This just serves as a good reminder to us all (myself
included!) to confirm new sightings with a professional ID before doing
anything else.
And hooray! We don’t (yet) have giant hogweed in WV!
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Monday, August 31, 2015
A reminder to confirm ID of new sightings
A few weeks ago a newspaper in WV reported that giant
hogweed had been found in the northern panhandle of WV. However, upon
further investigation, it was determined that the plant in question was in fact
white-flowered leafcup, which has similar vegetation but is not related.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Alaska Invasive species workshop registratioon
Registration is now available for the Alaska Invasive
Species Workshop.
Early registration is available till October 16th. Visit our workshop page <http://www.uaf.edu/ces/pests/cnipm/annual-invasive-species-c/>
to register.
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Gino Graziano
Invasive Plants Instructor
UAF Cooperative Extension Service
907-786-6315
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Friday, August 21, 2015
Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants
Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature14910.html
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Rise of Citizen Scientists
A brief article discussing citizen science- with some
interesting comments below.
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Tammy Davis / Invasive Species Program Coordinator
ADF&G /P.O. Box 115526 / Juneau, AK 99811-5526
P: (907) 465-6183 / C: (907) 209-2492
Be part of the solution... Report Invasive Species:
1-877-INVASIV
*Alaska Invasive Species Workshop*
Call for Speakers
Alaska Invasive Species Workshop
· First line: Title in bold font
· Second line: List primary author *last name first*, then other
authors
· Third Line: Affiliation below author line
· Leave a space between the title, authors, affiliation, and
abstract body
· Single space abstract body
· Spell check and proofread carefully (we will not be editing the
abstracts)
Purple loosestrife is a significant threat to the health of Alaska ecosystems, particularly wetlands, riparian zones, and coastal regions.
State of Alaska Division of Agriculture
907.745.8721
Alaska Invasive Species Workshop
“Invaders in our backyard”
October 27th-29th, 2015
Juneau, Alaska – Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall
The Alaska Committee for Noxious and Invasive Plant
Management (CNIPM) and the Alaska Invasive Species Working Group (AISWG) are
proud to announce the upcoming Alaska Invasive Species Conference in Juneau.
This is a call for speakers at the 2015 conference. The theme, “Invaders in our
backyard,”
represents the lurking threats from invasive species
across Alaska-both new and on-going efforts included. If you are interested in
presenting at the conference, please submit an abstract following the
guidelines listed below.
*Presentation Abstract Guidelines:* Please submit
abstracts by September 30th, 2015. Email abstracts as a Word document to Gino
Graziano at gagraziano@alaska.edu.
An example is included to refer to when preparing your abstract.
Please follow these instructions to prepare your
abstract:
· No more
than 300 words
· Use Times
New Roman, 12 point font· First line: Title in bold font
· Second line: List primary author *last name first*, then other
authors
· Third Line: Affiliation below author line
· Leave a space between the title, authors, affiliation, and
abstract body
· Single space abstract body
· Spell check and proofread carefully (we will not be editing the
abstracts)
After reviewing abstracts we will contact speakers that
make the final agenda by October 9th. If
you have any questions please contact Gino Graziano atgagraziano@alaska.edu, 907-786-6315
or Heather Stewart at heather.stewart@alaska.gov,
907-745-8721. Thank you! We look forward to seeing you in Juneau.
*Abstract Example:*
Purple Loosestrife in Alaska: An Action Framework for
Potential Invasion
Bella, Elizabeth M.1, Boldenow, Megan L.2
1 HDR Alaska Inc., 2525 C Street, Anchorage, AK 95616, elizabeth.bella@hdrinc.com.Purple loosestrife is a significant threat to the health of Alaska ecosystems, particularly wetlands, riparian zones, and coastal regions.
Infestations can negatively affect fish and wildlife
populations in Alaska, especially salmon and waterfowl. If left untreated,
purple loosestrife has the potential to spread to thousands of acres across the
state, causing potentially irreversible damage to critically productive areas
of Alaskan wildlands. We discuss the key findings from two recent projects to
outline an action framework for preventing potential purple loosestrife
infestations in Alaska. We analyzed distribution of three years of individual
plant occurrence data in the only known state population in Anchorage to
determine whether current hand-pulling methods are effective.
Although a decline was observed, unusual climate
conditions and flooding for restoration activity purposes in 2008 may have been
contributing factors. We investigated the history of invasions in North
America, as well as species life history, to determine the best control options
for the local infestation. We used predictive bioclimatic habitat modeling to
map current climate potential range, as well as future climate potential range
in 2020, 2050, and 2080, to quantify the area across the state at risk of
invasion. Our main finding is that eradication of current populations, future
prevention, and an early detection-rapid response (EDRR) system, will be the
key to keeping purple loosestrife from establishing in other locations or
spreading further in its current location. We also discuss our recommended
public education framework strategy to effectively reach the public and other
stakeholders to spread the message of the potentially devastating effects of
purple loosestrife infestation in Alaska.
