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Eastern Invasives Network listserve digest #029
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1. Eastern North America Invasives Learning Network Workshop!
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1. Eastern North America Invasives Learning Network Workshop!
From: Mandy Tu ( imtu(at)tnc.org)
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!! 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.
Workshop Objectives:
1. Share lessons-learned, peer review and critique of your invasive species
strategies, and networking with colleagues who also work on invasive species
issues.
2. Learn to promote our work on invasive species beyond stewardship
(effective communication & GR strategies) and beyond just terrestrial
invasive plants (including aquatics, forest pests & pathogens, etc.).
3. Provide both GR and project staff with tools/ framework to begin working
on joint obtainable invasive species objectives, and provide specific
examples of successful (and non-successful) strategies.
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.
Registration, travel information, the homework assignment, and tentative
agendum are now available at
http://tncinvasives.ucdavis.edu/networks.html
For more information, contact Mandy Tu (imtu(at)tnc.org; 503-802-8150).