Pacific Northwest Research Station

Meeting the Challenge:
Invasive Plants in Pacific Northwest Ecosystems

September 19-20, 2006
University of Washington Botanic Gardens
Seattle, WA

The USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station and the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture are pleased to announce a 2-day conference on invasive plants and their management, September 19-20, 2006, at the University of Washington Botanic Gardens, 3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle, WA.

The mission of the conference is to create strategies and partnerships to understand and manage plant invasions in the Pacific Northwest. Featured speakers include: Ann Bartuska (USDA Forest Service, Deputy Chief for Research), John Randall (Director, Global Invasive Species Initiative, The Nature Conservancy), Les Mehrhoff (University of Connecticut and Project Advisor to the Invasive Plant Atlas of New England), and Doug Johnson (Executive Director, California Invasive Plant Council).

Those wishing to present a paper or poster on research, technology transfer, or policy issues related to invasive plants are invited to submit an abstract and title by email to reichard@u.washington.edu by July 1, 2006. Abstracts will be reviewed by the conference steering and science advisory committee, and authors will be notified if their presentation has been selected for the conference. Because space is limited for oral presentations, authors may be asked to present a poster instead. For more information, please contact Tim Harrington (360-753-7674 or tharrington@fs.fed.us) or visit the conference Web site: http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/html/invasives/homepage.htm