TNC Global Invasive Species Team page

Biocontrol (not including vertebrate agents)
TNC Biocontrol Policy: #009
Update on Tamarisk biocontrol: #012
Dangers of Photomonitoring Results of Leafy Spurge Biocontrol: #013
Biocontrol of Phragmites australis: #036
Weed seeds needed for biocontrol development: #060
Reviews on articles: #063
Recent weed articles: #076
Garlic mustard samples needed : #084
Update on saltcedar biocontrol: #088
Cankers on Oriental bittersweet: #091
Fungal bio-herbicides: #099
Cactoblastis cactorum: Spread of Cactoblastis cactorum moth: #107
Literature reviews (Aphthona Biocontrol): #112
Caterpillar predation on Ailanthus: #119
Japanese knotweed and Japanese beetles: #120
Japanese beetles as biocontrol: #120
Ailanthus webworm: #120
Pathogen released to control yellow starthistle: #121
Possible glossy buckthorn pathogen: #125

Classes/meetings
Greater New England Research Symposium: #009
Meeting schedule for Exotic Pest Plant Councils: #028
Mid-Atlantic Invasive Plants Conference in November: #043
November 6 weed conference in Massachusetts: #044
Conference: Phragmites australis in the Mid-Atlantic Region: #056
New York conference on invasive species: #058
Weed meetings: #069
New York workshop on invasives in December: #071
Aquatic weed control class: #073
Midwest invasive plant conference: #074
Weed events calendar: #075
Native Seed Conference: #075
Giant Salvinia meeting: #076
Reed canarygrass conference/call for speakers: #079
Texas Conference on Invasive Species and Restoration: #080
Imminent Weed Management Workshop: #080
August NAWMA conference in Colorado Springs: #088
Mid-Atlantic conference 14-15 August: #088
Invasive species management workshop: #090
Upcoming workshops/meetings: #092
Caulerpa taxifolia conference: #095
Noxious weeds class: #095
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium: #095
Restoration Conference: #097
Philadelphia Invasive Species Symposium: #097
Conference on natives and invasives: #098
Weed meeting 26-27 March: #099
Proceedings on fire and weeds: #099
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium: #101
Seminar in Mississippi: #102
Weed meeting in Arizona: #102
Noxious, invasive plant meeting 25-26 April: #103
18-19 June Weed School: #104
Native Plant Seminar: #106
Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council Meeting: #106
Monitoring class: #108
Various meetings: #108
One-day workshop on fire and invasives: #110
14th Annual USDA meeting on invasives: #110
Upcoming meetings: #112
National Invasive Weeds Awareness Week: #113
Upcoming meetings: #113
Reminder: National Invasive Weed Awareness Week: #114
Incipient weed meetings: #115
Impending invasive species meetings: #117
All-TNC, all invasives meeting!: #119
Things learned at a weed science meeting: #124
Imminent meetings: #125
Invasives meetings: #129
TNC Aridlands-Invasives Network Workshop #2: #132
Invasive Alien Species Symposium: #132
National Invasive Weed Awareness Week: #133
Invasive Weeds Day at the Capitol in Sacramento: #133
Invasives meetings: #137
Deadline for Invasive Plant Summit tomorrow!: #138
Invasives meetings: #141
Weed courses and meetings: #144
Regional Invasive Plant Conference in the Pacific Northwest: #146
Wildland Weeds Field Courses: #149

Educational materials
Educational materials: #004
Educational materials: #005
Database of educational web sites: #005
Educational materials from Hawaii: #006
Educational materials: #007
Educational materials: #007
More educational materials: #008
Purple Loosestrife videos: #010
Weed videos: #029
Weed videos: #030
Weed pamphlet from WIST: #092
Nina Totenberg, Cokie Roberts, and John Randall: #101
Nina Totenberg, Cokie Roberts, but no John Randall?: #102
Weed displays: #106
Lovegrass and weed displays: #107
Dioscorea, Oxalis, and Weed-Busters: #108
4th annual national invasive weed awareness week: #110
Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas: #112
CD-ROM version of Fading Forests II: #112
Interesting Links: #113
Invasive species in NY and NJ: #115
Invasive Species Initiative in Spanish/Portuguese: #115
Australian brochure on woody invasives: #115
Invasive species reading: #115
Impacts of Invasives PPT online: #116
Sea Grant news release: #117
Booklet on West Virginia invasive species: #117
Weed CD to be available in December: #121
Better than Janet Jackson: #123
PMIS v5.3 available: #123
New resources at the WIST web site: #125
Georgia TNC produces a great brochure: #125
Plant Invaders Book special offer: #127
Weed ID cards: #129
Online invasive plant course: #130
Trailhead resources: #136
California Invasive Weeds Awareness Week: #137
Free BASF on-line educational sessions #139
Weed ID Deck from Florida!: #139
Weed poster: #142
Dangerous travelers video: #144
Spread the word, not the weed!: #144
Seeking presentation on loosestrife: #144
DVD on Asian longhorned beetle: #146
Weedy calendars: #149
Help needed creating invasive species articles: #150
Don't plant a pest brochure: #152

