t€r pla@s wnere dey haveNOT always lived. They @ be henlul ro fish ed wildlile @d 10 commercial &d E@lionalwlt€r uses. How much ihfolmtion have you hsd or @d about cac6 ol the AQUATICNUISANCE SPECIES list€d below?

'$e lislofANS w6 intended to be cusionized by each siat€. Th-- Iollowi.s lable lisrs thespecics md lhc slales thal ihcluded then in lhen firsr qucstion..

IE folowitrg ch&ts illustate rhe 6!.@9 amwithir @h stde d r. whrt iheir public !d h€ldaboutANS. Nebrka did o1lsk Iw buch lheyhad h€dd but oriy asked ift!€y bad ne{d aboulthm ('Y.s'or a,Io"). only lh.'No" rGpons

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Q3. H.re you hard d @il aboul aqutic nigM s!€ci6 ton my ofrn. lolowirg sN6?

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fte i.fomalion in d. above ch&ls s$ combrn d into the following listins ed snod ftondost to l€dt u*d solres of infomaton.

Th€ culrs fiom e*h strig s.E Enked nd 1 io 19. Ih6 €nkhgs reE tEn #Eged and eded fMhion b row b s4N.n 6re@e ft' el. sbn* nE |d belw shM tE csulErsftn he highe€l Enkng*iue d 'niom.rcn at lhe l@ and tle b€Bl st lhe bodm In. hoMnlal lin6 6ep6€E lh. iop fiveand $e next fre lio,T Ure botlom nin. Es@n*

SOURCES OF INFORIATION

Itagzinc or msl6tter anbEa

T.ldision nes or progdmsFiBhing or b@tlng egul.tion p€nphletssidns or infofr.don at a rodm or boal launchSlqns or infomarbn previd.<l .t . b.it .hopBrochuE, .p€ci6 id.ndficadon @td., f.ct .heL, etca boolh at a 3porL 3h4, n.hht shN, or ainilar egt

An .ducational erhibil or disptaYA li.hing, boating, sporling, or eNironmenl,

Televbion Dublicseflice announ.onenrs

Eoat registration materialsRadio n*s or pregram3Televbion public seryle announc.m.ntsFishing contele, tr3hing derbys, or 3ailb@l BgattasCEel sudeys orin.p€ctionad!@don progr.ms

conlerences, pEs.ntalions, ormeeiing!Radio public seryica ..noun@menlsHotline o. infomaiion cle.ringhouso

Q4. Ol lhe $uc6 of infonErion yon circlcd in Quesnon 3, wnicn four w€e yolr qESTsowces of i.fornation aboul aqulic nuisflce species?

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

M.gdine or .ssletter aniclGTelevbion n6ws or progranssigns or infomation provide<l at mrin. or boat launchFi.hinq or boatind @ulstion tamphle0aBrochuEs, 5p416 id.ntifietion card3, elc.A booth at a sports shd, fshing 5h4, etc.siq.s or Infomation prcvided at a tFil thop

Boat Egistratjon malerlalsAn educalional dhibitor dlsPlaYRadio n€ws or proghm3A nshins, bo.tins, sponing, or .nvnonmenlal orq,Fishln! contF6, lishhq derbys, or .dlbdt rcgalia3cE6l sutueys or insp.ction+ducadon pregEms

Confe@n.*, pGentatlorc, or m@lings

Radio public sedice anno!ncem.nls

Hotlin€ or infomalion cl.arintho!.e

Q5. How efeclive wodd cach ofth€ following be in geftins YOU lo lake steps to ps€nl lhe

Dread ol aqMtic nniwe speci*. In the last colm, pl6e tell u which ones {READY led

Th€ r€sulrs hom @h sbre wE mrked fton I to 19. Th€e wr€ ther av€Eged md etted liomhiel io low lo show m avcmge for all states. (Nole that Illinois did not ak this qustion) Thehontunral lines scpdat€ lhe top file dd lhe next five ton the botton .ire rcsPoNs

"rvourd be very.t ctive

As€.*ofP€FE|R4ponsibi|ity

fiedia $u'€ (xMra9e6, Radior fl n.wr/pru{r.n3)

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lr€dia.ourc€s (Ne*e.p.B, ibdio, rv n.*/pres€ms)

a sen* or Pe$n.l RePonsrhrlrv

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cnf.E€n€nt d*k on th. rc.

