BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//NAISMA - ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:NAISMA X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://naisma.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for NAISMA REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20230312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20231105T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chihuahua BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20210404T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20211031T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20220403T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221030T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240130T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240131T154500 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20231129T183000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240228T183842Z UID:121367-1706612400-1706715900@naisma.org SUMMARY:International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the INAUGURAL International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference (IISCCC) organized by the Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Management Network on January 30 and 31\, 2024. This conference is VIRTUAL allowing for more international attendance while reducing our carbon footprint. \n\n\n\nRegistration: FREE \n\n\n\nConference registration is free and features topics including sessions on: \n\n\n\n\nNew arrivals and emerging invasion pathways\n\n\n\nManaging invasive species in a changing climate\n\n\n\nPractitioner success stories\n\n\n\nLessons learned from island ecosystems\n\n\n\nDownload the full agenda\n\n\n\n\nBecause biological invasions and climate change are global issues that know no boundaries\, the IISCCC strives to create space to share research and management practices\, expand networks\, and promote translational experiences. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAGENDA\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers\n\n\n\n\n\nKeynote Speaker: Jennifer Grenz \n\n\n\nTaking Teachings from our Targets: how storytelling will help shape invasion biology in a changing climate \n\n\n\nJennifer Grenz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest Resources Management at the University of British Columbia. She has a BSc in Agroecology and a PhD in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (both from UBC). Jennifer’s research focuses on applying an Indigenous worldview (she is Nlaka’pamux of mixed ancestry) to invasion biology and ecology and challenges us to think differently about our role in ecosystems management as we face a rapidly changing climate. She is passionate about bridging the practitioner-researcher divide as she worked for nearly two decades providing consulting services and on-the-ground management of invasive species for all levels of government prior to her academic appointment. Her lab\, The Indigenous Ecology Lab\, is currently working on understanding the impacts of invasive plants on soil microbial ecology and the role of these impacts on post eradication restoration activities. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlenary Speaker Day 1: Jessica Hellmann \n\n\n\nClimate change adaptation meets the notion of native and invasive species \n\n\n\nDr. Jessica Hellmann is Director and Ecolab Chair at the Institute on the Environment and Distinguished McKnight University Professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota. She studies the impacts of climate change on natural systems and methods for adapting to climate change. She leads the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center for the US Geological Survey\, and in 2018\, she co-founded Geofinancial Analytics\, a private venture that benchmarks methane emissions in the oil and gas sector. She serves several non-profits as a board member\, including the Science Museum of Minnesota\, COMPASS (an NGO advancing societal engagement of scientists) and the National Audubon Society. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPlenary Speaker Day 2: Helen Roy and Peter Stoett \n\n\n\nInsights from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Assessment on Invasive Alien Species and their control \n\n\n\nHelen is an Ecologist at the United Kingdom Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) and Professor in Ecology at the University of Exeter. Helen co-leads a large research group within the Biodiversity Science Area. Within the Biological Records Centre (part of UKCEH)\, Helen leads programs to develop zoological monitoring and research working in collaboration with the volunteer wildlife recording community. She is leading global collaborations to deliver high impact research to understand and predict the effects of biological invasions (and other drivers of global environmental change) on biodiversity and ecosystem function using large-scale and long-term species distribution and abundance datasets. \n\n\n\nSince 2008 Helen has led a Defra-funded project to compile information on invasive non-native species for Britain and is currently leading a Darwin Plus project to compile information on invasive non-native species for all the UK Overseas Territories. Prevention\, early detection and rapid response are critical to the management of invasive non-native species and the collaborative approaches Helen has developed for horizon scanning to inform prevention have achieved international recognition and application. Her research on biological invasions has gained her international recognition both through informing policy and advancing science including as co-chair of the IPBES Thematic Assessment on Invasive Alien Species and their Control. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Peter Stoett’s main areas of research expertise include international relations and law\, global environmental politics\, and human rights; he is especially interested in critical perspectives on the many nuanced intersections between these themes. Current research focuses on biodiversity conservation policy\, transnational environmental crime\, marine pollution prevention\, climate justice\, and Canadian-American environmental relations. He has also worked extensively on genocide and war crimes prevention and punishment. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining Ontario Tech University\, Dr. Stoett was Director of the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre\, and Chair of the Department of Political Science\, at Concordia University in Montreal\, Québec. Currently\, he is co-chairing the first global assessment on invasive alien species conducted by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). He has also worked with the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) as a Coordinating Lead Author on the sixth flagship Global Environmental Outlook report\, and was a contributing expert on the 2020 IPBES Workshop Report on Biodiversity and Pandemics. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPartners URL:https://naisma.org/event/international-invasive-species-climate-change-conference/ CATEGORIES:Professional Development ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/air-pollution-and-global-warming-smoking-chimneys-2022-11-15-05-47-30-utc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240117T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240117T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20231117T124154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T185801Z UID:121324-1705496400-1705500000@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Protecting Threatened and Endangered Species from Pesticides DESCRIPTION:When EPA registers a pesticide or reevaluates it in registration review\, the Agency has a responsibility under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to ensure that the pesticide registrations do not jeopardize the continued existence of federally threatened or endangered (listed) species or adversely modify their designated critical habitats. Chemical stressors\, such as pesticides\, are one of many factors that can contribute to population declines of listed species. Other factors include habitat loss\, climate change\, invasive species\, and pests/diseases. In April 2022\, EPA released its workplan to address the complexity of meeting its ESA obligations for actions taken under the Federal Insecticide\, Fungicide\, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This comprehensive workplan establishes four overall strategies and dozens of actions that EPA will adopt\, in collaboration with other federal agencies\, to improve protection for federally threatened and endangered (listed) species and meet our ESA obligations. Subsequently\, in November 2022\, EPA issued a workplan update that describes several current and future programmatic initiatives with other federal agencies to prioritize mitigation for listed species that are particularly vulnerable to pesticides and to improve the efficiency and timeliness of the ESA-FIFRA process. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker\n\n\n\nBrian Anderson is the Associate Director of the Environmental Fate and Effects Division in the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs. Brian has worked on a number of exposure\, ecotoxicology\, risk assessment\, and endangered species related issues for the last 20 years. He lives in Virginia where he enjoys hiking\, golf\, and music. URL:https://naisma.org/event/webinar-protecting-threatened-and-endangered-species-from-pesticides/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar,Professional Development,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/sprayer-spray-insecticide-and-chemistry-on-cabbage-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231220T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231220T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230313T121354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231215T135525Z UID:120189-1703077200-1703080800@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: The Dilemma for Control of Invasive Species: Incorrect Terms Limit Our Capacity to Respond DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\nPresented by Neil Anderson\, B.S.\, M.S.\, Ph.D. \n\n\n\nIn a perfect world\, definitions of plant responses in the environment are treated as absolutes. Yet we acknowledge the genetic and environmental responses that phenotypes have during evolution\, namely plasticity\, pose difficulties in decision-making for land managers. Our terminology needs to follow suit to avoid presumptive jargon creating misfits in our understanding for land management. We will examine sets of absolutist\, oppositional terminology that obstruct invasive species research\, using a native yet invasive species as a framework (Phalaris arundinacea): native/exotic and invasive/non-invasive\, etc. By refocusing our lenses\, a taxon should be regarded in terms of its capacity to establish and spread and the potential threat(s) it poses to natural and/or managed landscapes. In other words\, view each taxon as a species\, rather than associated labels that divert its potential to drain resources for potential control. Re-examination for potential control (yes/no) requires that each land-holding interest group (federal\, state or provincial; Tribal; local authorities; private landowners) differentially shift their land managers’ perspectives and approaches for control. Regulatory agents will\, likewise\, need to reformulate particular legislation for control of a native invasive species that had been previously assumed as exotic or foreign in origin. \n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio –Dr. Neil Anderson is a Full Professor and J. William Fulbright Scholar\, directing the Herbaceous Ornamental Breeding Program for the University of Minnesota. He assumes the role of Interim Head for the Department of Horticultural Science in February 2023. Neil is an internationally recognized expert in plant reproductive biology\, invasive species biology\, geophytes\, rapid generation cycling crops\, tissue culture\, molecular biology\, plant breeding and genetics. He has developed and released numerous commercial cultivars and is an expert in intellectual property. Neil is also a recognized plant expert in breeding & domestication and a plant explorer\, having collected wild species of ornamental interest across the globe. His research focus is primarily on breeding winter-hardy herbaceous perennials for ornamental value as well as green pesticides (pyrethrum); complementary research / outreach includes hydroponics\, aquaponics\, controlled environments\, and preventing invasiveness of ornamental crops during domestication. His program releases many cultivars with Intellectual Property filings around the world. His research and expertise in controlled environmental agriculture complement outreach activities across Minnesota in the Research and Outreach Centers. Dr. Anderson leads a large team of research scientists\, graduate and undergraduate students. He teaches a wide range of online and live horticulture classes in Floral Design\, Greenhouse Crop Scheduling and Spring Flowering Bulbs. He is also the Coordinator for the Horticulture Minor. URL:https://naisma.org/event/december-webinar/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/decland.