Fire
Water hyacinth and chinese tallow: #003
Burning tallow: #004
Fire and Berberis or Lonicera: #062
Burning bush honeysuckle: #063
Reviews on articles: #063
Weeds spread by fire teams: #068
Propane torches: #072
Burning reed canary grass: #072
Fire and Microstegium vimineum/Vinca major: #075
Regarding burning Vinca: #076
Regarding burning Microstegium: #076
More on burning Microstegium: #076
Burning weeds: #082
Torching multiflora rose: #099
Fire and weeds survey--last chance!: #106
Wildfire and weeds survey: #125
A good resource for info on fire and weeds: #126
Useful book on fire and weeds and new inventory: #146

Grants, Jobs, etc.
Weed control grants: #032
Weed job in Flagstaff, AZ: #033
NFWF Pulling Together Grants: #039
Partners for Wildlife funding available: #054
USDA grants, weed alerts, and Eichhornia crassipes Species Management Summary: #060
Graduate student assistant opportunity: #061
National Park Service weed jobs: #061
NFWF Grants: #066
Weed funding: #069
RJKOSE funding for 2001: #070
National Wildlife Federation student funding: #070
$3000-$7000 grants available: #071
Weed job opening: #074
Biocontrol Grant Program deadlines approach: #075
California weed research grants: #081
Executive Director sought for Invasive Plant Council: #086
NFWF requesting proposals for 2002: #088
Invasive species coordinator job: #088
NFWF reminder: #092
Invasive species volunteer coordinator needed: #095
RJKOSE grant deadline approaches: #097
National Park Service invasive species jobs: #098
NFWF grant opportunities: #098
Weed grants: #099
Economic impacts of invasive aquatics RFP: #104
Funding opportunities: #106
Pulling Together Initiative grants available: #107
Sea Grant Proposals Opening: #107
RFP's for NE and Caribbean invasives assessments: #108
Pulling Together Initiative Proposals Sought: #109
A new look to RJ/KOSE grants: #109
Aquatic nuisance species coordinator job: #110
USDA's request for applications for research: #118
Weed job now open!: #123
The Center for Invasive Plant Management grants: #124
Horticulture/Nursery Professions Liaison: #128
Funding for invasives in freshwater, coastal, marine: #128
PTI 2005 Request for proposals: #129
Invasives job opportunity: #130
CIPM grants: #133
NFF grant proposals due very soon: #137
Positions with TNC's Global Invasive Species Team : #140
RJKOSE Grant season--pre-proposals due August 1: #146
BASF grants: #147
TNC weed-jobs in the keys: #148
CIPM seeking new director: #152

Grazing and browsing (including Grass Carp)
Weed-eating goats: #042
Weed-eating goats with phytotoxic saliva?: #043
Weed-eating goats on Smilax and other woodies: #044
Goats vs. knapweed, goats with herbicide: #044
Goats may be over-rated: #046
Hydrilla verticillata: #047
Goat poisoning via English ivy, Poison oak, or Vinca?: #048
Goats: #052
Poopy goats: #067
More poopy goats: #068
Need goats?: #084
Grazing goats on Dipsacus: #086
Are goats effective?: #086
Goats on teasel: #088
Aridlands Conservation Listserve: #089
That old black magic: #097
Weed-free feed and hay desired: #098
Grazing Cynanchum/Vincetoxicum with goats: #115
Are goats and sheep feasible?: #117

