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December 2008 E-newsletter. To subscribe, click here. Archive of past issues here.

New module in Learning Library, developed by CIPM for the USFWS: Managing Invasive Plants: Concepts, Principles, & Practices. New CIPM Series: Rapport with Research. Two-page pdf summaries of CIPM-funded research projects. See Model Weed Law Provisions, by Peter Rice, University of Montana.

CIPM Award. CIPM and the US Fish and Wildlife Service received an award from the National Association of Interpretation at their Media Awards Competition ceremony in Portland, OR. The learning websiteInvasive Plants and Volunteers: Learning and Lending a Hand received second-place honors in the multimedia category.

Reporting alerts in Invasive Plant Science and Management--new detections, range extensions, or taxonomic revelations. For more details, contact Joe DiTomaso.

Free online pesticide training course available for retail employees.   The UC Statewide IPM Program offers a free online pesticide training course for garden center employees, Master Gardeners, etc .http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/IPMPROJECT/retailtraining.html.

See Calendar for more meetings and events.

Jobs & Funding

Interdisciplinary PhD project; field site in Chippewa NF, MN. Ecology of earthworn invasion and biogeochemical processes.

Colorado Weed Management Association Executive Director. Due January 5, 2009.

Part-time Gallatin Nat'l Forest Soil Scientist position.   Send the Outreach form to Lisa Stoeffler. Applicants must meet the OPM Soil Scientist qualifications per the OPM Soil Scientist series GS-470 attachment. For more info, contact Lisa Stoeffler or Mark Story at 406-587-6735.

Funding for Honeybee Health from North American Pollinator Protection Campaign. Due January 15, 2009.

See Rangeland Ecology section of ESA for more jobs. Many job postings in Hawaii and the Pacific Region at http://www.hear.org, Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project.

Challenging Cheatgrass, 6 page color-illustrated pdf from USFS, Rocky Mtn Research Station, with recent research on control, April 2008.

USDA 2008 list of grants includes opportunities for invasive species research, technical assistance, prevention, and control. http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/toolkit/main.shtml.

The August 2007 Tamarisk Coalition Newsletter includes a list of 178 funding opportunities (pdf file) for tamarisk issues and riparian restoration. 

See Grants page for more funding opportunities.

Publications & Sites

Roadside Revegetation: An Integrated Approach To Establishing Native Plants. From Western Federal Lands Highway Division, Federal Highway Administration. Twelve chapters and bibliography in pdf format.

Targeted Grazing: A Natural Approach to Landscape Enhancement – Website from the American Sheep Industry Association.

“Defending Favorite Places” – Second video in a planned series of invasive species DVDs targeting specific audiences and sponsored by the national Invasive Species Threat Campaign.

Managing Invasive Plants: Concepts, Principles, and Practices – Learning website developed by CIPM for the US Fish and Wildlife Service and other natural resource managers.

XID Services has released the 1,200 Weeds of the 48 States and Adjacent Canada DVD. This is the follow-up to the highly successful 1,000 Weeds of North America CD and is the most comprehensive weed identification database ever produced. It includes an interactive key with a graphical user interface, illustrated glossary, and county level distribution maps (courtesy of BONAP). Price is $49.95; order from www.xidservices.com.

Flowering Rush: An Invasive Aquatic Macrophyte Infesting the Flathead Basin. Powerpoint presentation (optimized for faster download) of joint project among Salish Kootenai College, Salish & Kootenai Tribes, and the University of Montana.

The Invasive Weed Impact Calculator, a new web site from MSU Extension, lets landowners calculate the impacts of leafy spurge and spotted knapweed.

Spatial Invasion Simulator. Model resulting from CIPM-funded research project. Learn how invasive plant establishment and spread can be influenced by plant feedback and seed dispersal.

Presentations and conclusions from the Rocky Mountain Weed Summit, held in June in Fort Collins, CO, now online.

Climate Change: The Science of Impacts from the USGS Fort Collins Science Center. Discusses the cascading effects of climate change, including invasive plants in riparian areas.

Don't Move Firewood. Moving firewood is a leading, but preventable, cause of the spread of invasive forest pests.

Wildland fire in ecosystems: fire and nonnative invasive plants, RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6. 368 page pdf file.

Challenging Cheatgrass from Forest Service Rocky Mtn Research Station, April 2008

New Weed Alerts from MSU Extension. Whitetop, houndstongue, leafy spurge, yellow starthistle, knapweed, saltcedar, toadflax. Download or contact MSU Extension Publications for free copies.

The Weedy Truth about Biofuels from Invasive Species Council of Australia. Biofuel Crops: Panacea or Pandora's Box? Press release from WSSA on risks of using invasives for biofuel crops.

Turn Cows into Weed Managers. . . . part of a cooperative project between Grant-Kohrs Ranch, MT, and Utah State U.. Cows learned to eat Canada thistle, leafy spurge and spotted knapweed; info from Livestock for Landscapes.

The 2007 editions of PNW (Pacific NorthWest) Insect Handbook; PNW Weed Mgmt Handbook, and PNW Plant Disease Mgmt Handbook are online at: http://ipmnet.org/IPM_Handbooks.htm.

 

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