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Global Invasive Species Team listserve digest #094 Fri Oct 05 2001 - 15:42:26 PDT --CONTENTS-- 1. Eastern Invasives Management Network (Eastern North America) 2. Model weed plan on-line (Global) 3. Is Poa pratensis a native here? (Saskatchewan, Canada) --------------------------------------- 1. Eastern Invasives Management Network (Eastern North America) From: Barry Rice (bamrice(at)ucdavis.edu) TNC has discovered that working with multiple sites via "networks" is a successful way to address a number of management issues. Now, the Wildland Invasive Species Team is using this method to work with invasives in eastern North America. The core of this new network will be 3-4 network meetings, each involving "homeworks", field trips, presentations, etc. If you are interested in including your TNC site in this network, review the information about our network (and networks in general) at: http://tnc-ecomanagement.org/ and http://tnc-ecomanagement.org/Weeds/ If you think participation in the network would benefit you, contact WIST director John Randall (530-754-8890) or myself (530-754-8891) for more information. Registration is now open for the first workshop, and will close on 31 October, 2001. Space is extremely limited. The workshop will take place December 11-13, 2001 on St. Simons Island, Georgia. St. Simons Island is approximately 1 1/2 hours northeast of Jacksonville, FL. --------------------------------------- 2. Model weed plan on-line (Global) From: Barry Rice (bamrice(at)ucdavis.edu) Here at WIST we are always reminding staff that to fight invasive species successfully, they should have an adaptive management plan. We have on our web site a template you can use to write your own plan. This template is at: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/products.html Now, to make things even easier for you, we have used the template to create a real weed plan for the Cosumnes River Preserve in California. Staff far and wide are encouraged to download the Cosumnes River Preserve Weed Plan. Steal from it however you like and make your own plan. Steal from the best! The Cosumnes River Preserve has plenty of weeds on it, so the plan is nice and meaty. Like the adaptive management template, the Cosumnes Plan is at: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/products.html --------------------------------------- 3. Is Poa pratensis a native here? (Saskatchewan, Canada) From: Ann Gerry (agerry(at)serm.gov.sk.ca) Poa pratensis is very widespread in mesic Saskatchewan ecosystems, but is often described as having introduced and native elements. Is anyone aware of recent research into this question? Perhaps genetic or pollen core analyses? My literature searches have been fruitless so far. I would also appreciate feedback on how the P. pratensis issue is being addressed elsewhere; both in terms of classifying plant associations and exotic species management. The species is so ubiquitous that it has the potential to eat up entire exotic species management budgets (if it can be managed!). |
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