Herbicide issues
Krenite, and Kite Aerial Photography: #016
Colorants in Garlon 4: #017
Colorants for Weed Spraying: #018
Colorants in Garlon 4: #018
Weed spraying conversions: #030
Insurance required for certain herbicide uses: #030
Setting concentrations in backpack sprayers: #031
Weed spraying conversions: #031
Herbicide dilutions: % and a.i.: #033
Unintended Arsenal damage: #035
On unintended Arsenal damage: #036
Disposing of leftover herbicide: #037
Unintended tree deaths from Imazapyr: #037
Unintended side effects from Arsenal: #038
Storing leftover herbicide mixes: #038
Effects of herbicide on ground-cover: #041
Preventing resprouts: #047
Round-up Pro donated by Monsanto: #053
The fate of glyphosate in acidic bogs: #060
Basagran/bentazon for garlic mustard?: #060
Bentazon (Basagran) on garlic mustard: #062
Krenite herbicide: #063
Reviews on articles: #063
Using Krenite: #065
Using Garlon (triclopyr) near water: #067
Does anyone use Imazapic (Plateau, Cadre)?: #069
Garlon-in-oil giveaway: #071
Herbicide impacts on damselflies: #072
Herbicide impacts on damselflies II: #073
Glyphosate on insects: #073
Excellent pesticide link and success stories too!: #075
Price for Garlon 4: #078
Monsanto patent on glyphosate expiring: #078
My cost for Garlon 4: #079
Garlon 4 prices: #080
Sonar herbicide: #089
Herbicide Sonar: #091
Herbicides with surfactants and other adjuvants: #101
Drills and Sidewinder: #103
Sidewinder injector systems: #103
Russian Olive Control: #105
Vinegar as herbicide: #109
Herbicide applicator replacement tips: #110
News regarding the herbicide Atrazine: #110
Biological crusts and herbicides: #117
New chapter on adjuvants in WIST handbook!!: #118
Using lake/river water in herbicide mixes: #119
Mixing glyphosate with lake water: #120
Use of glyphosate on bentgrass: #122
Volunteers and herbicides: #123
Vinegar on Phragmites: #123
Last chance to comment on "RoundUp Ready" bentgrass: #123
Glyphosate use in watershed lands: #123
Glyphosate resistant ragweed: #136
New study on Glyphosate toxicity: #136
Glyphosate toxicity study: #139
Herbicide Impacts on damselflies and dragonflies: #144
Using lake water with herbicides: #148
Conyza bonariensis--a glyphosate-resistant weed: #152
A few herbicide questions: #152

Invasives issues and research
Invasive Plant Species and Native Animals: #020
Regarding the Master's Thesis: #021
More on native wildlife and alien plants: #023
Invasion-proof communities?: #031
Effects of herbicide on ground-cover: #041
Water dispersal of weed seeds: #048
Wanted: Northeast freshwater sites with invasive species problems: #048
Hairy willow herb: #064
Aquatic invasives on canoes: #099
Native invasives in sensitive wetlands: #099
Economic impacts of terrestrial aquatics: #105
News of weed expansions: #111
Effects of vehicular traffic on weed spread: #124
Pediomelum pentaphyllum and Cirsium wrightii: #151
Marine invasives study: #153

Literature and books
Book on allelochemical interactions: #002
New book on Florida weeds: #029
Phragmites population genetics: #033
Recent weed articles: #053
Recent weed articles: #057
Reviews on articles: #063
Invasive species articles: #068
Literature reviews, and John's new book!: #071
Recent weed articles: #074
Recent weed articles: #076
Recent weed articles: #081
Recent weed literature: #083
Literature reviews: #086
Literature reviews: #089
Literature reviews: #092
Literature reviews: #099
Literature reviews: #103
Literature reviews: #107
More literature reviews: #107
Your literature reviews would be valued: #109
Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas: #112
Literature reviews: #112
Reviews of papers on non-native plant eradication projects: #112
Literature reviews: #115
Literature reviews galore: #120
Literature Reviews: #121
Effects of vehicular traffic on weed spread: #124
Literature reviews: #126
Plant Invaders Book special offer: #127
Buckthorn abstract: #127
Literature reviews: #129
Literature reviews: #142
Literature reviews: #143
Literature reviews: #144
Literature Reviews: amphibian die-offs: #146
Literature Reviews: Two exciting new books: #149
New peer-reviewed journal on invasives: #151
New invasive species weed books: #151

