From ialm at erols.com Mon Jul 15 15:58:55 2024 From: ialm at erols.com (Marc Imlay) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:58:55 -0400 Subject: [APWG] [External Email]FW: Seeking answer to Bipolaris microstegii question In-Reply-To: References:

<176E386D3381A3BA.1228@groups.io> <000c01d9b1bf$aa8d7f10$ffa87d30$@erols.com> Message-ID: <048901dad6f9$cf533af0$6df9b0d0$@erols.com> Hi Matt., Frequently when we have had to give up a battle because none of the logical approaches have worked,about 1 time in 5 when we have tried a very wild idea, we have had success. So I suggest we try an approach that was turned down. Wild Marc. From: Tancos, Matthew - REE-ARS Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 8:17 AM To: ialm at erols.com Subject: Re: [External Email]FW: Seeking answer to Bipolaris microstegii question Hi Marc, We are no longer working on Bipolaris of stiltgrass since my predecessor (Dr. Bruckart) determined they had minimal impact and appeared to be ecotype/genotype dependent (not all stiltgrass populations were susceptible). Please see the attached manuscript. However, we are currently trying to acquire some novel rusts from China that appear promising on stiltgrass (not sure if they will infect all US stiltgrass populations). best, Matt Matthew A. Tancos, PhD. Research Plant Pathologist USDA-ARS-NEA Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit 1301 Ditto Avenue Fort Detrick, MD 21702 Tel: 301-619-7386 Fax: 301-619-2880 ADVANCE NOTICE: I will be email silent on Mondays, but will reply ASAP. _____ From: Marc Imlay > Sent: Saturday, July 8, 2023 1:14 PM To: Tancos, Matthew - REE-ARS > Subject: [External Email]FW: Seeking answer to Bipolaris microstegii question [External Email] If this message comes from an unexpected sender or references a vague/unexpected topic; Use caution before clicking links or opening attachments. Please send any concerns or suspicious messages to: Spam.Abuse at usda.gov Hi there Matt, What are the hosts of Bipolaris microstegii, the occasional temporary biological control of Microstegium vimineum /Japanese Stiltgrass besides Japanese Stiltgrass itself? There may be potential biological control host of B. microstegii overseas as well as in USA. Do you have a consultant in your lab in France, etc.? Marc Imlay Virus-free. www.avast.com This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. 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URL: From rwc-seed at batnet.com Wed Jul 17 21:55:01 2024 From: rwc-seed at batnet.com (rwc-seed at batnet.com) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 22:55:01 -0400 Subject: [APWG] Yellow star thistle eliminated in 90 days with $32 soil test, adding organic fertilizers and mulch In-Reply-To: <1721269246.06gm28z0qdcs4s4w@webmail.sitestar.net> References: <1721269246.06gm28z0qdcs4s4w@webmail.sitestar.net> Message-ID: <1721271301.f16z6347c4kgwwwg@webmail.sitestar.net> Dear APWG, Here in California where we have 14 million acres of Yellow Star thistles infesting our rangelands, a discovery in our test plots at the Town of Woodside's Kite Hill Wildflower Preserve in the San Francisco Bay area, shows that 90-100% of an infestation can be eliminated in 90 days, just with fertilizers and mulch. This method was invented by my company 30 years ago, ?The Reveg Edge, P.O. Box 361, Redwood City, CA 94064, adding?fertilizers and mulch?to get rid of weeds.???When we needed to invent methods to replant 100-mile Tuscarora gas pipeline north of Reno in the cheatgrass-infested sagebrush desert.?? I use the A-01 Waypoint lab $32 soil test, data only in a bar graph format, and take my soil?sample from the top two inches of the weed infested area, and sift?through a 1/4 inch mesh screen to remove rocks and leaves to end up?with a full quart.? I sample the cheatgrass or the yellow star thistle soil, and another sample of the nearby soil where the desirable natives are producing?seedlings. At the star thistle test plot at Kite Hill, we tested the soil and added organic fertilizer in fall, to a 3/4 acre site which had three million seedlings growing.? 90 days later, 90% of the star thistle was gone. The thistles were?replaced by dormant pasture seeds in the soil, which needed the nutrients to grow and use their allelochemicals to suppress the star thistle seeds from sprouting.?? The Preserve is open 24/7 and if anyone would like a tour, just contact me. The other method we use to completely get rid of the flammable weed grasses, is monthly mowing at 8-12 inches high, and that allows the dormant native seeds in the soil to take over, so we end up producing in weed-infested California grasslands, 95-99% weed-free wildflower meadows--without sowing any native seeds. Dozens of our California grasslands have been pushed to the brink of extinction by the exotics, and these two methods could rescue our Listed species, like the Tarplants, Lessingias, Marin Dwarf flax, Purple Amole, Thornmints and the like,? which are slowing being pushed to extinction. Since 1992, I have restored 800 acres of California grasslands, back to 95% or better native cover.? ?And the fertilizer methods against the star thistles could rescue 14 million acres in California and 100 million acres of cheatgrass in the Great Basin, and make them productive again. The Kite Hill test plot in one year, when from zero