Advisory Committees and Designated Federal Officers: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

NAME OF COMMITTEE	CONTACT
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Purpose: To provide an intergovernmental mechanism for the development of a coordinated Federal program to prevent and control nonindigenous aquatic nuisances	Scott Newsham, Designated Federal Officer Telephone: 703-358-1796 Email: Scott_Newsham@fws.gov Website: http:///anstaskforce.gov
Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control Alternatives Workgroup Purpose: To provide recommendations and advice on research and implementation of sea lamprey control techniques alternative to lampricide that are found to be technically feasible, cost effective, and envronmentally safe.	Dave Tilton, Designated Federal Officer Telephone: 802-872-0629 Email: Dave_Tilton@fws.gov
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council Purpose: To conserve, restore, and enhance the quality, function, sustainable productivity, and distribution of aquatic resources that support and increase recreational fishing opportunities nationwide.	Doug Hobbs, Council Coordinator Telephone: 703-836-1392 Email: Doug_Hobbs@fws.gov Website: www.fws.gov/r9sfbpc
Sporting Conservation Council Purpose: To provide advice on wildlife conservation endeavors that benefit recreational hunting and wildlife resources and that encourage partnerships among the public, the sportsmen conservation community, wildlife conservation groups, and State and Federal Government.	Twinkle Thompson-Seitts, Designated Federal Officer Telephone: 602-906-5603 Email: Twinkle_Thompson-Seitts@blm.gov
Trinity River Adaptive Management Working Group Purpose: To provide an opportunity for stakeholders to give policy and management advice about restoration efforts for the Trinity River.	Randy Brown, Designated Federal Officer Telephone: 707-822-7201 Email: Randy_Brown@fws.gov Website: www.fws.gov/cno/arcata/fisheries/tamwg2.html
Alaska Regional Subsistence Councils Bristol Bay Eastern Interior Kodiak/Aleutians North Slope Northwest Arctic Seward Peninsula Southcentral Alaska Southeast Alaska Western Interior Yukon/Kuskokwim Purpose: To provide an administrative structure that enables residents who have personal knowledge of local conditions and requirements to have a meaningful role in the management of fish and wildlife and of subsistence uses of those resources on public lands in the region.	For information on any of the Alaska Regional Subsistence Councils, please contact: Ann Wilkinson Office of Subsistence Management U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Telephone: 907-786-3676 Email: Ann_Wilkinson@fws.gov Website: www.r7.fws.gov/asm/transcrpt.html