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Global Invasive Species Team listserve digest #098 Wed Jan 09 2002 - 17:18:55 PST --CONTENTS-- 1. Asphodelus fistulosas (California, USA) 2. New useful weed documents available (Global) 3. Conference on natives and invasives (Michigan, USA) 4. Need advice on bittersweet, loosestrife, phrag, knotweed (Maine, USA) 5. Weed-free feed and hay desired (Ohio, USA) 6. National Park Service invasive species jobs (Nationwide, USA) 7. Kudzu found in Washington state! (Washington, USA) 8. NFWF grant opportunities (Nationwide, USA) --------------------------------------- 1. Asphodelus fistulosas (California, USA) From: Mike Kelly (mkellysd(at)aol.com) Another request for information on Asphodelus fistulosas (Asphodel)... Does anyone have information on how to kill it? It is expanding its range in San Diego, from highway rights-of-way into natural areas, including sites of recent burns. --------------------------------------- 2. New useful weed documents available (Global) From: Barry Rice (bamrice(at)ucdavis.edu) We have uploaded more documents to help you with your invasive species management. In particular... --A new weed management plan, written by Debbie Pickering (Oregon Field Office), for a Cox Island--a site with only one (serious) invasive species threat. See: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/products.html --A new Element Stewardship Abstract has been completed for Elytrigia repens (Quackgrass). See: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/elytrepe.html --New success stories on invasive species management in Alaska (garlic mustard) and the Florida keys (many woody weeds). These stories are good to have if you are trying to prove to your funding structures that weed control can be successful! See: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/success.html --------------------------------------- 3. Conference on natives and invasives (Michigan, USA) From: Jack McGowan-Stinski (jmcgowan-st(at)tnc.org) There will be a conference on native planting and invasives in Michigan on 3-4 March, sponsored by the Wildflower Association of Michigan (WAM), and Michigan Invasives Plant Council (MIPC). Interested people can check for conference info at http://www.wildflowersmich.org, or get information on MIPC from http://www.msue.msu.edu/mipc/ --------------------------------------- 4. Need advice on bittersweet, loosestrife, phrag, knotweed (Maine, USA) From: Nancy Sferra (nsferra(at)tnc.org) We are partnering with a state park to control oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus). Volunteers have been using weed wrenches to yank out plants, but we are moving from small discrete patches to larger infestations where bittersweet vines are killing overstory trees. I would like to hear from anyone who has a good protocol for working in these types of infestations (both mechanical control and chemical control). Also, the Maine Chapter is in the process of partnering with several land trusts and agencies to undertake a major invasive species inventory within one of our landscape projects. Although we will be making note of most invasives we find, we are particularly interested in locating and mapping phragmites, loosestrife and Japanese knotweed (i.e. Phragmites australis, Lythrum salicaria, Polygonum cuspidatum) along significant shorelines of an estuary system. The bulk of the inventory will be done by volunteers trained by TNC and partner staff. I would be interested in talking to anyone else who has undertaken a similar large-scale inventory. --------------------------------------- 5. Weed-free feed and hay desired (Ohio, USA) From: Erin Larson (ehlarson(at)fs.fed.us) I am looking for sources of weed-free feed and hay in Ohio. I have contacted various County Extension Offices and the State Department of Agriculture, to no avail. Any suggestions? --------------------------------------- 6. National Park Service invasive species jobs (Nationwide, USA) From: Terry Cacek (terry_cacek(at)nps.gov) Please spread the word that we have begun hiring for the FY2002 round of weed teams. The first two vacancy announcements, both by Point Reyes, can now be viewed on the Internet at USAJOBS (http://www.usajobs.opm/a1.htm). Over the coming weeks and months, 14 supervisory positions at various grades from GS-07 through GS-12 will be announced. Interested persons should check USAJOBS weekly for new vacancy announcements. (Note: Perhaps because nps.gov is temporarily not working, this web site is not operational. Interested people should contact Terry Cacek at 970-225-3542, Fax 970-225-3585.---Barry) --------------------------------------- 7. Kudzu found in Washington state! (Washington, USA) From: Greg Haubrich (ghaubrich(at)agr.wa.gov) --A message about kudzu (Pueraria montana), relayed by John Randall It is with great sorrow that I have to report that kudzu was found in Washington State for the first time. To date it has only been found at one site. We are awaiting confirmation of samples taken, and looking into how in the heck it got there. Four plants were found on private property near Vancouver. The above ground portions of the plants were removed by hand and the cut stems treated at the root crown with Garlon 4 by the Clark County Noxious Weed Control Board. Surrounding properties were surveyed with no additional infestations found. Survey work will be expanded this spring and of course the site will be monitored for all eternity most likely. --------------------------------------- 8. NFWF grant opportunities (Nationwide, USA) From: Ann Bartuska (abartuska(at)tnc.org) The National Association of Counties has announced their Five-Star Restoration grants program for 2002. "The grant program awards and aids community-led initiatives that focus on wetland and watershed restoration." Approximately $1.5 million is available; grants average $10,000. More information is available at: http://www.nfwf.org/programs/5star-rfp.htm |
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