Finesth3thu.tb.'aldbvvio|.bE

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Enfo'@m€ntch6k'onthe'uTravelerinformatio.sy6temsoTa|kingwithFri€ndsorA(1laintanG

Medra $ore (Nesp.r6rr Radio, w n€ws/pr4r.ms)^s.hsofp.pna|R.sponsibi|ity

crce|.oireyaorIn6D€dion{d

06 of the items tEr you sair 'tuurd be VERY EFFEcTIVE'in ouesrion 5. whbh mu d be Mosrefi€ctive in get ng you io iake 6teps lo pevent lhe spread of aquado nuisan@ spetes? lonty Indiana andoklahoma pov ded summ€des of $6 epon*s lo diis qushonl

wourd b€ "irosT EFFECTTVE

A S€ns. of P.Bonar kFndbrfiv

d o r a t b @ t | a ! n . h e

Medi. $urce. (rewspapeE, R.diq rv news/rrclr.ms)

07. Did you USE a bMl dudng tE p*t y@?

ryp€ ol bcqE) did you u$ dunhg he past )€?

I that type ot bo. td ld you u. .?

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Did you u... bo.t l..t y.r.?

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Q9. Thinking .bout rh6 boats )ou us€d durnE ole p6l b@ting segn, abdn nd bng Es lhB bo€t lNtho r.l€r b€foE b€ing mowd to a dilleeot Mt4rbodr7 Do NoT h&d.lim. m . b@l lift

o.eday d 2164days 5 to 14 d.y3

Q10. About h4 long es tE b@t OUT ol the Mter beiro€ yo! puI it in . DIFFERENT ralsbody tEn,h.9s PRE\4OUSIY u*d ii? hcrudeiheamounr ol[m€ d 5 tral€r, on a b@t lifr, on a 6*, ort?mponEd

All. tf you md.d any boel(s) lrJ a drfiedt mEtbody than it 6 pBvioEly usd ii, hd far apan wfE difhEnt bodis of Mle

Dbt nce betwo.n war.rbodle.

Q12. Ouing l.he p€st boaung sson, did you TRAltsPoRl(8 tflcli Fdil6r, @r iop, elt ) anv be{s) towEiEB OUTSIDE tle stats wheE lh6 b.€l is liFed?

old yoI tr.naport eny boatt our of!trt6?

rrndr.n. Eroklahoma nlKan3aa lNebEska

ol3 Dd'ihs tE p., bostnq *sn dd you mft Eny b@qs) along @nn€cLd @ieM's ({ch stlw or emls, ; siom dre 6dl lRoM EbE tlat ya kw kE inl€€tsd lidr .n'y ol tE .qu.licnubare soei6 lisied h Ou€slid 1 INTO uninftskrd miaE?

Do you nov. . long connected w. t6rwey3l rom Inf .5 t .dto unlnfett.d w.t.6?

o14. Bato€ yq tE.sp.rr trle !o.(3), do you iake any 6pedal6iape io ptEMt the traNp.rt ofmier otsqwfo nuie@ sp*|* nom ore body ot $€ier b aotn€n

Do you take any apecial slops lo prcventtr.nspori ofw.tor o. AIS befor€ movlng your bo.t?

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Al4a (lF NO) lf 'ou do nol bke atry 8p*El pt€uijore, dry rbl,

llndiana @Oklahom. r K€Nas EMls$ud rN€bEEk.

Q15. Dudng h6 past )@r, dkl y.u h..l on mtdE that you kn* FE infe€bd wib AllY or oE .quaticnui*@ sei6 lisied h Ou4ltd 1 M he fiEl p€oe?

Dur inO i l re p8tyeard id yo! boaton.ny w. t€E youkrew w€re in,6sted w|!n A|9?

0153 (rF YES) H4 did you kn@ tlat tle f.l* you bscd on ttrere intested Mh an .qu€L nuisan@

Ehdiana aOkbhona lKansd

O13. lf rcu do b@t on inresled Mbats' he likev is it hal YOU sjlllake pl*ubom in lh€ tuluG lDpGvent lhe spread or aquaijc invasive sp€.i6 bels€en bodi6 ot*.ler?

How l l ke ly l . l t tha t you v i l l l ake prec .u l lon !futur.?

O17. rnd removins the boaq3) fom tho vater, hry ond do yd do lhe follo*lng?

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o13. Hare aqu.ric nuien@ speciA €osed pbblems lor rlu of affe.ied yNr EeatDnd€xpenin€du.ins tr6 pasl boalns *son?

HaveANS caused you prcbleds in past year?

