This scope of work is being submitted by the pennsylvania state university on behalf of the commonwealth of pennsylvania

IT was developed in collaboration with pennsylvania state university-sea grant, the western pennsylvania conservancy, pennsylvania department of conservation and natural resources, and the pennsylvania fish and boat commission, with input from other state agencies, organizations, and key stakeholders, and supports the goals and management plans of the pennsylvania invasive species council and the great lakes restoration initiative action plan III. This grant will provide crucial support for pennsylvania to address current and increasing threats of aquatic invasive species (AIS) to the natural resources of lake erie and the great lakes. These entities propose to use this funding to take a multifaceted approach to continuing the work of AIS prevention, early detection, monitoring, rapid response, and control with projects to:project 1: targeted hydrilla verticillata responseproject 2: conducting an AIS mock rapid response exerciseproject 3: lake erie cooperative weed management area coordinated control effortsproject 4: invasive species management in high-priority aquatic habitats in the lake erie watershedproject 5: installation of ultraviolet light disinfection systems for brown trout production areas in tionesta state fish hatchery, pennsylvanialake erie will be the primary beneficiary of this work on prevention, early detection, monitoring, and control. The waters of the commonwealth of pennsylvania will be a secondary beneficiary of this work.