pasture-grass forage when it was solid star thistle, to an unirrigated meadow producing 7,400 pounds per acre. "Before and after" photos of the Kite Hill star thistle plot at https://www.ecoseeds.com/2-YST-before-after-sm.jpg Sincerely, Craig Carlton Dremann - Office 650-325-7333 The Reveg Edge, P.O. Box 361, Redwood City, CA 94064 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From elizabeth_krone at fws.gov Fri Jul 19 16:37:17 2024 From: elizabeth_krone at fws.gov (Krone, Elizabeth C) Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 21:37:17 +0000 Subject: [APWG] Funding OPPTY: Arbor Day Foundation Community Roots Program for Tribal communities (Closes 9/30) Message-ID: Sharing this unique opportunity for distribution in your relevant networks. Please note that there is no match requirement and the Arbor Day Foundations can help to source trees if needed for tribal projects. The Arbor Day Foundation (ADF) is pleased to be a recipient of grant funding from the USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry Program, under the Inflation Reduction Act (Funding Opportunity #: USDA-FS-2023-UCF-IRA-01). ADF will serve as a national pass-through partner of the Forest Service, providing funding for Federally Recognized Tribes and Tribal organizations. The Arbor Day Foundation is calling on all federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations/villages, Tribal organizations as defined in 25USC 5304 (I) and operating within the United States or its territories, and organizations working in Tribal communities, to apply for Community Roots Program support, made possible through Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding that makes urban forestry projects possible. As a national passthrough partner of the USDA Forest Service, the Arbor Day Foundation helps connect Tribes and Tribal organizations to funding resources, a peer network that provides guidance, resources, and other learning opportunities. ELIGIBILITY: Federally recognized Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations / villages, Tribal organizations as defined in 25USC 5304 (I) and operating within the United States or its territories, and organizations working in Tribal communities. APPLICATION PERIOD: Applications must be submitted by September 30, 2024 For more information and to apply: https://www.arborday.org/programs/community-roots/community-roots-tribal-rfa.cfm Direct any questions to: grants at arborday.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rwc-seed at batnet.com Sun Jul 21 18:27:41 2024 From: rwc-seed at batnet.com (rwc-seed at batnet.com) Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 19:27:41 -0400 Subject: [APWG] CONVERT cheatgrass to 100% native cover in six months, with $32 soil tests, add organic fertilizers and mulch, when sowing local native ecotype seeds Message-ID: <1721604461.lew01bqz8c84owc0@webmail.sitestar.net> Dear APWG, Cheatgrass conversion back to 100% native cover -- 30 years ago, I was hired by BLM??to invent methods to be able to sow native seeds in the Great Basin sagebrush cheatgrass-infested desert at 8-10 inches of annual rainfall, north or Reno?to replant?100 miles of the Tuscarora gas pipeline.? It took two years of small-scale test-plot plantings, but when we found the answer and sowed the native seeds on those 100-miles, with our?planting?methods producing?100% native cover in only six months. Soil Tests -- The key was to take soil tests from the top two inches from around the existing native grasses stands, to find their soil nutrient and organic matter thresholds, each species?needed for seedling survival.? ?Each species had a different threshold.? The Poa Squirreltail had the lowest, the Bluebunch wheatgrass the middle, and the Great Basin wild rye the highest needs. I sifted one quart samples through a 1/4 inch mesh screen to remove rocks and leaves, and sent it to the Waypoint Lab in Anaheim.? The current prices are?$32 each?and asked for their A-01 "data only in a bar graph format", along with their organic matter test for $16. At the same time,? test the soil where the cheatgrass is?growing.? Then,??in our on-site test plots, add the nitrogen,?phosphorus and organic matter to match the levels needed by the natives as shown by the A-01 threshold tests, and also sow?the natives at different sowing rates.?? And NEVER drill-seed --?because it does not produce the proper native-seedling density,? to be able to produce allelochemicals to suppress the cheatgrass seeds from ever sprouting in the future. The sowing rates we started with,?were the very?low?pounds-per-acre recommended by the seed companies.??Then we sowed?additional?plots and increased each plot in?5 pounds per acre increments, until we found the sweet-spot for each native species we were sowing.?? Produce sufficient allelochemicals -- What you want to accomplish, is to have the native seedlings as they sprout to produce sufficient amounts of allelochemicals,?to suppress dormant cheatgrass seeds in the soil?from ever sprouting in the future.? And NEVER sow seed mixes -- Why?you never sow any native seed mixes--is you do not want the native seedlings?fighting each other--they must focus solely on suppressing the dormant cheatgrass seeds in the soil. Now we all know it can be done, then the?goal of converting the 100 million acres in the Great