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Colorado-registered water craft that are primarily used for short-term (less than one day) excursion, not coming in from out-of-state, and only moving between in-state waters that are not infested should be considered low risk and do not have to be fully inspected unless the watercraft owner wishes to take advantage of the opportunity. Additional reseazch, and economic and risk assessment analyses will be conducted to refine future prevention management strategies. The strategy for known infested waters (e.g., Pueblo Reservoir) is containment (which will include as a component the prioritization of risk by water craft type). At a minimum, certain boats, such as houseboats, cabin cruisers, etc. that are moored at the reservoir for extended periods of time will be required to be inspected and decontaminated (if necessary) prior to leaving the reservoir. Colorado Port of EntrkCourtesv Boat Inspections Colorado has Port of Entry stations at 11 locations in Colorado. These stations ma.inly inspect commercial traf~ic (trucking industry). There are also ten mobile Port of Entry units assigned to cover less traveled highways at different time periods throughout the year. Several of these Port of Entry stations are not in the best locations to assist with boat inspections (i.e., not at the state border), but could provide some opportunity to offer courtesy boat inspections. Based on the prioritized risk assessment for Colorado water bodies, five of the permanent Port of Entry Stations should be targeted first to offer courtesy boat inspection operations. The five stations are in Trinidad, Lamar, Limon, Fort Morgan, and Loma. The following considerations need to be addressed to implement this task. • It is unknown whether the weigh and check stations currently have the infrastructure to conduct an inspection. There may also be increased safety risk which must be assessed in coordination with Department of Revenue and Colorado State Patrol to address this concern. • This would have to be voluntary by watercraft owner. • There is currently no decontamination infrastructure at the weigh and check stations. Vessels requiring decontamination would need to be directed to a decontamination station somewhere else. Alternatively, portable decontamination systems could be used to decontaminate vessels at the courtesy check stations (water supply, utilities and waste water collection/disposal are concerns). Further, self-contained, recycling decontamination units could be deployed at these stations if utilities (electric, water and sufficient space) are available. • Extensive coordination with Department of Revenue, Colorado State Patrol, etc. is necessary to evaluate the feasibility of this option. • Target out-of-state watercraft transport vehicles/trailers and those returning to Colorado from out-of-state. This would be accomplished through signs near the selected Port of Entry Stations to inform people towing watercraft that there is a courtesy AIS inspection station ahead. 4