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Global Invasive Species Team listserve digest #147
Fri Aug 11 2006 - 13:22:50 PDT
Contents
1. Emerald ash borer news (Illinois, USA)
2. Sudden Oak Death news (Nationwide, USA)
3. Do you want more forest pest announcements? (Nationwide, USA)
4. New weed sighting: Euphorbia lathyris (New York, USA)
5. TNC's Eastern U.S. Invasives Learning Network Workshop (Eastern/Midwest states, USA)
6. Advice for eradicating Cayratia japonica (Texas, USA)
7. BASF grants (Nationwide, USA)
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1. Emerald ash borer news (Midwestern states, USA)
From: Faith Campbell (fcampbell (at) tnc.org)
USDA and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have released $7.6
million in funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to Illinois and
Wisconsin to energize emerald ash borer detection efforts and--when those
have been completed--begin eradication efforts in Illinois. Meanwhile,
eradication efforts in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan continue to languish due
to inadequate funding. OMB will not release CCC funds for these states,
because it considers the outbreak there to be established, rather than an
"emergency". Congress has failed to appropriate sufficient funds for the
program.
Illinois has the benefit of an outraged Senator Durbin and a highly placed
person within USDA - Terry van Doren is confidential assistant to the Under
Secretary for Marketing (who oversees APHIS). I think we are all glad that
USDA/OMB agreed on the importance of searching harder for EAB in Wisconsin,
where the insect has not yet been found. The agencies are trying to get
ahead of this thing.
**For more on emerald ash borer in Illinois, see:
http://www.agr.state.il.us/newsrels/r0613061.html
---Barry
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2. Sudden Oak Death news (Nationwide, USA)
From: Faith Campbell (fcampbell (at) tnc.org)
An Oregon nursery that was part of the federal program and had passed
inspection in 2005 was found to contain Phytophthora ramorum-infected plants
during its annual inspection in spring 2006. Trace-forwards from this
nursery have so far found infected plants in one retail nursery, each, in
Indiana and Maine. A Connecticut nursery that had received infected plants
in 2004 tested "clean" in 2005 but infected plants were found in 2006.
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3. Do you want more forest pest announcements? (Nationwide, USA)
From: Faith Campbell (fcampbell (at) tnc.org)
Sirex wood wasp has now been detected in Pennsylvania! If this fact or the
information in the previous two posts (above) interests you, would you like
to receive periodic brief information items about issues related to
introduced forest pests? If so, contact me and I will add you to a
distribution email list. Emails would be sent to this list only when there
is an important development such as detection of a new pest, or the
detection of a high-profile pest in a new state, or an important legislative
or regulatory action.
---------------------------------------------------------------
4. New weed sighting: Euphorbia lathyris (New York, USA)
From: Marilyn Jordan (mjordan (at) tnc.org)
Several hundred plants of Euphorbia lathyris (caper spurge; mole plant) have
been pulled from a grassy area in a State Park on Long Island, NY, where
they had been introduced in yard waste dumped by adjacent home owners. It
appears able to reproduce through seed rather than vegetatively; many of the
pulled plants were seedlings. Virginia Tech's Weed ID Guide mentions E.
lathyris as occurring occasionally as a weed of landscapes, roadsides and
pastures. It is known to occur in many eastern and western states.
According to a response through MA-EPPC it was controlled at Battlefield
Park in Manassas VA, where it had spread 200 feet, by hand-pulling and using
a glyphosate foliar spray at 2 to 3%. The plant is poisonous and produces a
milky sap that can cause skin irritations; use gloves. If you know of it at
any other locations, please share your information with me and Barry Rice:
bamrice (at) ucdavis.edu.
See images of this invader at:
http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/euphlath.html
---------------------------------------------------------------
5. TNC's Eastern U.S. Invasives Learning Network Workshop (Eastern/Midwest
states, USA)
From: Mandy Tu (imtu (at) tnc.org)
REGISTRATION CLOSES AUGUST 18th, 2006!! If you want to attend this
workshop, be sure to register soon! Registration, travel information, the
homework assignment, and tentative agendum are all available at
http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/networks.html
The next workshop of TNC's "Eastern North America Invasives Learning
Network" will be held October 3-5th, 2006 in Saratoga Springs, New York.