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231207T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231207T150000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230824T141514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240109T140225Z UID:120896-1701946800-1701961200@naisma.org SUMMARY:Annual Biocontrol Summit: Using Weed Biocontrol to Reduce Wildfire Risk and Mitigate Wildfire Impacts DESCRIPTION:The North American Invasive Species Management Association’s 4th Annual Weed Biocontrol Summit will be held virtually on December 7\, 2023\, from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm CST. The Biocontrol Summit communicates the latest in classical weed biocontrol research to North American invasive plant managers and educators and aims to connect researchers to on-the-ground practitioners. This year\, NAISMA is highlighting the role weed biological control can play in reducing wildfire risk and mitigating wildfire impacts throughout North America. The Biocontrol Summit integrates research and implementation of biocontrol from the regional land managers’ perspective. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n11:00 am – 11:05 am Welcome by Christie Trifone Millhouse\nNAISMA Executive Director\n\nModerated by Joey Milan\, Bureau of Land Management\n\n\n11:05 am – 11:20 am Invasive Grasses\, Landscape Transformation and Fire: \n When and Where Might Invasive Grasses be Reasonable \n Targets for Biological Control? \nCarla D’Antonio\, University of California Santa Barbara\n\n11:20 am – 11:35 am Recognizing Classical Biological Control as a Crucial \n Component in National Landscape Restoration Efforts\nSteve Jirik\, Bureau of Land Management\n\n11:35 am – 11:50 am Classical Biological Control of Invasive Annual Grasses\n Brian G. Rector\, USDA Agricultural Research Service\n \n11:50 am – 12:00 am Discussion\n\n12:00 pm -12:15 pm BREAK\n\n12:15 pm – 12:30 pm Non-native Plant Invasions and Altered Fire Regimes: \nA National Wildland Fire and Invasive Species Management Conundrum \nMichele Crist\, Bureau of Land Management\n\n12:30 pm – 12:45 am Weed biological control- an ally in wildfire risk reduction \n activities in the wildland urban interface. \nCarol Randall\, USDA Forest Service\n\n12:45 pm – 1:00 pm The Importance of Biocontrol in a Post-Fire Integrated \n Weed Management Strategy. \nJoey Milan\, Bureau of Land Management\nJenn Andreas\, Washington State University\n\n1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Discussion\n1:15 pm – 1:25 pm BREAK\n1:25 pm – 1:40 pm Landscape Impacts of Biocontrol in Toadflax Infested Landscapes\n Sharlene Sing\, USDA Forest Service \nRocky Mountain Research Station \n\n1:40 pm – 1:55 pm Invasive Plants\, Fire\, and the Influence of Biological \n Control in Florida’s Everglades\nMelissa Smith\, USDA-Agricultural Research Service Invasive Plant Research Laboratory \n\n1:55 pm – 2:10 pm Wildfire and Biocontrol in Invaded Riparian Systems\nTom Dudley\, University of California Santa Barbara\n\n2:10 pm – 2:55 pm Discussion\n2:55 pm – 3:00 pm Closing by Jenn Andreas\n\n\n\n\nPresentation Abstracts and Bios\n\n\n\nInvasive grasses\, landscape transformation and fire: when and where might invasive grasses be reasonable targets for biological control? \n\n\n\nCarla D’Antonio\, University of California Santa Barbara \n\n\n\nPresentation Abstract: Grasses as a group have been moved around the world both on purpose and accidentally and arguably have contributed to ecosystem transformation more than any other lineage of plants. This includes both purposeful and accidental introductions. Here I review the ability of many grasses to spread beyond their introduction site\, take advantage of ongoing anthropogenically driven landscape change\, and promote further change  via promotion of fire. I give examples of where invasive grasses are contributing to increases in fire frequency and spread rates. Their influence on fire intensity and severity are less well studied. While the fire-related problems associated with invasive grasses are severe in some settings\, selecting species for biocontrol control will not be easy because many invasive  grasses are still important to the success of the livestock industry and the consequences of their reduction on rangelands have not been well studied. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Carla D’Antonio is a Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Environmental Studies and Ecology\, Evolution and Marine Biology at UCSB. Her interests are in factors driving vegetation change and the impacts of species invasions. She has worked on the ecology\, dynamics and impacts of invasive species in Hawaii and the western mainland USA since 1985 both as an academic researcher\, and as a federal scientist. Previous positions include  being Lead Scientist of the Exotic and Invasive Weeds Research Unit for the USDA-ARS in Reno\, Nevada and working for Chanel Islands National Park on habitat restoration. Prior to joining the faculty at UCSB\, she was a professor at UC\, Berkeley \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRecognizing classical biological control as a crucial component in national landscape restoration efforts \n\n\n\nSteve Jirik\, Bureau of Land Management \n\n\n\nPresentation Abstract: Classical biological control (CBC) is a proven tool for naturally controlling widespread invasive species infestations. For many decades it has successfully controlled problematic species such as St. Johns Wort (Hypericum perforatum)\, purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)\, Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) and many others to the point that they are no longer a major concern in areas they once dominated. These successes demonstrate CBCs potential for passively restoring our western landscapes which are increasingly transitioning to invasive annual grasses and rapidly expanding noxious weeds such as rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea)\, yellow star thistle (Centaurea solstitialis) and others. \n\n\n\nHowever\, most individuals outside of the invasive species community are unaware of CBCs potential\, resulting in minimal/sporadic funding for CBC development. This presentation discusses ways to increase awareness and explores opportunities to leverage CBC development in national landscape restoration efforts. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Steve Jirik has worked for the US Bureau of Land Management since 1989 with a focus on fire rehabilitation\, restoration\, fuels\, invasive species and grazing management. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Rangeland Ecology and Management from the University of Idaho and has served as Idaho BLM’s Emergency Fire Rehabilitation and Invasive Species Program lead since 2011. Steve enjoys the outdoors\, history\, and family trips. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClassical biological control of invasive annual grasses. \n\n\n\nBrian G. Rector\, USDA Agricultural Research Service \n\n\n\nPresentation Abstract: Several Eurasian annual grass species\, including cheatgrass and medusahead\, have become invasive on millions of acres of rangeland in western North America. These grasses compete with native flora\, disrupt ecosystems\, and when senesced\, provide abundant tinder to spark and carry fire to larger fuel sources\, contributing to recent increases in the magnitude and intensity of destructive wildfires. USDA-ARS has initiated a classical biological control program targeting these and other invasive annual grass species\, assembling and coordinating an international team of scientists to aid in carrying it out. From surveys of the native ranges of the targeted grass species\, this program has to date yielded the discovery of several candidate biocontrol agents\, including a mite and a wasp on medusahead and a mite\, a weevil\, two midges\, and two fungi on cheatgrass. Evaluations of the suitability of each of these candidates for release as biocontrol agents are at varying stages. Preliminary surveys have been conducted for other invasive annual grass targets\, including red brome and wiregrass. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Brian G. Rector has worked as a Research Entomologist for USDA-ARS for 24 years\, now based at the Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Research Unit in Albany\, CA. His current research is focused on classical biological control of invasive annual grasses in the  western USA\, including the discovery and identification of their natural enemies\, and evaluation to assess their suitability for importation into the USA as biocontrol agents. Dr. Rector holds a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and has published 67 peer-reviewed articles in the diverse fields of entomology\, acarology\, taxonomy\, plant pathology\, plant and arthropod physiology\, apiculture\, agronomy\, ecology\, evolution\, molecular genetics\, genetic pest management\, and biological control. In addition to his working relationships with stakeholders in the western USA\, Dr. Rector has active collaborations with scientists from Bulgaria\, France\, Italy\, Poland\, and Serbia. Most evenings he can be found listening to Boston Red Sox or Bruins games on internet radio. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNon-native Plant Invasions and Altered Fire Regimes: A National Wildland Fire and Invasive Species Management Conundrum. \n\n\n\nMichele Crist\, BLM Fire Planning and Fuels Management Division \n\n\n\nPresentation Abstract: In recent years the incidence\, frequency\, and severity of wildfires has increased across the U.S. landscape with consequent impacts on public safety\, livelihoods\, and the environment. Invasive species\, along with climate change\, are playing a major role in altering fire regimes and shifting vegetation recovery patterns after fire. For example\, invasive species\, and non-native grasses in particular\, have the potential to increase available fuel in ecosystems and change fuel properties; wildfire size by creating horizontal and vertical fuel continuity; wildfire intensity from larger fuel loads; and wildfire frequency with an increase in invasives post-fire. Recognizing the growing importance of this dynamic\, the National Invasive Species Council (NISC) and the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC) launched a partnership in 2020 designed to identify and advance opportunities to better align invasive species and wildland fire management. This effort has included major US federal agencies including the Department of the Interior\, the U.S. Department of Agriculture\, and the Department of Defense\, along with a growing range of non-federal actors including state and local governments\, researchers\, and other land managers. This effort has focused on addressing management needs and opportunities at national\, regional\, and landscape scales. The presentation will provide some background on the situation with invasive species and wildfire in the U.S.\, review priority actions identified by NISC and WFLC\, and discuss ongoing and future steps for implementation. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Throughout her career\, Michele has been heavily involved in ecological research and modeling in the disciplines of landscape ecology as well as wildlife\, fire\, forest and sagebrush ecology\, climate change\, and invasive species management. In her current position\, as a landscape ecologist for the BLM Fire Planning and Fuels Management Division\, she leads the development\, coordination\, and application of science. She has produced national fire risk  assessments\, and several interagency geospatial assessments and frameworks used in large-scale prioritization and management of fire risk\, vegetation restoration\, and invasive annual grasses that have a negative influence on wildfire. She has led inter-agency teams to develop tools\, guidance documents\, and large-scale frameworks for wildland fire and natural resource management. She also collaborates with USGS\, US Forest Service\, universities\, and other organizations on research projects that inform fire planning and fuels management to help reduce uncharacteristic fire at national and regional scales. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWeed biological control- an ally in wildfire risk reduction activities in the wildland urban interface. \n\n\n\nCarol Randall\, USDA Forest Service \n\n\n\nPresentation Abstract: The US Forest Service has embarked upon a 10-year initiative to confront the wildfire crisis by increasing fuels and forest health treatments across jurisdictions to match the scale of wildfire risk- especially to the wildland interface in the Western United States. The management of weeds is crucial for the prevention of extreme wildfires. Weed biological control is the only weed management tactic that\, if successful\, brings about desired ecological change over large areas without repeated costs or treatment of the entire infested area\, and the development and use of weed biological control should increase to meet the current wildfire crisis. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Carol Randall is the USDA Forest Service Northern and Intermountain Region Forest Health Protection Pesticide Use Coordinator\, Invasive Plant Program Manager\, and Weed Biological Control Specialist stationed in Northern Idaho. She has worked with western land managers to increase the use and monitoring of biological control as a key component of integrated weed management strategies. She is a passionate advocate for the meaningful incorporation of weed biological control into weed management strategies that help reduce wildfire risk and promote ecological resiliency. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Importance of Biocontrol in a Post-Fire Integrated Weed Management Strategy.\n\n\n\nJoey Milan\, Bureau of Land Management; Jenn Andreas\, Washington State University \n\n\n\nPresentation Abstract: When considering viable treatment options following wildfires\, often the funding associated with Burned Area Rehabilitation (BAR) spans a period of three years or less. Given the invasive nature of most species land managers contend with on a landscape scale\, an approach that does not include a biocontrol component when successful biocontrol agents have shown to be effective\, is not an ecologically sustainable option. To date\, there have been very few implementation plans that focused on concerted biocontrol release efforts following wildfires. In this presentation\, the emphasis will be on utilizing biological control options following wildfires in areas infested with target weeds that have been successfully controlled by biological control either previously in the burned area or in areas that have not been burned where biocontrol is used as a treatment option. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:  \n\n\n\nJoseph “Joey” Milan is a Boise\, Idaho native. Joey graduated from the College of Idaho with a BS in Biology and the University of Idaho where he completed his MS in Entomology. Upon completion of his MS\, Joey began working at his present position as a Biological Control Specialist with the BLM. At his present post\, he serves as the interagency coordinator for biological control\, assisting weed control practitioners in their Integrated Weed Management approach by providing technical assistance and monitoring of past releases as well as organizing new collections and additional potential release sites. \n\n\n\nJennifer Andreas is a Professor with Washington State University Extension where she leads the Integrated Weed Control Project (IWCP) and acts as the state weed biocontrol specialist. Jennifer started working in biological weed control in 1998 at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Lethbridge Research Centre while completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Lethbridge. She continued with biocontrol research at CABI – Switzerland and then completed a Master of Science in Entomology at the University of Idaho\, where she investigated the environmental safety of the houndstongue root weevil.  In 2005\, she joined WSU and shifted her focus onto invasive species education\, biocontrol implementation and education and is the primary biocontrol resource for Washington State. In addition to this work\, Jennifer is chair for the Flowering Rush Biocontrol Consortium\, co-chair of the Columbia Basin CWMA\, co-chair of NAISMA’s Classical Biological Control Committee\, and conducts research for several weed-biocontrol systems. To learn more\, please visit: www.invasives.wsu.edu. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBiocontrol Impacts on the Management of Dalmatian Toadflax-infested Rangeland.\n\n\n\nSharlene E. Sing\, USDA Forest Service – Rocky Mountain Research Station  \n\n\n\nPresentation Abstract: Efficacy of target weed management\, native plant biodiversity\, and maintenance or increase in desirable cover class(s) were compared over time among three 300-acre treatment areas. Treatments included conventional helicopter-applied herbicide\, classical biological control by the Dalmatian toadflax stem mining weevil Mecinus janthiniformis\, and a no-treatment option control. To best assess treatment relevance to operational conditions\, the study area was located within a Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest grazing allotment and was subject to additional disturbance from wildfire and wildlife (elk\, mule and whitetail deer\, black-tailed prairie dogs\, and yellow-bellied marmots). The relatively rapid spread of the biocontrol agent into the helispray and control treatment areas\, though welcome from a management perspective\, is a confounding but consistent factor in interpretation of the effects of the planned treatments. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Sharlene E. Sing is a Research Entomologist based at the Bozeman Forestry Sciences Laboratory\, USDA Forest Service – Rocky Mountain Research Station. Her research focuses on developing\, evaluating\, optimizing\, and increasing the use of classical biological of weeds. Her primary targets include invasive toadflaxes\, Russian olive\, and saltcedar. This work is influenced by an overarching interest in ecological risk assessment. She also serves as the Chair of the Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds (TAG-BCAW). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInvasive Plants\, Fire\, and the Influence of Biological Control in Florida’s Everglades.\n\n\n\nMelissa Smith\, USDA-Agricultural Research Service Invasive Plant Research Laboratory \n\n\n\nPresentation Abstract: Fire is a physical process\, often utilized by for cultural land management\, that has wide ranging impacts on native and introduced vegetation. Despite being one of the largest wetland habitats on the planet\, Florida’s Everglades – a series of sloughs\, swamps\, marshes\, and wetlands -is dominated by lightning-caused fires. Fire is also a significant vegetation management tool. But invasive plants can drastically impede the efficacy and usefulness of this tool by altering fire regimes. Species that display some alteration of fire regimes include Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum)\, paperbark tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia)\, and Brazilian pepper-tree (Schinus terebinthifolius). Biological control agents have been introduced for all three species in the hopes that reductions in the target species will not only alter the competitive interactions between native and invasive species\, but that there will also be a restoration of more normal fire behaviors within invaded landscapes. Herein we review the interactions of the target species with their biological control agents and the native communities in relation to fire. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Dr. Melissa Smith is a research ecologist with the USDA’s Invasive Plant Research Laboratory in Fort Lauderdale\, Florida. Melissa joined the lab in 2012 and focuses on broad ecological interactions of large-scale plant invasions and their introduced biological control agents have with the native community. Some of the species Melissa is currently investigating include Melaleuca quinquenervia\, Acacia auriculiformis\, Lygodium microphyllum and Pontederia crassipes. At the Invasive Plant Research Laboratory\, Dr. Smith has delved into many collaborative projects to investigate larger ecological questions (e.g.\, competition\, predation\, parasitism\,succession) within a biological control context. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWildfire and Biocontrol in Invaded Riparian Systems\n\n\n\nTom Dudley\, Research Biologist\, University of California Santa Barbara \n\n\n\nPresentation Abstract: Invasive plants are closely associated with ignitions and spread of \n\n\n\nwildfire across the West and reducing their abundances is key to managing this risk\, however the large scale of weed invasions makes it extremely difficult to provide adequate and cost-effective control. In riparian areas in particular\, replacement of fire-resistant native woodlands by flammable taxa such as Tamarix spp. (tamarisk\, saltcedar)\, Arundo donax (giant reed) and many ruderal spp. like Centaurea solsticialis (yellow star-thistle) and several annual grasses has changed the fundamental nature of fire in these ecosystems. Biocontrol potentially offers a sustainable means for reducing such fire risks at the landscape level. The case of  biomass reduction of Tamarix by the leaf beetle\, Diorhabda carinulata\, provides an example of such benefits for fuel volume\, as well as the potential to use managed fire to further enhance weed mortality via suppressing metabolic storage of carbon necessary for post-fire recovery. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio: Tom Dudley is an aquatic ecologist working in western rivers and riparian systems with the Marine Science Institute at UC Santa Barbara\, with graduate degrees in aquatic entomology from Oregon State University and UCSB\, and post-doc studies in desert  ecosystems through Arizona State University. His rivers kept getting infested by non-native plants\, so he has evolved to studying the impacts and control of invasive plants and animals\, particularly the use of biocontrol as part of riparian restoration programs. URL:https://naisma.org/event/annual-biocontrol-summit/ CATEGORIES:Summit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bio-summit-23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231115T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231115T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230313T121257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230907T132344Z UID:120187-1700053200-1700056800@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Decades-Long Partnership Successfully Eradicates Destructive Nutria Rodents from Maryland DESCRIPTION:Nutria are invasive\, semi-aquatic\, South American rodents first released into Dorchester County\, Maryland in 1943. Since their release\, nutria have destroyed thousands of acres of wetlands through their destructive feeding habitats. A concerted effort to eradicate nutria in Maryland began in 2002 following a two year pilot project to determine if nutria could be eradicated from the Chesapeake Bay and if the damaged marshlands would recover. The Chesapeake Bay Nutria Eradication Project\, under the direction of a management team initially composed of representatives from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)\, Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR)\, Tudor Farms\, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)\, and University of Maryland\, began the first phases of the project in April 2002. Twenty years later in 2022\, the The Chesapeake Bay Nutria Eradication Project announced that nutria were successfully eradicated from the state of Maryland. In this webinar\, participants will learn about nutria and the successful partnership-based program that eradicated the invasive rodents from Maryland. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by Jonathan McKnight\, Associate Director of the Maryland Wildlife and Heritage Service within the Department of Natural Resources \n\n\n\nJonathan McKnight has served in numerous roles in wildlife habitat conservation since 1986. He is currently the Associate Director of the Maryland Wildlife and Heritage Service\, the wildlife management section of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. URL:https://naisma.org/event/november-webinar/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nutria-91.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231016T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231019T170000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230306T143720Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230921T125218Z UID:120163-1697443200-1697734800@naisma.org SUMMARY:North American Invasive Species Management Association 31st Annual Conference DESCRIPTION:Co-hosted with the Nebraska Invasive Species Council October 16-19\, 2023 | Lincoln\, Nebraska \n\n\n\n\nLEARN MORE URL:https://naisma.org/event/north-american-invasive-species-management-association-31st-annual-conference/ CATEGORIES:Summit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/confcard1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231004T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231004T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230710T160334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230807T142131Z UID:120688-1696424400-1696428000@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Utilizing Invasive Plants as a Medium for Conservation Artwork DESCRIPTION:Presented by Jane Kramer \n\n\n\nJane Kramer’s projects are created with a conceptual approach and are focused on environmental and social issues. Her ongoing project\, Foreshadowing: Endangered and Threatened Plant Species\, began upon selection into the Art from the Lakes program and with funding\, in part\, from Michigan Nature Association. For this project\, Jane photographs the shadows of Michigan’s endangered and threatened plant species and transfers the images onto paper she makes from invasive plant species. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJane Kramer is a fine art photographer in East Lansing\, Michigan\, and the recipient of an Individual Artist Grant and a Chris Clark Fellowship from the Arts Council of Greater Lansing. She has a degree in Anthropology from the University of Minnesota and photography training from the Rocky Mountain School of Photography in Missoula\, Montana. URL:https://naisma.org/event/webinar-invasive-species-as-a-medium-for-conservation-artwork/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/rsh100.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230920T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230920T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230313T121158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230901T113440Z UID:120185-1695214800-1695218400@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Reviewing the Impacts of Climate Change on Biological Control Agents: Identifying Research Priorities and Knowledge Gaps DESCRIPTION:Biocontrol\, the practice of using one species (biocontrol agents) to control another (target pest) is an important management tool. Conservation\, augmentative\, and classical/importation biocontrol have all been successfully used to reduce target pest species in agriculture and natural systems. Climate change may influence both well-established and new biocontrol relationships\, yet the effects of climate change on biocontrol agents remains largely unknown. Using a systematic literature review\, we evaluate the empirical evidence for climate change effects on biocontrol agents; identifying the types of biocontrol agents\, variety of responses\, and environmental conditions most frequently tested by experimental studies. These results highlight the state of the science behind climate change impacts on biocontrol and the areas where both managers and researchers can work together to address current knowledge gaps. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJennifer Andreas is a Professor with Washington State University Extension where she leads the Integrated Weed Control Project (IWCP) and acts as the state weed biocontrol specialist. Jennifer started working in biological weed control in 1998 at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Lethbridge Research Centre while completing her undergraduate degree at the University of Lethbridge. She continued with biocontrol research at CABI – Switzerland and then completed a Master’s of Science in Entomology at the University of Idaho\, where she investigated the environmental safety of the houndstongue root weevil.  In 2005\, she joined WSU and shifted her focus onto invasive species education\, biocontrol implementation and education and is the primary biocontrol resource for Washington State. In addition to this work\, Jennifer is chair for the Flowering Rush Biocontrol Consortium\, co-chair of the Columbia Basin CWMA\, co-chair of NAISMA’s Classical Biological Control Committee\, and conducts research for several weed-biocontrol systems. To learn more\, please visit: www.invasives.wsu.edu. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnnette Evans is a Postdoctoral Research Associated with the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (NE CASC) at the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst. Annette earned a Masters in Biosecurity and Conservation from the University of Auckland where she studied the relationship between endemic scale insects and geckos following the removal of invasive mammals on an isolated island in New Zealand. She then pursed a PhD at University of Connecticut where she studied how climate change impacts the eco-evolutionary dynamics of red-backed salamanders. In 2021\, Annette joined the leadership team at the Northeast Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Management Network (https://www.risccnetwork.org/northeast) and has worked on a variety of invasive species projects including modeling range shifting invasive plants\, synthesizing invasive species research and management priorities identified in RISCC surveys\, and evaluating current evidence for climate change impacts on biocontrol organisms.  URL:https://naisma.org/event/september-webinar/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GACA-2002-After.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230816T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230816T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230201T154247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230717T184709Z UID:119882-1692190800-1692194400@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Introduced Plant Pathogens Threatening North American Forests DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\nIntroduced plant pathogens threaten North American forests. Some arrived in the distant past: chestnut blight\, white pine blister rust\, beech bark disease\, Dutch elm disease\, butternut canker. Damaging introductions continue through the late 20th Century (sudden oak death\, laurel wilt) and recent decades (ohia rust\, Fusarium blight\, rapid ohia death\, beech leaf disease). Introduction of pathogens to naïve ecosystems is a global problem: North American and Asian pathogens are killing millions of trees in Europe. \n\n\n\nMost of these pathogens probably entered on plant imports; others associated with ambrosia beetles could be introduced on plants\, or on wood. The U.S. imported ~5 billion plants in 2021. One type of wood imports known to transport ambrosia beetles is\, and wood packaging\, e.g.\, crates and pallets. The U.S.\, Canada\, and Mexico together import more than 31 million shipping containers per year. Between 11\,000 and 25\,000 of these containers are probably transporting a wood-boring pest. (While not all ambrosia beetles\, this group is among the most commonly detected insects.) \n\n\n\nWhen the World Trade Organization came into effect in the mid-1990s\, countries adopted an international system intended to protect plants from pest introductions associated with trade. However\, this system has demonstrably failed to curtail introductions. I will discuss the following reasons: \n\n\n\n\nthe system does not allow countries to regulate an organism until scientists can name it & demonstrate damage. Achieving this knowledge is hampered by\n\n\n\nsometimes years of delay in establishing causal agents of disease\n\n\n\nconfusion over which barrier a disease-causing organism has overcome: geographic\, environmental\, or evolutionary. Only the first meets the definition of an “invasive species”\, which is necessary to be eligible for regulationpathogens are extremely difficult to detect during visual inspection\n\n\n\n\nThe USDA has amended its plant import regulations\, but data analyses to date have been inadequate to say how effectively the current regulations prevent introductions. Open discussion is needed by regulators\, scientists\, trade\, stakeholders to try to identify steps that would result in enhanced protection. \n\n\n\nPresented by Faith Campbell\, President of the Center for Invasive Species Prevention \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFaith Campbell holds a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton University. She has worked as a conservation advocate for a series of environmental organizations\, including the Natural Resources Defense Council\, American Lands Alliance\, and Nature Conservancy. Since the early 1990s\, Faith has focused on invasive species policy\, especially insects and pathogens that attack North American tree species. \n\n\n\nFaith has published 3 reports on the forest pest issue [www.treeimprovement.utk.edu/FadingForests]\, as well as articles in publications ranging from Bioscience to Earth First Journal. Faith served as an advisor to the Office of Technology Assessment project which resulted in its report\, Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States and served two terms on the national Invasive Species Advisory Council. URL:https://naisma.org/event/webinar-introduced-plant-pathogens-threatening-north-american-forests/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/august23-forest.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230719T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230719T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230313T121102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230717T184720Z UID:120183-1689771600-1689775200@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Using People Powered Restoration to Manage Invasive Species in an Urban National Park DESCRIPTION:Managing invasive species is a costly\, time and labor intensive process necessary for the restoration of natural ecosystems and the benefits they provide to the human communities surrounding them. While some species require technical expertise to effectively control\, others can be managed through mechanical means by stewards of a diversity of backgrounds. People-powered restoration benefits not only the lands on which volunteers serve\, but also provides value to park stakeholders as an opportunity to cultivate community supported by common interests. Rock Creek Conservancy\, the stewardship partner to Rock Creek Park\, leverages the power of the Washington\, D.C. metro population embedded around this major urban national park to contribute to the restoration of its forests\, which are burdened by invasive plants. Robust volunteer programming\, in coordination with management by the National Park Service\, allow Rock Creek Conservancy to achieve success in the restoration of public lands across the Rock Creek watershed. