[APWG] Invasive Plant Conference--August 11 and 12

Tue Jul 7 23:46:05 CDT 2009

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From: ialm at erols.com ialm at erols.com
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 00:36:35 -0400
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Subject: [ma-eppc] FW: Invasive Plant Conference--August 11 and 12

The following topics may help justify your attendance at the annual
conference of the Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, August 11-12, 
at the University of Pittsburg in Johnstown, PA. See www.ma-eppc.org 
for complete information including speakers. Register online at 
www.morrisarboretum.org Click on Education and Seminars

White-tailed Deer interactions

Effects of Natural Disturbance  

Anthropological and Ecological Aspects of Plant
Distributions

Invasive Medicinal and Culinary Herbs

Stream Restoration 

Japanese Knotweed 

Invasive Species Mapping  

Spatial Approaches to Modeling Dispersion: An
Epidemiology Example 

Predicting Vulnerability of Areas to Invasiveness 

Invasive Risk Potential of Biofuel Crops 

rooftop native pant garden tour 

The Three R’s of Why Invasive Species Control is Restoration

Prioritizing Treatment Sites with Limited Resources 

Hiring a Firm to Control Invasive Species: How to
Write an Effective Business Contract 

Establishing and Enforcing a “Do-Not-Plant List”
Within a Homeowners Association-governed
Community 

Central Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team

WIMS Mapping Software to Record and
Track Treatments 

Wavy Leaf Basket grass 

Lyme disease

Japanese Barberry 

Invasive Species under the Current Administration   

Planting native cultivars versus native ecovars 

Field Experience: Looking at the Campus' Invasive
Plants and Natural Diversity 

Synergy between White-tailed Deer
Herbivory and Invasive Plant Species in Mature
Deciduous Forests 

Fire Management as a Tool in Invasive Plant
Management 

Effect of Climate Change on Invasive Plants Complicating Factors in
Invasive Plant Management

Who Should Attend:
Nursery and landscape professionals
Natural resource specialists
Managers of parks, preserves and
conservation districts
Invasive plant management and
restoration specialists
Extension agents, environmental educators
and garden and outdoor writers
Public and botanical garden managers
and supervisors
Researchers, students and gardeners
Golf course and Recreational Land Managers
Volunteers who want to know more

Managing non-native invasive species to mitigate
the threat to the world’s biological diversity is
getting more challenging. Our quality of life
depends on the health of our natural resources,
but limited funding, human development,
introduction of new species and complicated
species interactions combine to make the job
tough. In this seventh Mid-Atlantic conference
attendees will not only obtain useful background
on the issues surrounding this biological problem
but will also learn:
Thresholds for action
Tools for effective and efficient removal
What the new administration has done and
plans to do to control invasive plants.
How deer make our job three times as hard
Get the most from your volunteer program
Techniques for preventing non-native
plant colonization
August 11 and 12, 2009
to be held at the
University of Pittsburgh
at Johnstown, PA
100 East Northwestern Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118
August 11 & 12, 2009
Register online at www.morrisarboretum.org
Click on Education and Seminars
Name
Title
Organization
Address
Phone
Email
Fee: _ $185 (For two days) _ $100 (For one day)
Student Fee: _ $95 (For two days) _ $45 (For one day)
Mark One: _ Tuesday _ Wednesday _ both days
Fee includes one-year membership in MA-EPPC.
Optional Dinner and Tour: _ $20
Total Fee:
_ I want to attend the Field Experience on Day Two.
Please make checks payable to: Morris Arboretum
Mail to: Morris Arboretum - Education Department
100 Northwestern Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118
Or fax to: 215.247.7862
CVC # _________
_ Mastercard _ Visa _ Discover _ Amex Exp. Date ______
____ ____ ____ ____
Overnight rooms with two single beds on campus are
$40 per night. To book accommodations contact 1.800.875.5958
or kragley at pitt.edu.
Phone-in registrations are accepted only when a credit card is
used. Contact the Morris Arboretum Education Department
215.247.5777, ext. 156 or 125 or jlm at exchange.upenn.edu with
questions or to sign up.
Directions will be sent with confirmation. Cancellations received
by July 25 will be fully refunded less a $25 processing fee.
To schedule a lunch time working group meeting, contact
jlm at exchange.upenn.edu.
Sessions with * offer credit from the Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture toward pesticide applicators’ certification.
CEUs available for PA landscape architects.

