[APWG] Wavyleaf Basketgrass workshop dates in Beltsville Maryland

Thu Jul 17 15:20:45 CDT 2008

Dear Wavyleaf Basketgrass Task Force,

Wavyleaf Basketgrass is ready to identify on the ground and then search
for and remove it in your natural area. On Friday July 18 at 5:30pm,
Sunday July 20 at 11:00 am, Monday July 21 at 10:00 am, Thursday July 24
at 5:30 pm, and Saturday July 26 at 11:00 am several folks are coming to
ID it and also discuss our strategy for early detection rapid response.
Please join us to learn how to identify this fast spreading grass that
was first identified in North America in the Patapsco Valley State Park,
Maryland, in 1997. If another date is preferable please let me know.

We take U.S. 1 north from the beltway. Go about 1 mile, passing the
National Agricultural Research Center, and turn left at the light on
Montgomery Rd. Go 3 blocks and turn left on Sellman Road. Go about 5
blocks and turn right into Little Paint Branch

Park at the bottom of the hill.

We meet at the Beltsville Community Center parking lot and can continue
even with a little rain or heat. There are full indoor toilet facilities
and a large seating area for lunch. Cheers.

Marc Imlay, PhD

Conservation biologist, Anacostia Watershed Society (301-699-6204,
301-283-0808 301-442-5657 cell) Board member of the Mid-Atlantic Exotic
Pest Plant Council, Hui o Laka at Kokee State Park, Hawaii Vice
president of the Maryland Native Plant Society, Chair of the
Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee for the Maryland Chapter
of the Sierra Club.

Background:

There is the need from May-September, 2008, for an organized team of
Federal, State, and local researchers and managers to continue to
document the distribution of Wavyleaf Basketgrass grass starting at the
known locations in Beltsville, Greenbelt and Baltimore, Maryland.

This fast spreading grass was first identified in North America in the
Patapsco Valley State Park in 1997. So far, the grass has only been
documented in Maryland, meaning that if it is eliminated now, the entire
continent will be free of yet another scourge to our native flora and
fauna. It is stoloniferous, with seeds that stick to clothing more than
any other plant we have encountered. Until now, no concentrated effort
has been made to manage this mounting crisis which is likely to destroy
10% of our natural areas in one fourth of the United States in the next
decade unless we act now. It is a It is a classic case of Early
Detection/rapid Response for the North American continent.

www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/wl_basketgrass.asp

Original Message:

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From: Bergmann, Carole Carole.Bergmann at montgomeryparks.org

Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:40:54 -0400

To: ialm at erols.com, Paul.Carlson at montgomeryparks.org

Subject: wavy leaved basket grass

Marc,

If you can send me the details-dates and directions to the WL BG
trainings on Sunday and Monday by COB Tuesday, Paul can include it in
the quarterly Weed Warrior News that he is about to send out (Wed.

am).Thanks,

Carole

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From:  Jil_Swearingen at nps.gov
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:04:44 -0400
To: apwg at lists.plantconservation.org
Subject: [APWG] Fw: 2008 Wildland Weed Field Courses!  Berkeley,Chico &
Oakland!

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                                               Subject:  2008 Wildland Weed
Field Courses!  Berkeley, Chico & Oakland!                
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  [please distribute to interested colleagues and restoration volunteers]  

  Cal-IPC's 2008 Wildland Weed Field Courses have been a tremendous
success.   

  The Berkeley Field Courses (W & Th, July 23 & 24) still have space       

  available, and registration is now open for the NEW Pre-Symposium        

  Revegetation Field Course (W, October 1).                                

  The Berkeley Field Courses are the last Invasive Weed Biology and        

  Identification and Control Methods courses that Cal-IPC will offer in
2008.  
  We still have funding to support the highly discounted rate for
restoration  
  and watershed volunteers at $35/course. Registration and details at      

  www.cal-ipc.org/fieldcourses/index.php.                                  

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  Upcoming 2008 Field Course Schedule:                                     

  Berkeley - Tilden Regional Park                                          

      July 23 - Biology & Identification NEW!                              

      July 24 - Control Methods                                            

  Chico - Chico Grange and Surprise Field Site                             

      October 1 - Revegetation NEW!                                        

  Oakland - Redwood Regional Park, Trudeau Center                          

      November 6 - Mapping (Registration will open in August)              

  Registration and details at www.cal-ipc.org/fieldcourses/index.php.      

  I look forward to seeing you at an upcoming Field Course,                

  - Heather Brady, Coordinator                                             

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