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nPresented by:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJeanne Braha\, Executive Director\, Rock Creek Conservancy \n\n\n\nBraha has been Executive Director of Rock Creek Conservancy for four years\, leading the development of the 2021-2025 strategic plan\, building the mini-oasis program to demonstrate restoration\, and managing all facets of the organization’s operations. Braha holds a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment (formerly Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Science) and Bachelor of anthropology and environmental science from Bryn Mawr College\, as well as an executive certificate of nonprofit management from Georgetown University. Braha’s career has fostered connections between humans and the natural world\, in organizations from Alice Ferguson Foundation to the National Wildlife Federation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAshley Triplett\, Senior Forest Resilience Manager\, Rock Creek Conservancy \n\n\n\nTriplett joined the Conservancy’s team in the fall of 2022 to lead Rock Creek Resilience efforts\, serving as project manager for development of a framework to protect Rock Creek’s forests in the face of climate change. Prior to her tenure at the Conservancy\, Triplett spent 5 years as a wildlife technician with the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Triplett has a Bachelor of Science in environmental biology from Michigan State University and Master of Science in wildlife biology from the University of Louisiana. URL:https://naisma.org/event/july-webinar/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/july23-12.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230621T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230621T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230313T121012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230607T160854Z UID:120181-1687352400-1687356000@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Advancing International Invasive Species Prevention Efforts and Developing a Model Legal Framework for Noxious Weed Programs DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\nAbstract: NAISMA and our partners steward and implement international prevention programs\, including PlayCleanGo®: Stop Invasive Species In Your Tracks® and Certified Weed Free Products (WFP). These well-established programs are aimed at stopping the spread of invasive species through specific human-assisted pathways. NAISMA was awarded a prevention grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service\, funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law\, to expand prevention programming and develop resources to overcome barriers to consistent program implementation across the nation.   \n\n\n\nPlayCleanGo®: Stop Invasive Species In Your Tracks® is NAISMA’s official\, branded\, registered\, trademark-protected education and outreach program aimed at stopping the spread of invasive species through outdoor recreational pathways. This grant will provide 102 surface mounted boot brush stations with customized interpretive signage on the Department of the Interior properties.  \n\n\n\nThe Certified Weed Free Products (WFP) Program is the only program in North America that provides land managers with assurance that noxious weeds will not be spread through the movement of forage\, hay\, mulch\, or gravel. Through this grant\, NAISMA will be developing numerous tools focused on the legal authority for noxious weed management\, establishing strong relationships with governments and industries\, and providing education and outreach for the public. In this webinar\, NAISMA team will provide a brief overview of their prevention programs\, along with the grant objectives and deliverables. \n\n\n\nIn addition\, NAISMA has partnered with the National Sea Grant Law Center (NSGLC) to create a model legal framework for noxious weed programs focused on pathway prevention through certified weed free forage\, gravel\, and mulch. Experts from NSGLC will participate in the webinar to provide an overview of their approach and opportunities for collaboration. \n\n\n\nPresented by: \n\n\n\n\nElizabeth Brown\, Director of Government Relations\, NAISMA\n\n\n\nStephanie Showalter-Otts\, Director\, National Sea Grant Law Center  URL:https://naisma.org/event/june-webinar/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/junewebinar23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230517T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230517T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230313T120729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230427T132750Z UID:120178-1684328400-1684332000@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Chemical Control of Invasive Weeds: Herbicide Selectivity\, Modes of Action\, and the Use of Herbicides DESCRIPTION:Presented by Dr. Franck Dayan\, Professor of Weed Science\, College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:Dr. Franck Dayan is a Professor of Weed Science in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University. He joined the faculty of in January 2016 after a 20-year career as a research plant physiologist for the USDA-ARS. Dr. Dayan is interested in functional plant genomics and his research program encompasses applied projects on herbicide mode of action and evolution of resistance in weeds to more basic projects aiming to use genomic approaches to decipher traits imparting weediness (competition\, cold and heat stress tolerance\, etc.). He is also interested in the relative contribution of each of the 3 wheat genomes to specific pathways associated with primary metabolism. Dr. Dayan’s expertise is in plant biochemistry and physiology\, as well as chemical ecology complements the efforts already in place in other groups at Colorado State University. URL:https://naisma.org/event/may-webinar/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/mayweb23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T160000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230222T195530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230418T195153Z UID:120037-1681992000-1682006400@naisma.org SUMMARY:EDDMapS Summit 2023 DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by the North American Invasive Species Management AssociationOrganized by University of Georgia – Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health Sponsored by Montana Department of Agriculture\, Invasive Species Centre\, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food\, Utah Weed Supervisors Association\, Colorado Department of Agriculture\, Minnesota Invasive Species Advisory Council\, Washington Invasive Species Council\, and University of Georgia – Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. \n\n\n\nEvent Overview:\n\n\n\nEDDMapS (Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System) is a web-based mapping system for documenting invasive species and pest distribution. It is fast\, easy to use\, and doesn’t require Geographic Information Systems experience. \n\n\n\nThe University of Georgia – Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health in collaboration with its partner organizations is providing a comprehensive one-day training and update. This free summit is open to everyone from beginners to experienced users. The Summit will have presentations that cover EDDMapS’ smartphone apps\, website\, tools\, and projects. \n\n\n\nAttendees are required to complete EDDMapS 101 and 102 trainings prior to attending either live on the dates below or by watching the recordings. \n\n\n\nAgenda (Central Time): \n\n\n\n12:00 – 12:10 | Welcome – Christie Trifone Millhouse\, NAISMA12:10 – 12:40 | State of EDDMapS 2023 – What’s new and coming soon – Chuck Bargeron\, University of Georgia12:40 – 12:50 | How to walk or drive a polygon in EDDMapS Pro – Jerry Caldwell and Kevin Bailey\, Utah Weed Supervisor’s Association12:50 – 1:10 | Why you should and how to submit your bulk data to EDDMapS – Rebekah Wallace\, University of Georgia1:10 – 1:30 | State\, Project\, and Federal ArcGIS Dashboards –  Aaron Eagar\, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food1:30 – 1:50 | Wild Spotter\, Joro Watch and Community Success Stories – Chuck Bargeron\, University of Georgia1:50 – 2:00 | Break2:00 – 2:20 | Squeal on Pigs Campaign and Smartphone App – TBD2:20 – 2:40 | “Future Abundance Habitat” plant maps and models – Annette Evans\, USGS Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center2:40 – 3:00 | Integrating Diagnostic Labs in EDDMapS – Joe LaForest\, University of Georgia3:00 – 3:20 | State-Wide All-Taxa Database Example – Minnesota\, Laura Van Riper\, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources3:20 – 3:40 | Frequently Asked Questions\, Tips and Tricks from the Field – Rebekah Wallace\, University of Georgia3:40 – 4:00 | Questions – EDDMapS Team \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEDDMapS 101 \n\n\n\nFeb 24\, 2023 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM in Eastern Time \n\n\n\nView recording here. \n\n\n\nEDDMapS 102 \n\n\n\nMar 17\, 2023 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM in Eastern Time \n\n\n\nView recording here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt is recommended that participants complete the NAISMA Mapping Data Standards course prior to the Summit. This online course is free for NAISMA members. \n\n\n\nAttendees are also encouraged to review the recordings from 2021 and 2022 Summits on NAISMA’s YouTube channel prior to this year’s event. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsors URL:https://naisma.org/event/eddmaps-summit-2023/ CATEGORIES:Summit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/V2_UPDATED_Postcard-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230419T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230419T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230101T171825Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230414T130654Z UID:119109-1681909200-1681912800@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Ventenata Identification\, Impacts\, and Management Options DESCRIPTION:Ventenata (Ventenata dubia) is one of the most recent troublesome invasive plant species to affect range\, pasture\, and wild lands of the Intermountain Pacific Northwest and Northern Great Plains of the U.S. This presentation will cover biology\, ecology\, and management of ventenata. Grass identification can be difficult\, and this presentation will also discuss how to identify ventenata relative to other non-native annual grasses that are problematic on western range and wild lands. In areas where ventenata is just beginning to invade\, identification is critical for early detection and rapid response. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio:Jane Mangold is a Professor and Extension Invasive Plant Specialist at Montana State University in Bozeman. Her program focuses on developing and disseminating unbiased\, research-based information on integrated invasive plant and noxious weed management on rangeland. She has been in this position since 2008\, and much of her time has been spent working on non-native\, annual grasses. She received a B.S. from Iowa State University and M.S. and Ph.D. from Montana State University. URL:https://naisma.org/event/ventenata-identification-impacts-and-management-options/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/53926871.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230317T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230317T110000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230222T201830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T201832Z UID:120053-1679047200-1679050800@naisma.org SUMMARY:EDDMapS 102 DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\nEDDMapS (Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System) is a web-based mapping system for documenting invasive species and pest distribution. It is fast\, easy to use\, and doesn’t require Geographic Information Systems experience. \n\n\n\nAttendees are required to complete EDDMapS 101 and 102 trainings prior to attending either live or by watching the recordings. URL:https://naisma.org/event/eddmaps-102/ CATEGORIES:Summit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/EDDMapS-logo-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230315T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230315T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20221205T184545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221205T184546Z UID:118955-1678885200-1678888800@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species through PlayCleanGo and WorkCleanGo DESCRIPTION:PlayCleanGo®: Stop Invasive Species In Your Tracks® is NAISMA’s official\, branded\, registered\, trademark-protected education and outreach program aimed at stopping the spread of invasive species through outdoor recreational pathways. The international campaign is grounded in a Community Based Social Marketing (CBSM) strategy. Thanks to past support from the USDA Forest Service and USDA APHIS\, and a the National Memorandum of Understanding with the National Park Service and the US Fish & Wildlife Service\, more than 200 digital graphics and print ready materials have been created to simplify social media marketing and in-person prevention outreach for partners\, as well as more than 6\,000 handheld boot brushes have been distributed to recreationists through NAISMA and NAISMA’s partners. NAISMA partners have placed more than 300+ boot brush stations on the landscape at recreation access points including trailheads\, visitor centers\, and parking areas. NAISMA partners and PlayCleanGo supporters share prevention communication through social channels\, as this proven outdoor recreation focused campaign aims to prevent the spread of invasive species by effecting behavior change and reminding recreationists to clean their gear every time they go to their favorite or a new recreation area. This is achieved through positive messaging that resonates with recreationists’ and field workers’ values\, and includes a clear call to action to clean boots\, boats\, and other outdoor gear. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLindsey manages the PlayCleanGo program\, working to provide opportunities for recreationists to prevent the spread of invasive species and empower them to incorporate land stewardship in their favorite outdoor activities. Lindsey has experience in invasion research\, environmental education and community science\, and most recently coordinated volunteer-powered invasive plant management in Washington D.C.’s Rock Creek Park. URL:https://naisma.org/event/webinar-preventing-the-spread-of-invasive-species-through-playcleango-and-workcleango/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/stewbanner1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230224T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230224T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230113T151624Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230223T140153Z UID:119227-1677243600-1677247200@naisma.org SUMMARY:NISAW Webinar: American Bullfrog Management to Support Conservation and Recovery of Native Species in the West DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nAmerican bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) are not native to western North America and threaten dozens of Species of Greatest Conservation Need and many federally Threatened or Endangered species. Control or eradication of American bullfrogs may seem impossible. However\, a handful of success stories demonstrate that control is possible and benefits native frogs. \n\n\n\nYosemite National Park in California\, known for breathtaking waterfalls and meadows\, houses a unique assemblage of aquatic species. Bullfrogs introduced in the 1950s contributed to their decline\, including native frog extirpations. Park biologists removed bullfrogs in Yosemite Valley from 2005-2019\, achieving eradication and allowing the subsequent establishment of a California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii; federally Threatened) population there. The park is completing bullfrog removals at 2 more park sites (with red-legged frog re-introductions starting in 2023)\, collaborating with partners to eliminate bullfrogs outside Yosemite\, and monitoring annually to prevent bullfrog re-establishment.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn Arizona\, the federally threatened Chiricahua leopard frog (Lithobates chiricahuensis) declined by as much as 80% at the time of listing in 2002\, primarily due to predation by bullfrogs\, disease\, and habitat degradation. Bullfrog control and other actions in the Recovery Plan have resulted in a three-fold increase in occupied sites\, functioning metapopulations\, and control of bullfrogs in key areas. Ongoing work includes continued bullfrog removal\, maintenance of “buffer zones” designed to limit recolonization\, and research on amphibian disease dynamics in the wake of bullfrogs. In northwestern Arizona\, conservation partners recently released the relict leopard frog (L. onca; SGCN in Arizona\, Utah\, and Nevada) into a Mojave Desert spring that was occupied by bullfrogs until a long-term\, multi-agency project successfully removed the last bullfrog in 2019.  \n\n\n\nThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with partners to build on these stories\, communicating invasive bullfrog impacts\, highlighting opportunities for control\, and providing support for expanded American bullfrog control efforts to conserve and recover at-risk and listed species in the West. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by Matt Grabau\, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\, Ninette Daniele\, Yosemite National Park\, and Audrey Owens\, Arizona Game and Fish Department \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatt Grabau is the Arizona and New Mexico At-Risk Species Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Matt worked on various riparian restoration projects along the Colorado River in Arizona\, California\, and northern Mexico for ten years before he began working with USFWS in 2016. In his current role\, Matt facilitates partnerships to identify research and landscape-scale conservation needs for at-risk species in the Southwest and beyond. Matt is also the Chair of the National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration. He received his undergraduate degree in Wildlife Science and Masters and PhD in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at the University of Arizona. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNinette Daniele is a Wildlife Biologist at Yosemite National Park. She has worked there since 2008 on studying and conserving native wildlife\, including the Yosemite toad\, Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog\, and Northwestern pond turtle. Much of this work has included an invasive species abatement component. She earned an M.S. at California State University Chico\, where she studied blood chemistry in Western pond turtles. She received undergraduate degrees in at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo. In her spare time\, she can be found camping and mushroom hunting with her family and dogs. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAudrey Owens is the Ranid Frogs Project Coordinator at the Arizona Game and Fish Department\, where she has worked since 2007. The Ranid Frogs Project manages and supports Arizona’s six native ranid species through a partnership community that includes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other federal\, state\, university\, and private entities. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from University of Florida\, and a Master of Science in Wildlife Ecology and Management from University of Georgia. Her Masters research focused on the importance of downed wood for amphibian\, reptile\, and shrew communities in southeastern pine communities. URL:https://naisma.org/event/nisaw-webinar-american-bullfrog-management/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/frog1234.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230224T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230224T110000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230222T201608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T201637Z UID:120051-1677232800-1677236400@naisma.org SUMMARY:EDDMapS 101 DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\nEDDMapS (Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System) is a web-based mapping system for documenting invasive species and pest distribution. It is fast\, easy to use\, and doesn’t require Geographic Information Systems experience. \n\n\n\nAttendees are required to complete EDDMapS 101 and 102 trainings prior to attending either live or by watching the recordings. URL:https://naisma.org/event/eddmaps-101/ CATEGORIES:Summit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/EDDMapS-logo-square.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T143000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230112T202808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230223T122517Z UID:119216-1677157200-1677162600@naisma.org SUMMARY:NISAW Webinar: Collaboratively Addressing Feral Swine/Wild Pigs and Preparing for African Swine Fever across North America DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\nNatural resource managers throughout North America have identified feral swine as a significant challenge. This invasive species has emerged as a major environmental and economic concern as populations have exploded. Not only do they destroy crops\, disrupt natural habitats\, and prey on native species\, they also can harbor and transmit disease. They exist across North America with a population estimated at over six million. They are capable of thriving in any environment from Canada to the Yucatan Peninsula\, as well as a myriad of Caribbean islands and 35 states in the USA. In this webinar\, we will hear from experts from Canada\, US\, and Mexico on education\, management\, control\, and coordination activities\, as well as how the respective countries are preparing for African Swine Fever across the continent. \n\n\n\nWebinar Agenda: \n\n\n\n\n1:00 PM Welcome – Elizabeth Brown and Christie Trifone Millhouse\, NAISMA\n\n\n\n1:05 PM An overview of Feral Swine / Wild Pigs – Michael Marlow\, USDA\n\n\n\n1:20 PM Foreign Animal Disease Risk including African Swine Fever – Wayne Lees\, Manitoba Pork\n\n\n\n1:30 PM Canadian African Swine Fever Readiness and Wild Pig Strategy – Kellie Sherman\, Canadian Council on Invasive Species\n\n\n\n1:40 PM U.S. Feral Swine Program and African Swine Fever Readiness – Vienna Brown\, USDA APHIS WS NFSFMP\n\n\n\n1:50 PM Feral Swine Damage Management in Mexico – Luis A. Lecuona\, USDA APHIS WSIS Mexico\n\n\n\n2:05 PM North American Feral Swine Working Group – David Bergman\, USDA APHIS WS NFSFMP\n\n\n\n2:15 PM Squeal on Pigs! An Awareness and Reporting Campaign – Jeanine Neskey\, USDA APHIS WS NFSDMP\n\n\n\n2:25 PM Panel Q&A\n\n\n\n\n\nDOWNLOAD FULL AGENDA URL:https://naisma.org/event/nisaw-webinar-collaboratively-addressing-feral-swine-wild-pigs/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1624043-PPT.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230222T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230222T143000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230112T202251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230221T124842Z UID:119213-1677070800-1677076200@naisma.org SUMMARY:NISAW Webinar: The Water Resources Development Act: Provisions for Invasive Species Management DESCRIPTION:REGISTER\n\n\n\n\nCongress utilizes legislation titled the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) to authorize and guide the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Since WRDA 1986\, Congress often has considered a WRDA biennially. The most recent WRDA was passed in 2022 as part of an omnibus appropriations and authorizations act (PL 117-263). The WRDA not only authorizes research and projects\, but also provides policy direction to the USACE.  \n\n\n\nThe WRDA has several important provisions for invasive species management including the aquatic plant control program\, watercraft inspection and decontamination\, zebra and quagga monitoring\, and rapid response. The WRDA has successfully been used to provide much needed resources for research\, prevention\, control\, and management of invasive species across the country.  \n\n\n\nWebinar Agenda: \n\n\n\n\n1:00 PM Welcome – Elizabeth Brown and Christie Trifone Millhouse\, NAISMA\n\n\n\n1:05 PM An Overview of the Water Resources Development Act – Jeremy Crossland\, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\n\n\n\n1:20 PM History and Current Status of the Columbia River Basin Program – Stephen Phillips\, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission\n\n\n\n1:35 PM The Benefits and Challenges of WRDA to the State of Montana’s AIS Program – Tom Woolf\, Montana Fish\, Wildlife & Parks\n\n\n\n1:50 PM Implementing the 2018 and 2020 WRDA Authorizations to Expand Watercraft Inspection and Decontamination\, Monitoring\, and Rapid Response to New Basins – Jonas Grundman\, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\n\n\n\n2:05 PM Highlights of Research and Management of Aquatic Invasive Plants supported by WRDA – Dr. Mark Heilman\, Past President of the Aquatic Plant Management Society\n\n\n\n2:20 PM Panel Q & A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDOWNLOAD FULL AGENDA URL:https://naisma.org/event/nisaw-webinar-the-water-resource-development-act-provisions-for-invasive-species-management/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/paddlechica_Flathead_Lake.