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INVASIVE PLANT NEWSBRIEFS:
FORWARDED BY THE SILVIO O. CONTE NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE REFUGE FOR
THE NEW ENGLAND INVASIVE PLANT GROUP (NIPGro)
No. 24, April 24, 2006
This message contains the following topics:
WORKSHOPS AND TALKS:
1) Japanese knotweed Control (April 29)
2) Invasive Woody Species Control (June 12)
3) Invasive aquatic plant workshops offered April 29, May 3, 17 and 30,
2006
4) UMass Entomology Seminar, "Saving the Everglades from invasive
Melaleuca" ( May 8)
ONLINE RESOURCES
5) Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program's 2005 Maine Lakes Report now
available online
6) Summary of the recent Maine Milfoil Summit
7) Connecticut Native Tree and Shrub Availability List
8) 2006 Invasive Plant Calendar
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1) Free Japanese Knotweed Control Workshop
Saturday, April 29, 2006, from 1:00 to 4:30 pm.
Held at the Great Falls Discovery Center in Turners Falls, Massachusetts,
2 Avenue A in Turners Falls, MA.
Directions can be found at http://www.greatfallsma.org/.
Learn how to control this highly invasive plant that is degrading natural
habitats.
The workshop will focus on up-to-date methods of controlling knotweed in
wetland
and upland areas. Three experts will conduct the workshop. Don Bishop
(owner of
“Gardens Are”, a landscape company) and Jeff Taylor (Vegetation Control
Service,
Inc.) have extensive experience controlling knotweed using mechanical and
chemical
methods. Scott Jackson (University of Massachusetts Extension Program)
will
discuss the regulatory issues associated with controlling invasive plants
in wetlands
or areas with rare animal and plant communities.
Sponsored by the Deerfield River Watershed Association and the Silvio O.
Conte
National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. Funded by grants from the Massachusetts
Environmental Trust and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Space is limited. Preregister by contacting Cynthia Boettner at
(413) 863-0209, ext. 6 or [log in to unmask]
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2) Workshop: Control Methods for Selected Invasive Woody Plant Species
Monday, June 12, 2006 at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office
in Hadley, MA. Half-day session 1:00-4:30 p.m and condensed session 7-9
p.m.
Sponsored by the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge and the
Massachusetts Forest Stewardship Program.
Free workshop focusing on the biology and control of common and glossy
buckthorn, Asiatic bittersweet, Japanese barberry, multiflora rose, autumn
olive,
and bush honeysuckles. Information on mechanical and chemical controls,
as
well as permitting and rare species issues.
Preregister for either session by contacting Cynthia Boettner at
[log in to unmask] or 413-863-0209 x6.
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3) Invasive aquatic plant workshops offered April 29, May 3, 17 and 30,
2006
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven will offer
four
workshops this spring to help people learn how to identify the most serious
invasive aquatic plants that occur in Connecticut lakes. By training lake
users
to look for and report invasive aquatic plants, hopefully invaders will be
found
soon after they arrive, before they establish, because it is only then that
they
can be eradicated.
Station scientists will offer instruction in how to conduct lake surveys
and map
the location of invasive species as well as instruction in how to
distinguish the
invasive plants from native species. Much of the two-hour program will
be
spent actually looking at the plants so people can become familiar with the
differences among them. Live native and non-native plants will be available
for close inspection. The program is designed for anyone who lives on,
fishes
in, boats on or otherwise enjoys the state’s lakes and ponds.
April 29, (Saturday), 10 a.m. at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment
Station,
123 Huntington St., New Haven. . (register by contacting Robert Capers:
[log in to unmask] , 203- 974-8469)
May 3 (Wednes.), 7-9 p.m. in cooperation with the Middletown-based
Connecticut
River Coastal Conservation District. at the conservation district’s
headquarters in
the deKoven House Community Center, 27 Washington St., Middletown.
(register
by contacting Robert Capers: [log in to unmask] , 203- 974-8469
or
call Conservation District office at 860-346-3282.)
