2015 Early Detection, Reporting and Identification of Invasive Plants Seattle Training Session
***Last
Training for 2015!***
Seattle, WA
Wednesday,
June 24th; 9:00am-12:00pm
Address: Center for Urban Horticulture, UW Botanic Gardens in the Douglas Research
Conservatory, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle, WA 98105. Parking is free in the
E16 parking lot just outside the Douglas Research Conservatory.
Co-Hosted by: Sasha Shaw, King County
Noxious Weed Control Program and Carrie Schreiber, Mt. Baker Snoqualmie
National Forest. This is a joint training for the Upper Snoqualmie/Alpine Lakes
Wilderness Weed Watchers and the PNW-IPC EDRR program.
To
register please contact Julie Combs at pnw.ipc.org@gmail.com or call 615‐812‐5295
to reserve your place! ***Participants can receive WDSA pesticide
license recertification credits (2 credits)
About
the Program
The Pacific Northwest Invasive Plant Council (PNW-IPC) is a non-profit
conservation organization (http://www.pnw-ipc.org/)
working in partnership with the USDA Forest Service, Washington Dept. of
Agriculture (WSDA), Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and other state and
local groups on a Citizen Science EDRR (Early Detection Rapid Response)
program. With funding from the National Forest Foundation, National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation and the WSDA, we are gearing up for our fourth year to
search for priority and newly emerging invasive plants in our National Forests,
National Parks and other public lands. We are excited to recruit new
volunteers and inspire our current volunteer base to search for invasive plant
populations. We have identified specific focal areas to survey for invasive
plants on National Forests and Parks, DNR and other state land but there is a
great need to document emerging invasive populations on all public lands. If
you are recreating and/or working on public lands and are interested in
participating in our program, you are invited to attend one of our upcoming
trainings.
Citizen
Science EDRR Volunteer Training
Our mission is to train citizens to identify a suite of invasive plants in
a free training where you will learn how to identify priority
invasive species and how to record basic data regarding problematic
invasive plants. Participants learn plant identification through a
PowerPoint presentation, herbarium sheet specimens and live material. Participants
also learn methods of manual removal and which species you should not attempt
to remove. Trainings will equip volunteers with the knowledge necessary
to conduct invasive plant surveys in order to support local land managers that
need your help. Your efforts will directly support the maintenance of heathy
ecosystems. Volunteers will receive an invasive plant identification booklet
along with survey forms. We hope that volunteers who sign up will conduct
1-2 surveys over the 2015 field season.