Mdd you be wining to spend aor a boalrng orfishinq enseact viiies to Drevent lhe soEed or a

Ou€slion l Ths qu€slion ls dessned lo gauge boaier s awa€ness orcusiomized by each siale to nclude lhose 'har urey a€ nosi

conemedaboul. A rrLr of 19 sp€cies have b*n inc ud€d and 17 ol drInre aboui them lhe rwo ex@plons.4bE mussels and asiai caQ.

HMver, Ih€G are siin quiE a tuvr rhal have headrinre or nolh ng indidaling a ontinuing 0*d lo get more nformarion out in more @ys

Ouesuon 2 All ol lhe chans are very simier and lend L sh$ an evei split bett€en 'very impoRanr:ndDonlknovr'l€nnoiherpbufih]nklhatsomerespdndentsmaych*koll"veryimpoftantbMuselhey

ns€ Especia y sine many hft already shM n the previous

oueston3 Here we see where pe The suNey prcsenled € ilst of 19possib e sources ol inromalion Thechats sh.wonlytheiopien respons*lom each siale Therearemany similadlies beh'*n sialss and some inte€gling d ftercnces. Maqaine/nryspap€r adicles,fishins/bcbng €sulalidn p6mph ec and TV .ll Enked highly l. most slzEs es did sisns at bGt €mpson the other hand. rnremet reb sres ranked toudh nlndianabutre€stal€s Inokarroma educalone vid€os received rhe lop 6nkin9 but I

aton soues re€ Enked (r lo 1e)and averased across slales lhe1) masdines 2) n*papeF, 3) ry 4) stale resu alion pamphbrs

Tm slates. Missoud €nd NebEska ? so incruded $en date coGetuaton

Hownuch mor€ rolld Yo!license ift w6E us€d

D€Dadmenl oub @bois as a possibe source of inromalioi In bollre*s lheseEnkedn4rtheiopbulare nol caphrred in ieE Prrs.

o uesl on 4r Repeal ns o ueslion 3, just .sking for lhen 'BEsr $ures ol iniomation. ll @u ld s*m lhatlhe and four durd be 6mbined by askins only $is The €solls Mc bas €lly lhe ehe though ff1ere,€ difia€nes in the Enkings of lh

ouestion 5: Th s one €n be broken intd 6Jf d flerent pads and comparins the Esuts pr.due someiniercsijns paEdoxes. Here ft 6€ fylng io leaso oul wtral rcdd get p€op e lo actu.ny do eme$ing bv3sk ng what euld be very efiecfve, somwhal effecllve, not effbcllre and wh.l .ctrally gol lnem lo do$nelh n9 Thernpivelnlhe very eftbotive" q6up hcluded 1) a desire lo keepAls out ofthen lak ,2)a

qr pmen! 3)signs.l b4t launohs a)a *hse of p€con.lEsponsibility and 5) laK aid rcOulalons. Th€ top iive in'Somwhat efrdi€'includ€d vdec, ialkinswlh rriends, ce soMys, billboads and mltshops The iop fN€ in'Nol eiieclire'@uld aclually bednside€d lo b€ lhe b.flom ive oveEll. The easl efiacire slEt€sies included taveler hiomatjonsystems, sork€hops (!h ich Enked 5b in "som*hal efbcr ve') inlemet reb siles. enturemenl ch*kqfnesandvdeos. Trre pa€dox arises when yo! l6k atwhal actually led peopLe lo iake actjon Tw oflhetoD fve (€ nibr@meni ch sks an d tavel* inlom alion syslems) had 6n ked in f1e lbp .s lhe m6l Noletreolire' sl€lesies so wh.t d @s one do? Work at seuinq inrom aton out using nre intomation in the"very effe.r ve g.oup of vhat aclually €u*d people to take aclion?

oleslio. 6: This s a rep@t or oueslion s, .skins vhat muld be'lvl6l etutw'of lh€ "Very efi4tivdslElesies The€ was a pbbrem w lh summainns lhe dala iiJr thi6 queijoi .s only lwo ol he slal6prdv ded summaaes or all reponss (lndia na and Oklahofra). Agaln, I fin k nd fl* oou rd bedmbined ne €surl: were similarlo fle veryefied(ive'gbup. The main dillbrenoe @s lhat medi.eurcs and tishins/boains resulalion panphle(s bumped up . tury da6 into t'e bp fi@

o uesrion 7: Askins if (he epondenl Gad . boal in lhe past y@r All st stal* shMd higrr boal usec70o,6) b..aLe rf 6 s Rey @s l,jeFd [l tu-reB