Day One, Tuesday, August 11
9:00am Welcome—Meghan Fellows, President,
Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council
9:10am Opening Remarks—U.S. Representative John P.
Murtha, Pennsylvania Congressman, 12th District
9:20am Keynote: Ecological Thresholds, Multiple
Stressors, and Timing: Teasing Apart the
Complexities Behind Invasive Plant
Establishment and Spread—Cynthia Huebner,
Ph.D., Research Botanist/Ecologist, USDA Forest
Service Northern Research Station
10:20am Break
The Impact of Deer on Ecosystems
10:40am White-tailed Deer as Agents of Change*—
Kip Adams, Certified Wildlife Biologist, Quality Deer
Management Association
11:05 am Deer and the Effects of Natural Disturbance and
Invasive Interactions—John Snitzer, Graduate
Research Assistant, Hood College
11:35am Beyond Browsing: Overabundant Deer Suppress
Unpalatable Natives and Facilitate Invasive
Species Success in Forests—Susan Kalisz, Ph.D.,
Professor of Biology, Department of Biological
Science, University of Pittsburgh
12:15pm Lunch
1:15pm Anthropological and Ecological Aspects of Plant
Distributions: How Medicinal and Culinary Herbs
Become Invasive—Sunshine Brosi, Ph.D.,
Department of Biology, Frostburg State University
1:35pm Addressing Invasive Species as Part of Stream
Restoration Projects: Japanese Knotweed and
the Princeton Creek Restoration—Robert
Siegfried, Restoration Practice Leader, Whitman,
Requardt & Associates, LLP
2:00pm Using the Invasive Species Mapping System for
the Mid-Atlantic States—Chuck Bargeron,
Information Technology Director, Center for Invasive
Species and Ecosystem Health, The University of
Georgia
3:00pm Spatial Approaches to Modeling Dispersion: An
Epidemiology Example—Ling Bian, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Geography, University at
Buffalo, State University of New York
3:30pm Invasive Species Landscape Model: Predicting
Vulnerability of Areas to Invasiveness—Michael
Strager, Ph,D. Assistant Professor, Davis College of
Agriculture, Forestry and Consumer Science, West
Virginia University
3:45pm Break
4:00pm Mitigating the Invasive Risk Potential of Biofuel
Crops—Jacob Barney, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar,
University of California, Department of Plant Sciences
5:00pm Adjourn
6:30pm Join us for a buffet dinner and rooftop native pant
garden tour at the Johnstown Discovery Center.
Cash bar available. There is a separate fee and
check-off on your registration form.
Day Two,Wednesday, August 12
8:30am Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council Business
Meeting
9:30am Welcome—Gregg Robertson, President,
Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association
9:45am Remove, Reboot, Reflect: The Three R’s of Why
Invasive Species Control is Restoration—
Mary Travaglini, Potomac Gorge Habitat Restoration
Manager, The Nature Conservancy of MD/DC
10:15am Break
Track One: Planning and Control Strategies
10:30am More than an Inventory—Prioritizing Treatment
Sites with Limited Resources—Kevin Heatley,
Vice President, Biohabitats Invasive Species
Management, Inc.
10:50am Hiring a Firm to Control Invasive Species: How to
Write an Effective Business Contract—Steve
Manning, Owner, Invasive Plant Control
11:10am Establishing and Enforcing a “Do-Not-Plant List”
Within a Homeowners Association-governed
Community—Laura Etchison, CMCA, AMS, On-Site
Community Manager, Lorna Patrick, Grounds
Committee Member, Villages of Urbana
11:30am Central Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team—
Michael Van Clef, Ph.D., President, Ecological
Solutions, LLC
11:50am Using WIMS Mapping Software to Record and
Track Treatments—Mary Travaglini and Jamie
Weaver, The Nature Conservancy of MD/DC
12:10pm Wavy Leaf Success Story: Volunteers, Outreach,
Results—Marc Imlay, Ph.D., Conservation Biologist,
Anacostia Watershed Society
Track Two: Complex Ecological Relationships
10:30am Managing Japanese Barberry Infestations
Reduces Blacklegged Tick Abundance and
Infection Prevalence with Borrelia burgdorferi—
Scott C. Williams, Assistant Agricultural Scientist,
Department of Forestry and Horticulture, Connecticut
Agriculture Experiment Station
11:00am BioControl for Tree of Heaven*—Donald D. Davis,
Ph. D., Professor of Plant Pathology, Pennsylvania
State University
11:30am An Overview of the National Invasive Species
Council and Invasive Species under the Current
Administration—Chris Dionigi, Ph.D.,
Assistant Director for Domestic Policy, Science,
and Cooperation, National Invasive Species
Council (NISC)
11:50am Q: How Can You Tell a Cultivar from a Native
Plant? A: Pull Down Their Genes—
William E. Young, RLA, PWS, President, Young
Environmental, LLC
Track Three: Local Diversity and Invasive Plants
10:30am Field Experience: Looking at the Campus' Invasive
Plants and Natural Diversity—Bruce Robart, Ph.D.,
Biology Professor, University of Pittsburgh,—
limited sign-up, reservations required
12:30pm Lunch
1:45pm Potential for Synergy between White-tailed Deer
Herbivory and Invasive Plant Species in Mature
Deciduous Forests—William J. McShea, PhD.,
Wildlife Ecologist and Norm Bourg, Ph.D., Plant
Ecologist, Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian
Institution, National Zoological Park
2:15pm Fire Management as a Tool in Invasive Plant
Management—David McNaughton, Assistant Wildlife
Manager, Fort Indiantown Gap
2:45pm Break
3:00pm The Effect of Climate Change on Invasive Plants—
Lewis Ziska, Ph.D., Plant Physiologist, Agricultural
Research Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Beltsville, MD
4:00pm Closing Remarks and Adjourn by the new
President of Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest
Plant Council
Registration Form
Complicating Factors in Invasive Plant Management

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