Mapping/Remote Sensing/Monitoring
Dangers of Photomonitoring Results of Leafy Spurge Biocontrol: #013
Mapping weeds for management: #014
Hackberry Control and GPS suggestions: #015
Mapping weed infestations: #015
Krenite, and Kite Aerial Photography: #016
Mapping Weeds: #016
Mapping Weeds, and Hackberry Control: #016
More On Weed Mapping: #017
Weed Surveys and Kite Flying: #017
Last Thoughts On Mapping: #020
Purple loosestrife: pulling and aerial monitoring: #039
Mapping weeds yields clues to dispersal in a NY prairie: #050
News on GPS accuracy: #062
Seeking case studies: #074
Monitoring large areas: #079
Monitoring methods sought: #086
Need advice on bittersweet, loosestrife, phrag, knotweed: #098
TNC-Oregon Weed Database: #114
Rapid assessments of invasive species: #114
Session at Western Soc. of Weed Science meeting: #124
National Park System weed tracking: #129
Feasibility of starting invasives program: #134
Remote sensing tutorial on line! #135
Marine Invasives Monitoring: #136
Remote sensing of invasive species: #140
IPANE needs more volunteers: #143

Planning and Strategies
Prioritizing Japanese honeysuckle control: #023
Six principles for controlling weeds with volunteers: #080
Case statements: #099
Dioscorea, Oxalis, and Weed-Busters: #108
Literature reviews: #112
APHIS internet surveillance for noxious weeds: #117
Invasive plants and forest management: #119
Economic impact of invasive plants on forestry: #120
Hawaiian invasion document on line: #120
Incorporating biodiversity impacts into state weed plans: #124
Invasive predator management survey: #124
Prevention Strategies for Invasive Plants: #127
Working with nursery/landscape industries?: #127
A new invasive species assessment protocol: #127
Big opportunity vs. invasives in China: #130
Eastern US knotweed projects: #132
New USFS Invasive Plant Regional EIS completed!: #139
Starting a county-wide program: #143
Invasive Exotic Plant Management Tutorial: #144
Programs on private lands?: #144
Conservation by Design Gateway: #149
Preventing spread via utility corridors: #150

Policies, Legislation, Networks
Presidential Executive Order on Invasive Species: #019
Cooperative Weed Management Agreements: #020
Executive Order on Invasive Species: #022
Insurance required for certain herbicide uses: #030
Have weed laws been used against you?: #043
Two items on working with nurseries to prevent weed problems: #044
Weed stories needed to motivate politicians: #054
Pulling Loosestrife: #055
Purple Loosestrife declared noxious: #055
USFWS seeks input on invasive animal prohibitions: #056
Draft National Invasive Species Management Plan: #070
Information sought on invasive Agrostis and Poa species: #080
BLM-TNC Northwest Weeds Partnership: #086
Cooperative Weed Management Areas: #087
Draft Statewide Invasive Species Management Program: #102
Great news from Hawai'i about ants: #106
Colorado bans more species: #112
Vermont bans almost 30 invasives: #112
National Invasive Weeds Awareness Week: #113
Colorado's Banned list---a correction: #113
Comment period on black carp: #119
Illinois and North Carolina weed lists: #119
National Invasive Species Committee formed: #124
New Invasive Species Council formed: #124
Hawai'i to spend $40 megabucks on invasives: #124
APHIS decisions on forest pests: #124
Aridlands, fire and invasives network: #125
US Legislation update: #130
Phragmites identification and noxious status: #132
Farm Bill and invasives: #133
CWMA Workshops: #136
Farm Bill programs to control invasives: #137
Illinois Governor signs aquatic invasives law: #140
Eastern U.S. Invasives Learning Network Workshop!: #144
Southern US Invasive Species Working Group: #145
Are you on an invasive species council? #151
Eastern N. America Invasives Learning Network Workshop: #153

Restoration
Planting Natives after knapweed Removal: #090
How to get weed-free top soil: #090
Weed-free top soil: #091
Sterilizing soil: #091
Clarification on weed-free topsoil: #092
Restoring heavily invaded mine lands: #108
Networking native plant nurseries for restoration: #111
Native plant exchange: #120
Plant exchange agreements: #121
Soil stabilization alternatives for Italian ryegrass: #124
Online restoration database: #133