Ouestion 3: A sene€l queslion askino wh.t lyp€s ol boab $e rspondenls u*d lhat en als giveintomalon on rhe risk or movino ars. sm.lrb@ts sre morc likely b be launched.nd Elrieved in lhesame day. leseniig die tuk ol pickiog up AlS. Hffirer, $ey a€ also moB lik€ly lo be mded lo a ndw.redody in creasing in6 nsk oi mding a ny 4|s bat is picked u p. L.E6 b€ts aE moG likely io be |en inthe aaie.lor rons p€dods, inoreasinq the risk of inf*talion by Als. Theywhen moved, tEy hare a hish risk or €rrying ,.1s. c€iai. cl€ses ot watee€lt like ene .nd k ysks,are lypi€lly lefr n (he vrer ror shon pe ods . nd aG @mmonly dded lhorcug hly betr€€n uses snrchminim 2s inl€st lion bv and lEnsFd of als Ar €n be #n in the cha.t and as qpecbsd pMftoais(r.Ee, smalr, johnboats, peMnal walerc€fr) .€ rE predom nale @tl used by nGt b@teB. lNoio thslthe NebEska inlomeuon seems io indi€le . rery high p€rcentase ot laae pose|bGis. H@er m6lstal€s sepa€led smallfiom laEe poweco@c al20 feel. Neb6kehadlheca$*of pMlboals (<1616-26 >26) e frany 16 20 boaE gol lncluded in lhe large pMftoal €tegoryl

ou6sr on I Hw ons Ms lhe boat lN f1e Mler b€ft)B b€ing mored? we a€ lookinq al sE risk of alslnleslation. The lonqer tE boat is in tE mtor, lhe high€r lhe likerho.da h sh p€rcenbse or boats ln lh€ w€ier less lhan one day

Ooesuon 10: H N lons Ms lhe boal OUT or lhe saier belo€ being launch€d in a nry qeierbody? Again,ooking.ltheiskofalsmwemenl B@ls olt of uie waier hss than a wek have a hiqher pbbabilily or

Ouesl on 11 Dislane befwM waG/ood es. Another risk ass*menl. Th€ dcr lhe next 'alerbody.the hioher the sk thatAlS€n suryive

ouesrion 1 2: Do yo! lEn spon b@ls lo anollie r sl.c. Anolher nsk asssmenl Fou r slales asked tneoueslion and 13 to 36% of boaleB I

ou€suon 13: Mov€mentbelweenconneoledwalrsMys Anoln€.rskassessme onlythrceslalesasked f1e qo*uon and flis $ft or movement was small wilh Indiana highest al 12%.

ouesl o. 14 Askins I d1ey ac{ually all€mpl 10 c ean lheir b.al befoE lhey lransp.rl il Fve slalEs ask€dnre quesl on end round iat a majorly ot psple do nol

aueslidn 14a: FonN ng up on lhe p€vious question,lhis sksMs that'r donl k.N wlrrt Io do or'ldoil boat on infested Mlec'. lf so, re ne€d to do a betreriob alshdins Ih€mvhatlhey€ndo. The ihird m6t oomdoi €spon* Ms rbal b@t aashing equ pmenlwasnl avairab e This is €ll bo rrue and e maior hurd € in Als p|wnlon efiods.

a uestion 1 5 Here !e aE asking il in ey knowingly boaled on inListed salerc. Th s ms esked bv fveslates and lhe numb€6 6peak ibr ih€mselv€s Missou ri sd hig hesl at 63%, probablv b€6uso some oflheir arsst and mosl pop0laf reEal ona lak6 hde been loond lo be ntusted

ouesrion 15a HN did lhey knd a lake Ms intust€d? Hec 6pon*s a€ . over the ph@ (*[h lheexeption of hoilin* al zr.) signs al b@t launches are the most impoftanl $ur@ or inlomabon

Oueslion 1 6: How likely is it lhal you will la ke pedauijom in lhe futuret All sialrss s hMd lhat boaleE are'Highlyrkey"thallheyrouldLkep.eadjons This could esily be one or lhose where they aE bning us

But it G. gmd sign.

ou*ron 17: Here se ae asking ah.t they actually do when f1ey pun a b@t out The chafts shN L\almosl oeop e dEin lhe water iiom dre r boats and may do a quick onHrer lhile c eaning off vegetal on.erc aLrowinqtheboartodrylorfivedaysisbe€useliscommonlDboatoithereekend' Flush nqlhedoring sysr€m and po@Msh ino lhe b..l B much less @mmody done b€eu * it ta kes speia effo( .s

as y a€irdoe TFeqLecuoion avo'd'ng reled orutanled b.it spretor'e b€{'nbr+14.._ €Tolheobul*onder''depmplellcl

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