This workshop series details invasive species prevention and management
strategies, specifically providing critique and peer review for
project-scale managers on invasive species topics using the adaptive
management framework, and working with GR staff on policy and legislative
solutions for invasive species issues. New TNC participants and project
sites are welcome!
In this next workshop of the network, we will be working on "Setting
Measurable Objectives & Assessing the Invasive Species Threat" with a focus
on exporting those project-scale lessons learned to influence communications
and public policy. TNC Government Relations (GR) staff are specifically
invited on the third day of the workshop to discuss successful (and
unsuccessful) invasive species policy initiatives, to voice their needs to
stewardship staff, and to create a dialogue for how to make a difference in
abating the invasive species threat over the long-term and at
multiple-scales.
Cost: The workshop is free to all participants. Some meals will also be
provided. Participants have to pay their own travel, lodging, and some meal
costs.
---------------------------------------------------------------
6. Advice for eradicating Cayratia japonica (Texas, USA)
From: Anita Tiller (atiller (at) hcp4.net)
I been searching for advice on the best methods for eradication of Cayratia
japonica. This species invaded through plants obtained through the
horticulture trade approximately 20 years ago and we have yet to fully
eradicate the plant on our property.
We treat this species throughout the growing season beginning in February
with the herbicide Campaign for above ground growth. We receive similar
results with applications of a vinegar based product, Black Jack, for above
ground growth. We have yet to discover a product that will eliminate the
below ground growth. Could you recommend a product and procedure?
---------------------------------------------------------------
7. BASF grants (Nationwide, USA
From: Barry Rice (bamrice (at) ucdavis.edu)
Joan Cabreza sent to me information about a BASF matching grant program. The
information is too extensive for this listserve, so I note only the
following:
Due date: 25 August
Amount: up to $200,000 as non-federal matchng funds
Focus: on the ground programs involving herbicide
More details are posted here: http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/temp/basf.doc
Contents
1. Emerald ash borer news (Illinois, USA)
2. Sudden Oak Death news (Nationwide, USA)
3. Do you want more forest pest announcements? (Nationwide, USA)
4. New weed sighting: Euphorbia lathyris (New York, USA)
5. TNC's Eastern U.S. Invasives Learning Network Workshop (Eastern/Midwest states, USA)
6. Advice for eradicating Cayratia japonica (Texas, USA)
7. BASF grants (Nationwide, USA)
---------------------------------------
1. Emerald ash borer news (Midwestern states, USA)
From: Faith Campbell (fcampbell (at) tnc.org)
USDA and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have released $7.6
million in funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to Illinois and
Wisconsin to energize emerald ash borer detection efforts and--when those
have been completed--begin eradication efforts in Illinois. Meanwhile,
eradication efforts in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan continue to languish due
to inadequate funding. OMB will not release CCC funds for these states,
because it considers the outbreak there to be established, rather than an
"emergency". Congress has failed to appropriate sufficient funds for the
program.
Illinois has the benefit of an outraged Senator Durbin and a highly placed
person within USDA - Terry van Doren is confidential assistant to the Under
Secretary for Marketing (who oversees APHIS). I think we are all glad that
USDA/OMB agreed on the importance of searching harder for EAB in Wisconsin,
where the insect has not yet been found. The agencies are trying to get
ahead of this thing.
**For more on emerald ash borer in Illinois, see:
http://www.agr.state.il.us/newsrels/r0613061.html
---Barry
---------------------------------------------------------------
2. Sudden Oak Death news (Nationwide, USA)
From: Faith Campbell (fcampbell (at) tnc.org)
An Oregon nursery that was part of the federal program and had passed
inspection in 2005 was found to contain Phytophthora ramorum-infected plants
during its annual inspection in spring 2006. Trace-forwards from this
nursery have so far found infected plants in one retail nursery, each, in
Indiana and Maine. A Connecticut nursery that had received infected plants
in 2004 tested "clean" in 2005 but infected plants were found in 2006.
