Great Lakes AIS Invasion Risk

This mapping app allows users to view the risk of invasion from new aquatic invasive species (AIS), based on invasion pathway surrogate variables attributed to 9x9km grid cells. The data represent risk of introduction, not risk of establishment. The map is intended as a resource to guide survey priorities for AIS early detection efforts in the US waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes. Acknowledgements: These maps are a product of a GLRI grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) (funding opportunity F14AS00095) and the Interstate Early Detection and Response Working group. The maps were developed by The Nature Conservancy for the Interstate Surveillance Framework. We are particularly thankful to the following organizations for providing the data that allowed us to produce these maps. 1. Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Framework (GLAHF). 2. Great Lakes Environmental Assessment and Mapping Project (GLEAM). 3. Mid-Continent Ecology Division Laboratory - US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 4. University of Toledo (Bossenbroek lab)