Report an AIS and/or Get Help with Identification
Citizens reports of a suspected AIS is crucial and helps to prevent AIS from spreading.
If you suspect you have found an AIS or need help identifying a potential AIS, please contact us soon as possible! Verification of a new AIS occurrence allows us to provide rapid response efforts to prevent the AIS from spreading and impacting the environment, economy and human health.
There are several methods for reporting a sighting:
Call: Stephanie Boismenue at 715-369-7835.
Email: [email protected]. Please include:
Drop off a specimen at either the Oneida County Land and Water office at the Courthouse or the nearest DNR Service Center. Please include:
or Contact the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Other Reporting Information:
Citizens reports of a suspected AIS is crucial and helps to prevent AIS from spreading.
If you suspect you have found an AIS or need help identifying a potential AIS, please contact us soon as possible! Verification of a new AIS occurrence allows us to provide rapid response efforts to prevent the AIS from spreading and impacting the environment, economy and human health.
There are several methods for reporting a sighting:
Call: Stephanie Boismenue at 715-369-7835.
Email: [email protected]. Please include:
- A description of the location where it was found.
- Your contact information.
- If possible, please attached a photo of the entire species in the setting where it was found and include a common object in the photo for size reference.
Drop off a specimen at either the Oneida County Land and Water office at the Courthouse or the nearest DNR Service Center. Please include:
- A note with a description of the location where it was found.
- Your contact information.
- For Plant Specimens: Try to collect up to 5 intact specimens including roots, stems, leaves, flowers and seeds. Place in a Ziploc bag with a damp paper towel.
- For Animal Specimens: Try to get the entire animal, place in a jar with water or ethanol. Keep it on ice and store in a refrigerator and keep cool during transport.
or Contact the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Other Reporting Information:
- If a species is identified as a native species, we will give you information on the look-alike native species and how to tell it apart from the invasive
- There is a chance that the species in question has already been verified in your lake or location observed.
- If you know what species you have, you can search either the Waterbody Location or Species Location list to see if it is already recorded. If the AIS is already recorded in that waterbody, there is no need to report it.