*Heather Stewart*
Natural Resource Specialist IIIState of Alaska Division of Agriculture
907.745.8721
North American Invasive Species Management Association Conference
From: Aaron Foster
Organization: Fremont County Weed and Pest
Reply-To: "afoster@wyoming.com"
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 10:26 AM
To: Aaron Foster
Subject: North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA)
Organization: Fremont County Weed and Pest
Reply-To: "afoster@wyoming.com"
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 10:26 AM
To: Aaron Foster
Subject: North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA)
Dear All:
As President of the North American
Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA), I would like to personally
invite you to attend our 2015 Conference. As a NAISMA stakeholder, either
directly or indirectly, your feedback and support is very important to us as we
work towards our mission to promote and empower invasive species management in
North America.
The 2015 NAISMA Conference will be
held October 19-22 at the Coast Plaza Hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. We
have a strong schedule which touches issues affecting all invasive species managers,
breakouts focused on biological control, prevention & management, and
invasive species marketing and outreach. Attendees will have an opportunity to
witness, first-hand, the challenges for managers in the Pacific Northwest and
within a larger metropolitan area during our field tour. On Thursday, there
will be a special North American Bio Control Consortia Summit where researchers
from CABI Switzerland will be giving their updates on new bio agent development
projects which may provide some new biological control agents for new North
American weeds.
For details about NAISMA and the
upcoming conference, please visit www.naisma.org.
There you will have access to the agenda and other information about the
association. If you have questions please contact Phil Banks our Executive
Director or myself.
Please share this message with
anyone who may be interesting.
I hope to see you there!
Aaron Foster
NAISMA President
Monday, August 17, 2015
Non-chemical kudzu control
Please
check out http://www.kokudzu.com/ for
non-chemical kudzu control!
Sincerely,
Johnny
Johnny Randall, Ph.D.
Director of Conservation Programs
North Carolina Botanical Garden
CB 3375
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC 27599
Office – 919-962-2380
Cell – 919-923-0100
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Alaska Weeds identification and reporting app available
The IOS version of the Alaska Weeds Identification mobile
application is available for free in the Apple store for IOS devices. We will
have the Android version out in the near future. The application will assist
users in the identification of selected weeds, reporting the location of
priority weeds, and requesting assistance from the Cooperative Extension
Service in identifying plants that are suspected to be weeds. When you use the app, please provide us
feedback, found in the “More Options” section.
The phone application was developed by University of
Alaska Fairbanks, Cooperative Extension Service, and the University of Georgia,
Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. The Western Alaska Landscape
Conservation Cooperative Supported the creation of the Alaska Weeds App
utilizing funding from the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service.
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Gino Graziano
Invasive Plants Instructor
UAF Cooperative Extension Service
907-786-6315
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APHIS Aquarium & Pond Plants of the World website
Visit the newly updated APHIS Aquarium & Pond Plants
of the World website to help identify aquatic plants you may find when you’re
out and about. This is a great resource online!
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2015
Aquarium & Pond Plants of the World, Edition 2.1 If you
have ever needed a reliable source for identifying an invasive aquatic species,
you might have waded through the USDA APHIS ITP’s “Aquarium& Pond Plants of
the World<http://idtools.org/id/appw/index.php>”
(APPW). Edition 2.1 was released yesterday. The USDA APHIS ITP announcement
states APPW still has “fact sheets, images, an illustrated glossary, and an
interactive key to support the identification process for over 140 genera of
plant and plant-like organisms grown and used in the aquarium and pond plant
trade”. The resource has been updated with a new design and increased user
capabilities. The tool is now responsive for use across multiple platforms
including smartphones and tablets.
[https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgif5TxqbBrXU3Pa-3-FX4UXoxiLQ5LXbY8GxZCcsz9nKXnHm1jRJjW0aVRAI49P4pZ1P0xaDVCNS1mrxpy7urPsH5axNoWvto0gpCD7SXJcKs9Co1WUKpQ0J1qlfSkJ2M_wDvB6RtI53bF/s400/appw.jpg]<https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgif5TxqbBrXU3Pa-3-FX4UXoxiLQ5LXbY8GxZCcsz9nKXnHm1jRJjW0aVRAI49P4pZ1P0xaDVCNS1mrxpy7urPsH5axNoWvto0gpCD7SXJcKs9Co1WUKpQ0J1qlfSkJ2M_wDvB6RtI53bF/s1600/appw.jpg>
Screen capture from APPW’s new home page.
