Policy Correspondence

NECIS members regularly submit formal correspondences to federal agencies and members of Congress regarding invasive species issues. Below is a list of NECIS policy correspondences and their signatories.

2021

January 2021 transition recommendations to the Biden-Harris Administration, 117th U.S. Congress

Signatories:

  • National Wildlife Federation
  • Alliance for the Great Lakes
  • Entomological Society of America
  • Natural Areas Association
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Center for Invasive Species Prevention
  • The Wildlife Society
  • National Association of Invasive Plant Councils
  • American Bird Conservancy

 

2020

April 2020 letter to Senate agriculture appropriators in support of funding for invasive species programs

Signatories:

  • Center for Invasive Species Prevention
  • Entomological Society of America
  • The Wildlife Society
  • National Association of Invasive Plant Councils
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • Ecological Society of America

 

March 2020 letter to House agriculture appropriators in support of funding for invasive species programs

Signatories:

  • Center for Invasive Species Prevention
  • Entomological Society of America
  • The Wildlife Society
  • National Association of Invasive Plant Councils
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • Ecological Society of America

 

March 2020 letter to House Interior appropriators in support of funding for invasive species programs

Signatories:

  • Alliance for the Great Lakes
  • Center for Invasive Species Prevention
  • Entomological Society of America
  • The Wildlife Society
  • American Bird Conservancy
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • Ecological Society of America

 

2019

May 2019 letter to Senate appropriators in support of funding for the National Invasive Species Council

Signatories:

  • Environmental Defense Fund
  • National Association of Invasive Plant Councils
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Alliance for the Great Lakes
  • The Wildlife Society
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • American Bird Conservancy
  • Natural Areas Association

 

2018

November 2018 letter thanking Representative Elise Stefanik for reintroducing the Injurious Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act

Signatories:

  • National Wildlife Federation
  • American Bird Conservancy
  • Environmental Defense Fund
  • Center for Invasive Species Prevention
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Alliance for the Great Lakes
  • National Association of Invasive Plant Councils
  • Natural Areas Association
  • The Wildlife Society

 

November 2018 letter thanking Senator Gillibrand for reintroducing the Injurious Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act

Signatories:

  • National Wildlife Federation
  • American Bird Conservancy
  • Environmental Defense Fund
  • Center for Invasive Species Prevention
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Alliance for the Great Lakes
  • National Association of Invasive Plant Councils
  • Natural Areas Association
  • The Wildlife Society

 

January 2018 letter requesting a response to a June 2017 letter request the EPA suspend the registration of Kaput Feral Hog Bait

Signatories:

  • Center for Invasive Species Prevention
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • The Wildlife Society
  • American Bird Conservancy

 

2017

March 2017 Letter requesting alterations to the Federal Land Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act

Signatories:

  • National Association of Invasive Plant Councils
  • Natural Areas Association
  • Center for Invasive Species Prevention
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • The Wildlife Society

 

June 2017 letter requesting the EPA suspend the registration of Kaput Feral Hog Bait

Signatories:

  • Center for Invasive Species Prevention
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • The Wildlife Society
  • American Bird Conservancy

 

2014

July 2014 letter requesting the listing of five snake species as injurious

Signatories:

  • Audubon Florida
  • Ecological Society of America
  • National Audubon Society
  • National Parks Conservation Association
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • Natural Areas Association
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Wildlife Society

 

April 2014 letter detailing coalition priorities to the Congressional Invasive Species Caucus

Signatories:

  • National Wildlife Federation
  • Natural Areas Association
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Wildlife Society

 

February 2014 letter requesting improvements to the “Federal Lands Invasive Species Control and Management Act”

Signatories:

  • National Wildlife Federation
  • National Association of Exotic Pest Plant Councils
  • Natural Areas Association
  • The Wildlife Society

 

2013

July 2013 letter in support of a NEPA categorical exclusion for injurious species listings

Signatories:

  • National Wildlife Federation
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Wildlife Society

 

May 2013 letter in support of the Protecting Lakes Against Quaggas Act

Signatories:

  • Center for Food Safety
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Great Lakes United
  • Healing Our Waters/Great Lakes Coalition
  • National Parks Conservation Association
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • The Nature Conservancy

 

March 2013 letter in support of listing nine snake species as injurious

Signatories:

  • The Humane Society of the United States
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • International Fund for Animal Welfare
  • The Wildlife Society
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Center for Biological Diversity
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • National Parks Conservation Association
  • American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  • Ecological Society of America

 

2012

April 2012 letter in support of the Senate’s Wildlife Disease Emergency Act with suggested modifications

Signatories:

  • Alliance for the Great Lakes
  • Great Lakes United
  • National Audubon Society
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Wildlife Society

 

February 2012 letter in support of legislation to list nine constrictor snakes as injurious under the Lacey Act

Signatories:

  • Great Lakes United
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Wildlife Society

 

January 2012 letter thanking US Forest Service for adoption of the National Forest System Invasive Species Management Policy

Signatories:

  • Environmental Law Institute
  • Great Lakes United
  • Lady Bird Johnson National Wildflower Center
  • National Wildlife Federation
  • The Nature Conservancy
  • The Wildlife Society