Funding
•Funding is allocated from the budgets of the various agencies involved.
•According to the The Brown Tree Snake Control Committee of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, funding needed for this problem is approximately 2.5 million dollars a year for the foreseeable future.
•This cost does not include other negative economic impacts of the BTS, including power loss, medical costs, loss of agriculture, etc.
•President Bush recently cut funding for invasive species control problems.