Basin, back to fire-safe and productive native grasslands and wildflower fields could get started, if there was any desire?to do so.? Ten million acres per year, paid by the fossil fuel companies and they get the Carbon Credits in exchange, all could be converted by 2034 if we got started this year.? Photos of the Tuscarora project?at https://www.ecoseeds.com/greatbasin.html "Native grass and Wildflower Party" -- To get started, all you need is the Waypoint Anaheim A-01 and organic matter soil tests, a few pounds of local native ecotype seeds, a few pounds of organic?fertilizers and a few pounds of mulch--to?get our?"Native grass and Wildflower Party" started in the Great Basin this year.??? You do not need to wait for any USDA $2.9 million grant to hire 100 students from four universities, to start?our?"Native grass and Wildflower Party". Start with tiny test plots -- Since our pipeline test plots were each only one by two meters for each sowing treatment, then,??that tiny size allowed us to sow 50 different treatments and sowing rates, could be done very cheaply. The cheatgrass fires could?become a far distant memory;?and the ranchers could?make 10X as much take-home income by restoring the grasses and selling the Carbon Credits;?and the poor Sage Grouse have been waiting for decades for the Land Doctors to come and do that conversion, back to the native forbs their baby chicks need for their survival.?? Sincerely, Craig Carlton Dremann, The Reveg Edge, P.O. Box 361, Redwood City, CA 94064 CELL (650) 441-9323? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rwc-seed at batnet.com Sun Jul 21 23:45:58 2024 From: rwc-seed at batnet.com (rwc-seed at batnet.com) Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:45:58 -0400 Subject: [APWG] GETTING RID of 14 million acres of Yellow Star thistle in 90 days, only $32 soil tests, organic fertilizers and mulch, nothing else Message-ID: <1721623558.s9agox2lsss4w0kw@webmail.sitestar.net> Dear APWG, There were?questions about my methods of getting rid of yellow star thistle (YST) in 90 days, with only soil testing, then fertilizing and mulching, so I will post some answers here.? Feel free to email me any other questions. SOIL TESTS critical--The $32 Waypoint Anaheim A-01 ("data only in a bar graph format") and Organic matter tests $16 from the top two inches of soil, are taken from at least two locations.? ?The first is your YST site, and second is in the same soil somewhere nearby, getting the soil nutrient thresholds for the desirable plants you want to replace the YST with.? For a rare plant site like the Kite Hill serpentine, it is the rare native wildflowers.? For a Sierra foothills rancher, it might be a pasture grass or even a weed grass used for forage?like wild oats or ryegrass. Then bring the YST soil 50% above the desirable plant levels, and if you apply the fertilizers in October, then 90 days later, you should see a major changes.? If the first dose does not completely eliminate the YST by mid-March, retest where it still is sticking to the land, and prepare to apply another coat?of fertilizers by mid-?April. Anyone visiting the SF Bay Area interested in a tour let me know. Elsewhere on the 14 acres, we get rid of the other weeds with monthly mowing at 8-12 inches high, from February to June.? There are dormant native seeds in the soil, so once we get the weeds off the natives, they sprout up at the rate of 5-10 seedlings per square inch.? There are areas which are now between 90% and 99% native cover, and no native seeds were sown. 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This announcement will be open to the public and will contain all relevant information including qualifications, salary, and duty station. * The successful candidate will: Serve as the US Fish and Wildlife Service?s science coordinator for collaborative, large-landscape conservation efforts in the sagebrush biome. Work with internal and external partners to identify, plan, and acquire priority science and technical tools to inform and guide strategic habitat conservation actions across the biome, including landscape-scale conservation designs and related products. Serve as the sagebrush science liaison for the Service?s sagebrush conservation community of practice and primary point-of-contact for ongoing and emerging sagebrush science partnerships with state and federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, Tribes, and academic institutions. Communicate key science needs, information, and recommendations among and between Service programs and partnerships, as well as to Service and Department of the Interior leadership, to support implementation of adaptive conservation delivery across the sagebrush biome. *Learn more about the SET and the Service and our partners' ongoing work to conserve healthy working sagebrush landscapes for wildlife and for people, including our current Bipartisan Infrastructure Law sagebrush funding implementation, at: https://www.fws.gov/program/sagebrush-conservation *Location: Location Negotiable *Eligibility: This position will be filled under the Office of Personnel Management's Direct Hire Authority and is open to all United States citizens and U.S. nationals. Veteran's preference and traditional rating and ranking of applications do not apply. 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