---------------------------------------------------------------
3. Do you want more forest pest announcements? (Nationwide, USA)
From: Faith Campbell (fcampbell (at) tnc.org)
Sirex wood wasp has now been detected in Pennsylvania! If this fact or the
information in the previous two posts (above) interests you, would you like
to receive periodic brief information items about issues related to
introduced forest pests? If so, contact me and I will add you to a
distribution email list. Emails would be sent to this list only when there
is an important development such as detection of a new pest, or the
detection of a high-profile pest in a new state, or an important legislative
or regulatory action.
---------------------------------------------------------------
4. New weed sighting: Euphorbia lathyris (New York, USA)
From: Marilyn Jordan (mjordan (at) tnc.org)
Several hundred plants of Euphorbia lathyris (caper spurge; mole plant) have
been pulled from a grassy area in a State Park on Long Island, NY, where
they had been introduced in yard waste dumped by adjacent home owners. It
appears able to reproduce through seed rather than vegetatively; many of the
pulled plants were seedlings. Virginia Tech's Weed ID Guide mentions E.
lathyris as occurring occasionally as a weed of landscapes, roadsides and
pastures. It is known to occur in many eastern and western states.
According to a response through MA-EPPC it was controlled at Battlefield
Park in Manassas VA, where it had spread 200 feet, by hand-pulling and using
a glyphosate foliar spray at 2 to 3%. The plant is poisonous and produces a
milky sap that can cause skin irritations; use gloves. If you know of it at
any other locations, please share your information with me and Barry Rice:
bamrice (at) ucdavis.edu.
See images of this invader at:
http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/euphlath.html
---------------------------------------------------------------
5. TNC's Eastern U.S. Invasives Learning Network Workshop (Eastern/Midwest
states, USA)
From: Mandy Tu (imtu (at) tnc.org)
REGISTRATION CLOSES AUGUST 18th, 2006!! If you want to attend this
workshop, be sure to register soon! Registration, travel information, the
homework assignment, and tentative agendum are all available at
http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/networks.html
The next workshop of TNC's "Eastern North America Invasives Learning
Network" will be held October 3-5th, 2006 in Saratoga Springs, New York.
This workshop series details invasive species prevention and management
strategies, specifically providing critique and peer review for
project-scale managers on invasive species topics using the adaptive
management framework, and working with GR staff on policy and legislative
solutions for invasive species issues. New TNC participants and project
sites are welcome!
In this next workshop of the network, we will be working on "Setting
Measurable Objectives & Assessing the Invasive Species Threat" with a focus
on exporting those project-scale lessons learned to influence communications
and public policy. TNC Government Relations (GR) staff are specifically
invited on the third day of the workshop to discuss successful (and
unsuccessful) invasive species policy initiatives, to voice their needs to
stewardship staff, and to create a dialogue for how to make a difference in
abating the invasive species threat over the long-term and at
multiple-scales.
Cost: The workshop is free to all participants. Some meals will also be
provided. Participants have to pay their own travel, lodging, and some meal
costs.
---------------------------------------------------------------
6. Advice for eradicating Cayratia japonica (Texas, USA)
From: Anita Tiller (atiller (at) hcp4.net)
I been searching for advice on the best methods for eradication of Cayratia
japonica. This species invaded through plants obtained through the
horticulture trade approximately 20 years ago and we have yet to fully
eradicate the plant on our property.
We treat this species throughout the growing season beginning in February
with the herbicide Campaign for above ground growth. We receive similar
results with applications of a vinegar based product, Black Jack, for above
ground growth. We have yet to discover a product that will eliminate the
below ground growth. Could you recommend a product and procedure?
---------------------------------------------------------------
7. BASF grants (Nationwide, USA
From: Barry Rice (bamrice (at) ucdavis.edu)
Joan Cabreza sent to me information about a BASF matching grant program. The
information is too extensive for this listserve, so I note only the
following:
Due date: 25 August
Amount: up to $200,000 as non-federal matchng funds
Focus: on the ground programs involving herbicide
More details are posted here: http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/temp/basf.doc