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"Katherine Howe"
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InvasivesOhio at yaho cc: "Nice, Glenn R" <gnice at purdue.edu>, (bcc: Jil Swearingen/NCR/NPS)
ogroups.com Subject: [InvasivesOhio] MIPN Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, Title Submission by
Sept. 5
08/20/2008 10:47
AM AST
Please respond to
InvasivesOhio
The Midwest Invasive Plant Network will be holding its annual meeting in
conjunction with the North Central Weed Science Society (NCWSS) Conference in
Indianapolis, Dec. 8-11. The MIPN sponsored events will include:
*1/2 day symposium on current researcch on invasive plants, including talks by
- Tom Stohlgren (USGS) on climate change and invasive plants
- Scott Meiners (Southern Illinois University) on the impacts of invasive
shrubs on tree seed predation
- Susan Kalisz (University of Pittsburgh) on the effects of white-tailed deer
on invasive plants
- Kay Havens (Chicago Botanic Garden) on evaluating cultivars of plants used
in horticulture for invasiveness
* 1/2 day of contributed papers on invasive plants
* Full day of workshops on a wide variety of invasive plant topics, including
- Species-specific control workshops (Canada thistle, garlic mustard, reed
canarygrass, Japanese stiltgrass, Asian bush honeysuckle)
- Fire and invasive plants
- Mapping invasive plants
- Invasive species risk assessment
- Collaboration between researchers and land managers
- Invasive species in Indiana with an update on plans for invasive species
legislation
- Ecosystem impacts of invasive plants
- Cooperative Weed Management Areas
If you would like to present a poster or a talk at the conference, you need to
submit your title to the North Central Weed Science Society by September 5. Full
abstracts are not due until November, but submitting a title will hold a place for
your presentation or poster. To submit a title, follow this link [
http://www.btny.purdue.edu/weedscience/temp/TitleSub.html] or go to the NCWSS Web
site [www.ncwss.org]. Information regarding the meeting will be posted on the
NCWSS web site as it becomes available.
NCWSS is offering a discounted $75 registration fee for anyone wishing to attend
only the MIPN sessions on Dec. 10 and 11. We hope you will plan to attend!
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Katherine M. Howe
Midwest Invasive Plant Network
c/o The Nature Conservancy
1505 N. Delaware St., Suite 200
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 951-8818
howek @ purdue.edu_,_.___
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