May 17 (Wednes.) at 6:30 p.m. held at the Preston Town Hall, 389 Route 2,
Preston, Connecticut, (register by calling the Eastern Connecticut
Conservation District,
860-887-4163, Ext. 3011).
May 30 (Tuesday) at 7 p.m at the Rogers Lake Clubhouse on Rogers Lake
Trail,
Old Lyme, Connecticut (register by calling Maureen Plumleigh,
(860-434-5629).
It also may be possible to arrange additional workshops if sufficient
demand
exists. People may call Robert Capers if they would like to arrange a
workshop
for a particular lake association.
Contact:
Robert S. Capers, Ph. D.
Post-doctoral scientist
Invasive Aquatic Plant Survey Program
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
123 Huntington St., P.O. Box 1106
New Haven CT 06504
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(203) 974-8469
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4) UMass Entomology Seminar, "Saving the Everglades from invasive
Melaleuca"
May 8, 2006 (Monday, 3:30), Fernald Alex Conference Rm. (second floor),
UMASS Amherst
Dr. Ted Center of the USDA Invasive Plants Laboratory in Florida will
present
a seminar on the melaleuca invasion in the Florida Everglades and the
current
efforts to restore the ecosystem through suppression of the invader with
coevolved
species from its native range. Dr. Center is the head of the USDA
laboratory that
carries out work on invasive aquatic plants throughout much of the United
States
and is an excellent contact for anyone interested in such work.
Contact:
Dr. Roy VanDriesche
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413-545-1061
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5) Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program's 2005 Maine Lakes Report now
available online.
The report is a culmination of data collected by 700 active trained
volunteer lake
scientists during the 2005 field season. It provides an overview of the
VLMP's
water quality monitoring and invasive aquatic plant (IAP) programs,
including
updates for 2006. The Maine Lakes Report also includes analysis of the
2005
lake data and lists of VLMP lakes with water quality and IAP data.
The data collected in the report represents the outstanding commitment and
effort by VLMP's volunteers in monitoring and protecting Maine's lakes.
All
certified volunteers are listed within the report as well as their years of
service.
www.MaineVolunteerLakeMonitors.org click on 2005 Maine Lakes Report.
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6) Summary of the recent Maine Milfoil Summit.
http://www.knox.villagesoup.com/Sports/story.cfm?storyID=68856
An article describing the recent Milfoil Summit held in Maine by the Maine
Center
for Invasive Aquatic Plant is available at this link for only a few days.
If you do not
have time to read it today, take a moment to go on-line and click on the
"printer
version." This version can be printed or saved for later reading.
The author, Ken Bailey, Outdoors Editor for VillageSoup.com is a Water
Quality
Monitor (on Megunticook Lake and Norton Pond), an Invasive
Plant Patroller, and Regional IAP Prevention Coordinator for the
Lincolnville area.
Contact:
Roberta Hill
Program Director
Maine Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants
MAINE VOLUNTEER LAKE MONITORING PROGRAM
24 Maple Hill Road, Auburn, ME 04210
(207)783-7733
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www.MaineVolunteerLakeMonitors.org
<http://www.mainevolunteerlakemonitors.org/>
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7) Connecticut Native Tree and Shrub Availability List
Find out which nurseries in Connecticut sell native plant species. Download
the list from the CT DEP Wildlife Division's website at
http://www.dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/wildlife/pdf/ntvtree.pdf
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8) 2006 Invasive Plant Calendar
The Plant Conservation Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group produced a 2006
calendar which can be downloaded from the APWG website. The Invasive Plant
Atlas of New England (IPANEA) is the featured organization for July. Low or
high
resolution PDF files available.
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/pubs/calendar.htm#print .
Contact:
Olivia Kwong
CPC/PCA
http://www.nps.gov/plants/
To sign up for PCA's Alien Plant Working Group mailing list
[log in to unmask]http://lists.plantconservation.org/mailman/listinfo/apwg_lists.plantconservation.org
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Phone: 413-863-0209 ext. 6
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Lisa L. Gould, Senior Scientist, Rhode Island Natural History Survey
& Research Associate, URI Department of Natural Resources Science
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