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Global Invasive Species Team listserve digest #106
Thu Jul 11 2002 - 17:09:11 PDT
--CONTENTS--
1. Lovegrass and desert broom (Arizona, USA)
2. Recutting Russian olive (California, USA)
3. Weed displays (California, USA)
4. Fire and weeds survey--last chance! (Nationwide, USA)
5. Funding opportunities (Nationwide, USA)
6. Affecting species composition with management (California, USA)
7. Great news from Hawai'i about ants (Nationwide, USA)
8. Native Plant Seminar (Maryland, USA)
9. Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council Meeting (West Virginia, USA)
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1. Lovegrass and desert broom (Arizona, USA)
From: Gretchen Kent (gretchen.kent(at)hua.army.mil)
Does anyone have management info on the following invasives:
Lehmann's lovegrass (non-native, also called Boer lovegrass)
Desert broom (native, but invasive)
***The Latin names for the above are Eragrostis lehmanniana, I am guessing
the broom is Baccharis sarothroides---Barry.
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2. Recutting Russian olive (California, USA)
From: Becky Waegell (bwaegell(at)cosumnes.org)
Regarding the recutting of Russian olive (Eleaegnus angustifolia)
mentioned in the previous listserve---it seems like a lot of extra work
and would probably have an increase in resprouts. Unless you have
technical difficulties that I am unaware of, try a girdle cut application,
and then if they really need to be removed, cut them down after the
herbicide has had a chance to work.
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3. Weed displays (California, USA)
From: Becky Waegell (bwaegell(at)cosumnes.org)
I am taking a stab at a weed display. I want to put together an outdoor
display that would touch on the threats invasives pose to native habitats,
but other than that I don't have a clue. So, what I am wondering is if
people have seen any displays on invasives that they thought were really
good.
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4. Fire and weeds survey--last chance! (Nationwide, USA)
From: Barry Rice (bamrice(at)ucdavis.edu)
The TNC Fire Management Program has posted a survey to help the USFS. The
Fire Management Program would like as many people as possible who work
with invasives and fire to send completed surveys to azentz(at)fs.fed.us by
TOMORROW (12 July). The survey is blissfully short; the url is
http://www.tncfire.org/survey.doc.
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5. Funding opportunities (Nationwide, USA)
From: Barry Rice (bamrice(at)ucdavis.edu)
The 2003 National Fish & Wildlife Foundation's Unified Request for
Proposals is now out. Awards are around $40,000, half of which must be
raised by the grantee using other matching funds. There are two grant
cycles, Fall & Spring. The Fall cycle proposal deadline is July 15 with
funding decisions made by October 31. The Spring cycle proposal deadline
is December 1 with funding decisions made by March 31. Note that this is
not the Pulling Together Initiative.
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6. Affecting species composition with management (California, USA)
From: Jonathan Gelbard (jlgelbard(at)ucdavis.edu)
I am seeking examples of management alterations that have successfully
reduced invasive species cover/density/richness or (conversely) increased
native cover/density/richness, especially in western USA grasslands and
deserts. I'm also interested in improvements related to livestock
management and roads/trails (rest/exclusion, altered timing, altered
animal types, of grazing, etc., or by seasonal or permanent road
closures), restoration measures (burning, re-seeding, grazing/rest), and
early detection/eradication measures (e.g. hiring seasonal employees to
seek and eradicate nascent foci weed infestations in areas). Both
"success" or "failure" stories would be informative.
If would be especially helpful if responders would note social, economic,
or political difficulties that they've come across/dealt with during
efforts to improve land management to avoid favoring invasive weeds (and
how they have or have not been able to resolve these issues).
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7. Great news from Hawai'i about ants (Nationwide, USA)
From: Barry Rice (bamrice(at)ucdavis.edu)
The Nature Conservancy (Hawai'i) helped catalyze work between the USGS, US
Department of Agriculture, Hawai'i Department of Agriculture, and others
to develop a comprehensive plan to prevent the arrival and establishment
of non-native ants (and especially the red imported fire ant) in Hawai'i.
This plan has been adopted by the USDA. More information, including links
to the plan, is posted on our home page at http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu
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8. Native Plant Seminar (Maryland, USA)
From: Roseann Glick (glickr(at)explorenature.org)
The Irvine Nature Center, located in Stevenson, Maryland, presents its
11th Annual Native Plant Seminar on Saturday, August 24, 9:00 am - 1:00
pm. Presenters include Johnny Randall (North Carolina Botanical Garden),
who will discuss "Exotic Plants: Innocent and Otherwise." The cost is $55
(less for Nature Center members; lunch not included). For more information
on the Nature Center, look at its web site at http://www.explorenature.org
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9. Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council Meeting (West Virginia, USA)
From: Betsy Lyman (blyman(at)tnc.org)
Join the the Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council in beautiful Canaan
Valley, to learn about efforts to control invasive plants in the
Mid-Atlantic States. The annual meeting commences at 7:30 PM, Wednesday,
August 7th, with a social that includes refreshments--all members invited.
The meeting on August 8th includes presentations on the effects of
invasives on TNC preserves in the Allegheny Highlands, and spotlights Iris
pseudacorus.
More information is on line at:
http://www.se-eppc.org/states/MAEPPCAM.html