APPW can be used to identify invasive species as it
includes genera listed on the Federal Noxious Weed List. According to APPW, “As
part of its effort to prevent the introduction of invasive or potentially
invasive weeds, the USDA maintains an official list of ‘federal noxious weeds’
(FNW) (7 CFR 360.200 and 361.6).”
Spotted knapweed in the east
All,
I am working on adding spotted knapweed to the list of invasive plants in the Mid-Atlantic that have biocontrol insects available for release, but the vast majority of published work deals with infestations in western rangelands. The implication seems to be that it rarely becomes invasive in the east, but maybe that is changing.
Does anyone know of (1) infestations of knapweed in particular habitats in the east or (2) any states in the eastern US that have released biocontrol insects targeting this species?
I am working on adding spotted knapweed to the list of invasive plants in the Mid-Atlantic that have biocontrol insects available for release, but the vast majority of published work deals with infestations in western rangelands. The implication seems to be that it rarely becomes invasive in the east, but maybe that is changing.
Does anyone know of (1) infestations of knapweed in particular habitats in the east or (2) any states in the eastern US that have released biocontrol insects targeting this species?
Thanks,
Judy
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Judy Hough-Goldstein, Professor
Dept. Entomology & Wildlife Ecology
University of Delaware, Newark DE 19716
Phone: (302) 831-2529
E-mail: jhough@udel.edu
Program posted for 2015 Cal-IPC Symposium!
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Chokecherry fungal infection
Extension received a report of a chokecherry fungal
infection in the Homer area, that has also been observed in the Anchorage area
in previous years.
The infection causes elongated fruits that are stoneless.
We would like to figure out where else these symptoms have been observed. In order to properly identify it we need to
locate trees to visit early next season before the infected plants are overrun with
additional fungi. Please visit our webpage <http://www.uaf.edu/ces/pests/invasivespecies/chokecherry-fungal-infect/>
to learn how to report an observation of this fungal
infection, and observations of healthy trees.
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Gino Graziano
Invasive Plants Instructor
UAF Cooperative Extension Service
907-786-6315
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015
USFWS Guidelines for Coordination on INRMPs & DoD Guidelines for Streamlined INRMP Updates
Apologies for
cross postings, but below are links to recently completed INRMP guidelines from
USFWS and DoD:
* The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Guidelines for
Coordination on Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans (June 2015): http://www.fws.gov/fisheries/sikes_act/documents/FWS_INRMP_Guidelines.pdf
* The Mutual Department of Defense & U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Guidelines for Streamlined Review of Integrated Natural
Resources Management Plan Updates (July 2015): http://www.dodnaturalresources.net/Streamlined_Sikes_guidance_and_memo_-_signed_7-20-15.pdf
These documents and other natural resources policy,
guidance, tools, fact sheets, newsletters, and more are available at http://www.dodnaturalresources.net/Resources.html.
The North American Invasive Species Management Association Conference
The North American Invasive Species Management
Association Conference is this October 19-22 in Vancouver British Columbia.
http://www.naisma.org/annual-conference
New blogs focus on sudden oak death/P. ramorum
New blogs focus on sudden oak death/P. ramorum
An ounce of prevention policy is worth........
a pound of invasive species management
a pound of invasive species management
posted at www.cisp.us
Please check out &
let your colleagues know!
Aerial Control of Bush Honeysuckle: Research and Implementation in Missouri and Illinois
The National Association of Invasive Plant Councils (NAIPC)
presents a free invasive plant webinar:
Andrew DiAllesandro (United States Fish and Wildlife Service)
Bob Caveny (Illinois Department of Natural Resources)
Mike Leahy (Missouri Department of Conservation)
Aerial Control of Bush Honeysuckle: Research and Implementation
in Missouri and Illinois.
August 13, 2015 3pm EDT.Andrew DiAllesandro (United States Fish and Wildlife Service)
Bob Caveny (Illinois Department of Natural Resources)
Mike Leahy (Missouri Department of Conservation)
In the Midwest, bush honeysuckle severely impacts natural communities
and native species, but control of bush honeysuckle and other exotic shrubs is
often difficult and very costly. The use of aerial applications for
managing dense stands provides an option that can be inexpensive and
effective. The Missouri Department of Conservation, Illinois Department
of Natural Resources, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service have been
investigating this technique, including its effectiveness and the response from
the native community. This webinar will discuss traditional management
techniques for bush honeysuckle, ongoing research and implementation of aerial
applications, and future directions.
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