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230221T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230221T153000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230113T151040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230118T165552Z UID:119221-1676980800-1676993400@naisma.org SUMMARY:NISAW Webinar: USGS Research: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Effects of Climate Change on Invasive Species DESCRIPTION:REGISTER URL:https://naisma.org/event/nisaw-webinar-usgs-research-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-and-the-effects-of-climate-change-on-invasive-species/ CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/clouds-country-daylight-371633.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230220T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230220T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20230208T183226Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T183655Z UID:119918-1676898000-1676901600@naisma.org SUMMARY:NISAW Webinar: Invasive Species Programs Across Mexico DESCRIPTION:Presented by Yolanda Barrios Caballero\, CONABIO \n\n\n\nAs the fifth mega diverse country\, and with invasive species identified as the third cause of biodiversity loss\, Mexico has been working more and more towards addressing this relatively new topic. The National Commission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity\, CONABIO\, has been a key institution in leading many invasive species related activities for over a decade. These have included the publication of the National Strategy\, and the first invasive species list for the country. As home to the National Biodiversity information system\, CONABIO is a unique institution that holds all biodiversity related information\, including exotic and invasive species. Its role is to act as a bridge between academia\, government and society\, and is the most important source of information for stakeholders of all levels. In recent years with the help of the GEF funded invasive species project in Mexico\, there was a boost in collaboration amongst institutions. Over 300 products resulted from this project\, these included: management activities throughout the country\, island eradication where Mexico has achieved great success; work with specific groups such as ornamental fish farms\, development of communication materials for the public and citizen science amongst others. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYolanda Barrios CaballeroInvasive species specialist in CONABIO for over 15 years. She has a master’s degree in Conservation biology from the University of Kent and a specialization in science communications. She participated in the development of the Mexican Strategy for the control of invasive species and in the publication of the first invasive species list for Mexico\, which included developing with a group of experts an Invasiveness Risk Assessment Methodology specific for the country. Her work includes the update of the invasive species information database\, carrying out risk assessments\, working with other government and academic institutions in the development of invasive species programs around the country. She is co-author of several book chapters on invasive species and constantly participates in workshops and forums on the topic. In recent years\, she has been heavily involved in the development of communication materials and campaigns on invasive species for the general public. URL:https://naisma.org/event/nisaw-webinar-invasive-species-programs-across-mexico/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Mexico-shutterstock_2056645058-RFC.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230215T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230215T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20220801T182350Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221207T141318Z UID:118476-1676466000-1676469600@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Miller Creek Watershed Restoration: The Value of Partnership During a Pandemic DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Ben Wishnek\, US Fish and Wildlife Service \n\n\n\nRegistration Link → \n\n\n\nSalmonids are critical components of the transitional boreal forest and temperate rainforests of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula.  Alaska Natives and the local economy are dependent upon subsistence\, recreational\, and commercial fisheries that target these species.  Invasive Northern Pike (Esox lucius) (pike)\, which prey upon and threaten local salmonids\, were thought to have been eradicated from the Kenai Peninsula across multiple waterbodies in early 2019 following a concerted multi-year effort by Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G).  A late 2019 report of a pike caught in Vogel Lake within the Miller Creek Watershed (MCW) isolated in the northern portion of the peninsula changed the narrative about the Kenai Peninsula being pike-free.  Subsequent surveys by ADF&G confirmed pike presence and a work group including the Kenai Watershed Forum\, ADF&G\, and three offices from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) convened to begin the process to plan for management of this population.  Covid-19 emerged during spring 2020 and the group had to pivot its approach to project planning to be done via multiple virtual meetings.  Eradication efforts took place in 2021 and restoration efforts began in 2022.  This project has been able to move forward utilizing the Early Detection Rapid Response approach to invasive species management despite multiple challenges brought about by the pandemic.  An overview of the project and lessons learned thus far will be summarized. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker bio\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBen Wishnek is currently an invasive species project manager in southern Alaska. He has a BS in Wildlife from Humboldt State University and a MS in Environmental Sciences from Oregon State University. Much of his professional experience prior to his current position has centered around wetlands and riparian areas with invasive species\, primarily plants and fish\, being a focus area. His current position focuses on managing projects with internal and external partners that focus on early detection and rapid response to incipient invasions on and adjacent to National Wildlife Refuges in southern Alaska. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://naisma.org/event/webinar-miller-creek-watershed-restoration-the-value-of-partnership-during-a-pandemic/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_09222.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Brown%2C Director of Government Relations and Professional Development":MAILTO:ebrown@naisma.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230118T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230118T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20221207T142917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230101T170130Z UID:118960-1674046800-1674050400@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: The Blue Ribbon AIS Commission - Process\, Participation and Final Report DESCRIPTION:Speakers – Chris Macaluso\, Director of the Center for Marine Fisheries for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership\, and Clay Crabtree\, Director of Federal Government Relations for the National Marine Manufacturers Association \n\n\n\nAn Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Commission was enacted over the last year by the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership\, along with leading organizations in outdoor recreation and conservation A steering committee guided the work of the AIS Commission\, while the core membership of the AIS Commission included representatives from entities with interest and expertise in the prevention\, management\, mitigation\, and eradication of AIS\, including NAISMA. The AIS Commission conducted a series of listening sessions to receive input from experts on various AIS-related topics that informed a final report with recommendations to collaboratively improve upon AIS management in the United States. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChris Macaluso is the Center for Marine Fisheries Director for the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. He works with a host of advocacy and conservation organizations to advance habitat restoration efforts across the Gulf and improve federal fisheries management law and policy. Macaluso is an avid angler and duck hunter and a lifelong Louisiana resident who has worked in the outdoors communication field for more than 20 years\, hosting hunting and fishing radio shows and working as a freelance outdoor and sports writer\, radio and TV host. He became the first-ever communications director for the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority in 2006 and handled media relations for the Authority during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. He left state-government in late 2010 to work as the Coastal Outreach Coordinator for the non-profit Louisiana Wildlife Federation helping to start the Vanishing Paradise Campaign that worked with outdoorsmen and the hunting and fishing industry to pass the RESTORE Act in 2012 before taking his current role at TRCP in 2013. He and his wife Katie have a young son and daughter who both enjoy spending time in the swamps and marshes of Louisiana and the beaches along the Gulf Coast. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClay Crabtree is the Director of Federal Government Relations for the National Marine Manufactures Association or NMMA. Prior to joining NMMA\, Clay served as policy director for the American Sportfishing Association\, focusing on state and federal policies impacting freshwater issues. Clay also worked for a federal agency as a congressional liaison between members of Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services\, and he served as an aide for Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV)\, advising the senator on trade and budgetary issues. Clay is a native West Virginian and an avid angler. URL:https://naisma.org/event/webinar-the-blue-ribbon-ais-commission-process-participation-and-final-report/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Untitled-design-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221221T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221221T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20220119T123900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T123250Z UID:115970-1671627600-1671631200@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Understanding ISPM 15 to Reduce the Risk of Pests in Wood Packaging DESCRIPTION:Understanding ISPM 15 to Reduce the Risk of Pests in Wood Packaging\n\n\n\nPresented by: Brad Gething\, Vice President of Science and Technology\, National Wooden Pallet and Container Association \n\n\n\nRegistration Link → \n\n\n\nISPM 15 was fully implemented in the United States in 2006 to reduce the risk and spread of quarantine pests associated with wood packaging. This session will review the ISPM 15 program and how it has evolved to successfully achieve its goal\, and where there are efforts of continuous improvement so that wood packaging can be used effectively and safely to facilitate safe trade. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker bio\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrad Gething became a member of the NWPCA staff in July 2013 and serves as Vice President of Science and Technology. Brad’s role includes participation in various standards bodies\, direction and promotion of research and development\, and support on other technical issues related to the wood packaging industry. He also serves as a point of contact for PDS™ design support and education. \n\n\n\nBefore becoming a member of the NWPCA team\, Brad worked at Penn State University as a post-doctoral scholar\, researching issues related to the phytosanitation of wood packaging and ISPM 15. Brad earned a MS and PhD degree in Materials from Penn State University\, and a BS degree in chemical engineering from Bucknell University. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://naisma.org/event/webinar-december/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_9011-Large.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Brown%2C Director of Government Relations and Professional Development":MAILTO:ebrown@naisma.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chihuahua:20221201T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chihuahua:20221201T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20220812T114001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221128T201816Z UID:118538-1669888800-1669903200@naisma.org SUMMARY:Experiences in Implementation of Weed Biocontrol within Integrated Weed Management Programs in North America DESCRIPTION:Register Here\n\n\n\n\nNAISMA’s Annual Weed Biocontrol Summit communicates the latest in weed biocontrol research to North American invasive plant managers and educators. The Summit aims to connect researchers to on-the-ground practitioners and experiences. In 2022\, we are focusing on weed management practitioners who utilize weed biocontrol within their integrated weed management programs throughout North America. Managers and researchers will share implementation stories\, challenges\, and successes. This year’s summit integrates the research and implementation of biocontrol from regional land managers’ perspectives. \n\n\n\n\nDownload the Agenda URL:https://naisma.org/event/experiences-in-implementation-of-weed-biocontrol-within-integrated-weed-management-programs-in-north-america/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Artboard-11@2x.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221117T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221117T123000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20220323T193206Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220323T194212Z UID:117374-1668682800-1668688200@naisma.org SUMMARY:Last IDEA Committee Meeting of the Year DESCRIPTION:Join us for the last meeting of IDEA Committee members for 2022. Email tcasagrand@naisma.org for Zoom details. URL:https://naisma.org/event/last-idea-committee-meeting-of-the-year/ CATEGORIES:Committee Meetings,IDEA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/NAISMA256x256wTAG.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221116T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221116T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20220119T123805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T123324Z UID:115968-1668603600-1668607200@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Invasive Mussel Collaborative Tools and Accomplishments DESCRIPTION:Invasive Mussel Collaborative Tools and Accomplishments\n\n\n\nPresented by: Ashley Elgin with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\, Diane Waller with the U.S. Geological Survey\, and Jeff Tyson with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission \n\n\n\nRegistration Link → \n\n\n\nPresentation Abstracts:Research Work Group Update presented by Ashley Elgin\, National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationThe IMC Research Work Group is tasked with coordinating and prioritizing research to maximize and advance dreissenid control outcomes. We recently developed a project inventory to collate information on dreissenid mussel-related projects across organizations and regions. We also worked with managers and researchers to rank dreissenid mussel research priorities\, the results of which can help inform future research efforts.Toxicity Test Work Group Update presented by Diane Waller\, U.S. Geological SurveyThe IMC Toxicity Testing Work Group is tasked with developing a framework for dreissenid testing which will provide guidance for researchers on testing and reporting methods and inform managers and regulatory agencies on how toxicity data on molluscicides have been generated. We developed a database of dreissenid toxicity studies\, both laboratory and open water studies\, that will be accessible on the IMC website. We also drafted a guidance document on “best practices” for toxicity testing based on published standard methods\, a literature review\, and recommendations from an expert panel.Coastal Site Priorities Work Group: Tools for Identifying Priority Sites for Experimental Mussel Control in the Great Lakes presented by Jeff Tyson\, Great Lakes Fishery CommissionThe presentation will cover the process that the Coastal Site Priorities Working Group used to identify appropriate sites to implement experimental invasive mussel control. Additionally\, the presentation will cover the tools developed for customizing experimental invasive mussel site priority development based upon agency or researcher specified priorities.Speaker Bios:Ashley Elgin\, National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationDr. Ashley Elgin is a benthic ecologist who has been studying the impacts of invasive species on native food webs for more than 15 years.  As a research scientist at NOAA GLERL\, she oversees a long-term monitoring program for benthic invertebrates in the Great Lakes\, with a focus on invasive quagga and zebra mussels.  She also conducts field and lab experiments to address the many remaining knowledge gaps about these species. Dr. Elgin is based at NOAA’s Lake Michigan Field Station in Muskegon\, MI. Diane Waller\, U.S. Geological SurveyDiane Waller is a research fishery biologist with the USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC) in La Crosse\, WI. Her team at UMESC conducts research to inform management actions for controlling and mitigating the impacts of invasive mussels with particular focus on tools and application methods that target vulnerable life stages of dreissenid mussels and minimize adverse impacts to nontarget species.Jeff Tyson\, Great Lakes Fishery CommissionJeff Tyson has been a Fisheries Management Program Manager at the Great Lakes Fishery Commission since 2016.  In his role with the GLFC Jeff helps facilitate interjurisdictional\, coordinated fisheries management with the eight states\, the province of Ontario\, tribes\, and federal agencies with fisheries management responsibilities in the Great Lakes.  In addition to helping facilitate the fisheries management process through the Great Lakes Fishery Commission\, Jeff has focused on other activities and initiatives influencing fisheries management including identifying environmental and habitat impairments that impact fish and fisheries across the basin and engaging on aquatic invasive species initiatives.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://naisma.org/event/webinar-november/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/musc12.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Brown%2C Director of Government Relations and Professional Development":MAILTO:ebrown@naisma.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221107T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221107T120000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20220323T194525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220323T194527Z UID:117376-1667818800-1667822400@naisma.org SUMMARY:In-Person IDEA Committee Meeting! DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars! NAISMA’s 30th Annual Conference at Sanibel Harbour Marriott in Ft. Myers\, Florida\, includes committee meetings on Monday. We will update the time closer to the date. Email Tina at tcasagrand@naisma.org for more information on joining the IDEA Committee. URL:https://naisma.org/event/in-person-idea-committee-meeting/ CATEGORIES:Committee Meetings,IDEA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Managing-for-Resilience_Color.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221019T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221019T140000 DTSTAMP:20260606T235529 CREATED:20220119T123651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221006T131400Z UID:115966-1666184400-1666188000@naisma.org SUMMARY:Webinar: Invasive plant management on non-industrial forest lands in the Panhandle\, Fl after Hurricane Michael DESCRIPTION:Invasive plant management on non-industrial forest lands in the Panhandle\, Fl after Hurricane Michael\n\n\n\nPresented by: Dr. Mysha Clarke\, Assistant Professor\, School of Forest\, Fisheries and Geomatic Sciences\, UF/IFAS \n\n\n\nRegistration Link → \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHurricane Michael had catastrophic socio-ecological impacts on landowners and forestlands in the Panhandle\, Florida. Although scientists predict an increase in the spread of invasive species after ecological disturbances\, there is limited research about the human dimensions of hurricanes\, invasive plants\, and forest management. To address this research gap\, we administered mail survey to 1\,000 randomly selected non-industrial forest landowners that live in the ten most affected Counties in the Panhandle\, Florida. We found that 34% of respondents indicated an increase in invasive plants on their properties while 82% experienced timber loss\, 62% had damaged wildlife habitats and 53% had increased vulnerability to wildfire hazards following Hurricane Michael. Our bivariate analysis found that landowners who plan to manage invasive plants in the future: are concerned about invasive plants\, have some familiarity with invasives\, were likely to search for forest management information on the Internet and also had plans to reforest areas of their land that were not salvage harvested after the hurricane. Although 79% of landowners were concerned about invasive plants on their forestlands\, 37% of them have little to no knowledge about invasive plants. Additionally\, most landowners did little to no forest management to prepare for hurricanes. However\, the higher percentage of landowners who did any of the recommended management activities were also members of an environmental\, conservation\, industry\, or woodland owners’ organization. While most landowners intend to manage invasive plants on their forestlands in the next five years\, the vast majority of landowners are not connected to any forestry professionals or landowner associations. This presentation will highlight the perceptions of non-industrial forest landowners about invasive plant management including their awareness\, concerns\, management\, and overall forest restoration plans in the Panhandle\, Florida after Hurricane Michael and implications for engaging landowners in invasive plant management and hurricane preparedness. \n\n\n\nSpeaker bio\n\n\n\nMysha Clarke joined the School of Forest\, Fisheries\, and Geomatics Sciences in 2020. As a natural resource social scientist\, her aim is to better understand people’s environmental decision-making\, and to determine avenues through which to connect people with natural resource conservation and management. She uses a mixed method approach incorporating qualitative and quantitative methods to better understand the human dimensions of forest management.Her collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects include invasive plant management on private non-industrial family forestlands\, communication of invasive insects in the media\, urban greenspace connectivity and urban forest change over time. Overall\, she envisions her research contributing theories and knowledge to improve socio-ecological interactions\, environmental decision-making and conservation by focusing primarily on the human dimensions of rural and urban forests and other natural resources. Prior to joining the FFGS\, Mysha was a Teaching Postdoctoral Fellow at Villanova University in the Department of Geography and the Environment. She grew up in Jamaica and received her PhD from Purdue University in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://naisma.org/event/webinar-october/ CATEGORIES:NAISMA Webinar,Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://naisma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Fig-1-Mulavney-Catastrphic-Timber-Damage_Credit-FL-Forest-Service.png ORGANIZER;CN="Elizabeth Brown%2C Director of Government Relations and Professional Development":MAILTO:ebrown@naisma.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR