[APWG] Reminder: Register now for MIPN Annual Meeting, Oct. 9-10

[Katherine Howe]

It's not too late to register for the Natural Areas Conference and
attend the Midwest Invasive Plant Network annual meeting and special
session on Invasive Plants in the Midwest, co-sponsored by the Ohio
Invasive Plants Council.  Information on the program is available below
and on the MIPN website at www.mipn.org.  To register, visit 
http://naturalarea.org/07conference/default.htm.
 
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Katherine M. Howe
Midwest Invasive Plant Network Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy
1505 N. Delaware St., Suite 200
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 951-8818
khowe @ tnc.org


The Midwest Invasive Plant Network (MIPN) and the Ohio Invasive Plants
Council (OIPC) have organized a special session on invasive plants in
the Midwest at Natural Areas Conference in Cleveland, October 9-12.  In
addition to the special session on invasive plants, there will be a
number of other events of interest to anyone who works with or wants to
learn more about invasive species.

 

Tuesday, October 9            

9:00-11:00AM   MIPN Workshop: Stop Wasting Time on Invasives-Plan Your
Way to Success. Presenter: Ellen Jacquart, Director of Stewardship, The
Nature Conservancy-Indiana.  

 

Wednesday, October 10

8:30AM -12:00PM   Invasive Species & Forest Health: Beyond the Obvious:
Restore, adapt, or ignore? How can land managers and policymakers
prepare for and manage the cascading ecological consequences of invasive
species? Addressing forest invasions from insect pests to plants, pigs
to pathogens, the speakers will reveal the common threads and
differences in impact, management, and prevention of complex invasions.

 

12:00-1:30 PM   Midwest Invasive Plant Network (MIPN) Annual Meeting

Join us for lunch to learn more about what MIPN is and what we do and to
get involved with the Network.  We will have door prizes and food, so
please join us!

 

1:30-5:00PM  MIPN/OIPC Special Session on Invasive Plants

*  Develop An Early Detection Program For Invasive Plants In Your Area:
Linking Local Efforts To The U.S National Early Detection And Rapid
Response System For Invasive Plants.  Debbie Maurer, Lake County Forest
Preserve District.

*  Invasive Plant - Pollinator Interactions. Karen Goodell, Ohio State
University.

*  Ceutorhynchus spp. As Potential Biological Control Agents of Garlic
Mustard in the United States.  Elizabeth J. Katovich, University of
Minnesota. 

*  How Researchers and the Nursery Industry Can Work Together to Prevent
Plant Invasions.  Theresa M. Culley, University of Cincinnati and Keith
Manbeck, Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association.

*  Reducing Seed Output and Seed Viability of Cultivars:  How Much Is
Enough to Create a Plant That Will Not Be Invasive? Tiffany Knight,
Washington University.

*  Cooperative Weed Management Areas: Expanding the Successful Western
Concept to the Eastern States.  Kelly Kearns, Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources.

 

7:30-9:30PM  Integrating Invasive Plant Species Data in the Midwest:
Solutions for Data Management and Sharing.  Co-hosted by MIPN and the
National Institute for Invasive Species Science (NIISS).

 

There will be additional contributed talks and posters on invasive
plants on both Wednesday and Friday, so consider staying for the whole
week.

 

Registration is $100  for one day and $230-270 for the whole meeting.
Student rates are $60 for one day and $170 for the whole week. For more
information or to register for the conference, please visit the Natural
Areas Association website at http://naturalarea.org/07conference/.
Additional information on speakers and workshops is posted on the MIPN
website at www.mipn.org <http://www.mipn.org/> 


We believe we've put together a great program and encourage everyone
interested in invasive plants to attend.

For Further Information Contact:
Kate Howe, Midwest Invasive Plant Network Coordinator, The Nature
Conservancy of Indiana, (317) 951- 8818, khowe at tnc.org
<mailto:khowe at tnc.org> 

 

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Katherine M. Howe
Midwest Invasive Plant Network Coordinator
The Nature Conservancy
1505 N. Delaware St., Suite 200
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 951-8818
khowe @ tnc.org
 
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