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Aimee Agnew

Aimee Agnew is a Biologist at the US Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center.

Aimee serves as Program Coordinator of the National Early Detection Rapid Response Information System, a centralized network that improves access to existing and emerging information resources and expands collaboration to facilitate early detection and rapid response (EDRR) to biological threats across the nation. Aimee works in partnership with resource managers, researchers, decision-makers and other interest groups to address priority needs for national, regional, and local EDRR planning and implementation through the production of actionable science products.
 

Professional Experience

  • 2022-present: Biologist and National Early Detection Rapid Response Information System Coordinator, US Geological Survey, Fort Collins, CO

  • 2017-2022: Fish and Wildlife Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service Western Colorado Field Office, Grand Junction, CO

  • 2022: Biologist, US Fish and Wildlife Service International Affairs, Falls Church, VA 

  • 2020: Lead Instructor - Wildlife Conservation (ESCI 437A: Environmental Wildlands Studies; ESCI 437B: Environmental Field Survey; ESCI 437C: Wildlands Environment and Culture), Wildlands Studies, Colorado

  • 2016-2017: Aquatic Invasive Species Early Detection Rapid Response Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI

  • 2012-2014: Community Capacity Builder, US Peace Corps, Botswana, Africa

Education and Certifications

  • M.S. Water Resources Management: Conservation Biology and Watershed Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016

  • B.A. Communications, University of Arizona, 2010

Science and Products

Non-USGS Publications**

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2022. Species Assessment and Listing Priority for Draba weberi. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Western Colorado Field Office, Grand Junction, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2021. Colorado hookless cactus (Sclerocactus glaucus and Sclerocactus dawsonii) 5-Year Status Review: Summary and Evaluation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Denver, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2021. Species status assessment report for Colorado hookless cactus (Sclerocactus glaucus and Sclerocactus dawsonii). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2021. 5-Year Status Review: Pagosa skyrocket (Ipomopsis polyantha). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2021. Draft recovery plan for Parachute beardtongue (Penstemon debilis). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. Draft recovery plan for Pagosa Skyrocket (Ipomopsis polyantha). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. Species status assessment report for Pagosa skyrocket (Ipomopsis polyantha). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. Species status assessment report for Parachute beardtongue (Penstemon debilis). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. 5-Year Status Review: Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria (Lesquerella) congesta) and Dudley Bluffs Twinpod (Physaria obcordata). Western Colorado Ecological Services Field Office, Grand Junction, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. Recovery Implementation Strategy for the Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria (Lesquerella) congesta) and Dudley Bluffs Twinpod (Physaria obcordata). Western Colorado Ecological Services Field Office, Grand Junction, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. Recovery Plan for the Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria (Lesquerella) congesta) and Dudley Bluffs Twinpod (Physaria obcordata). Western Colorado Ecological Services Field Office, Grand Junction, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2019. Species Biological Report for the Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria (Lesquerella) congesta) and Dudley Bluffs Twinpod (Physaria obcordata). Western Colorado Ecological Services Field Office, Grand Junction, Colorado.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2018. 5-Year Status Review: Parachute beardtongue (Penstemon debilis). Lakewood, Colorado.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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Conceptual network diagram for NEDRISS

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SIREN: the National Early Detection and Rapid Response Information System

The National Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) Information System is an emerging online resource for invasive species information sharing and collaboration that serves as the information hub of the National EDRR Framework. This centralized network will improve access to existing and emerging information resources and expand collaboration to facilitate early detection and rapid response to...
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Science and Products

  • Publications

    Non-USGS Publications**

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2022. Species Assessment and Listing Priority for Draba weberi. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Western Colorado Field Office, Grand Junction, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2021. Colorado hookless cactus (Sclerocactus glaucus and Sclerocactus dawsonii) 5-Year Status Review: Summary and Evaluation. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Denver, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2021. Species status assessment report for Colorado hookless cactus (Sclerocactus glaucus and Sclerocactus dawsonii). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2021. 5-Year Status Review: Pagosa skyrocket (Ipomopsis polyantha). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2021. Draft recovery plan for Parachute beardtongue (Penstemon debilis). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. Draft recovery plan for Pagosa Skyrocket (Ipomopsis polyantha). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. Species status assessment report for Pagosa skyrocket (Ipomopsis polyantha). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. Species status assessment report for Parachute beardtongue (Penstemon debilis). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Lakewood, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. 5-Year Status Review: Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria (Lesquerella) congesta) and Dudley Bluffs Twinpod (Physaria obcordata). Western Colorado Ecological Services Field Office, Grand Junction, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. Recovery Implementation Strategy for the Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria (Lesquerella) congesta) and Dudley Bluffs Twinpod (Physaria obcordata). Western Colorado Ecological Services Field Office, Grand Junction, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. Recovery Plan for the Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria (Lesquerella) congesta) and Dudley Bluffs Twinpod (Physaria obcordata). Western Colorado Ecological Services Field Office, Grand Junction, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2019. Species Biological Report for the Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod (Physaria (Lesquerella) congesta) and Dudley Bluffs Twinpod (Physaria obcordata). Western Colorado Ecological Services Field Office, Grand Junction, Colorado.
    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2018. 5-Year Status Review: Parachute beardtongue (Penstemon debilis). Lakewood, Colorado.

    **Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

  • Science
    link
    Conceptual network diagram for NEDRISS

    SIREN: the National Early Detection and Rapid Response Information System

    The National Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) Information System is an emerging online resource for invasive species information sharing and collaboration that serves as the information hub of the National EDRR Framework. This centralized network will improve access to existing and emerging information resources and expand collaboration to facilitate early detection and rapid response to...
    By
    Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research Program, Fort Collins Science Center
    link

    SIREN: the National Early Detection and Rapid Response Information System

    The National Early Detection Rapid Response (EDRR) Information System is an emerging online resource for invasive species information sharing and collaboration that serves as the information hub of the National EDRR Framework. This centralized network will improve access to existing and emerging information resources and expand collaboration to facilitate early detection and rapid response to...
    Learn More
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    FORT scientists present research at the 31st Conference of the North American Invasive Species Management Association in Lincoln, Nebraska

    From October 16-19, 2023, FORT scientists will present their research on invasive species management in North America through conference talks...

    Read Article