TNC Network News
(see also Network Listserve Archives)
Eastern Invasive Species Management Network: #093
Eastern Invasives Management Network: #094
Eastern Invasives Management Network: #096
Eastern Invasives Network: #099
Aridlands Grazing Network Workshop #6: #126
Western Invasives Learning Network Workshop #3! #141
TNC's Eastern U.S. Invasives Learning Network Workshop: #147

Tools
Wicking Tools: #020
Tools for Wicking Cattails: #020
Weed Wicking Tool For Cattails: #020
More on Weed Wicking Tools: #020
Wicking Tools: #021
Seed-collecting trailer?: #024
Seed-collecting trailer: #025
Floridian seed-collecting trailer: #025
Prairie Habitat's seed-collector trailer: #025
More on Prairie Habitat's seed-collectors: #025
USDA's seed-collectors: #025
Weird weed tools: #027
New tools in the toolshed: #030
Pack-horse spray rig: #033
Tools for pulling purple loosestrife: #040
Help with Scotch Broom: #052
Jack's herbicide wand: #059
Heat-based weed killer: #071
Field tests of Klip Kleen applicator: #071
Weed wrench rumours unfounded: #077
Microstegium Species Management Summary, and spot-burning tool review: #079
Backpack sprayers: #081
Backpack sprayers: #082
Portable spray rigs: #083
New tool review: #083
Spray Rigs: #084
Sidewinder tree injectors: #101
Wet-blade mowers: #101
Drills and Sidewinder: #103
Sidewinder injector systems: #103
Tool reviews: Ringer, Root Jack, Brush Monitor: #117
Boiling water and Oxalis pes-caprae: #124
Have you flamed plants?: #124
Vehicle washings in remote locations: #127
Herbicide wand: #128
Moisture probes: #135
Tarp experiments: #137
Invasive plant data management tools available: #140
Test-drive a honeysuckle popper: #143
You brute!: #144
Weed propagule removal system: #151

W.I.M.S.
WIMS is now available!!! #134
WIMS resources available for TNC staff! #135
Weed Info Mgmt System trainings! #139
Invasive plant data management tools available: #140
WIMS 3 Released!!: #153

GIST Listserve policies, news, and website
Welcome to the Invasives listserve: #001
New look to the digest and archives: #009
Weed survey halls of fame and shame: #010
New Information on the Wildland Weeds Website: #012
A note on the Weeds Listserve: #023
Weird weed tools: #027
Weed survey follow-up: #028
New tools in the toolshed: #030
The listserve is expanding: #034
1998-99 Weed Survey Analyses have been mailed!: #045
Invasive Insect Problems? Advice Available!: #049
Additions to Weeds Web Site: #050
New Weed Alerts on the weeds web site: #052
Unique and successful weed control strategies sought: #053
National Stewardship Conference: #054
Phalaris and Euonymus added to TNC Invasives web site: #057
Index to listserve discussions on line: #058
Lepidium latifolium Species Management Summary, Euonymus alatus alert: #059
Useful new weed documents available: #067
New weed documents available: #068
New Sapium sebiferum Species Management Summary online: #072
Excellent pesticide link and success stories too!: #075
New Paspalum notatum Species Management Summary online: #078
Invasive species fact sheets online: #079
Microstegium Species Management Summary, and spot-burning tool review: #079
Weed alerts and Species Management Summaries: #080
Weed Control Methods Handbook online!: #081
Feedback desired on Weed Control Methods Handbook: #082
New tool review: #083
A Message from the Wildland Invasive Species Team: #085
Invasive Species Initiative Business Plan: #087
Invasive species literature review: #088
Weed pamphlet from WIST: #092
Model weed plan on-line: #094
Vincetoxicum/Cynanchum documents on line: #097
Alerts: Hypericum canariense and Alliaria petiolata: #097
New useful weed documents available: #098
e-Bay changes policies: #099
TNC staffers take note!: #100
New features on WIST web site: #109
Web site news: #111
New on the WIST web site: #113
Seeking TNC Mentor for Smith Fellow: #113
Interesting Links: #113
We're baaaack!: #115
Invasive Species Initiative in Spanish/Portuguese: #115
Temporary change in listserve operations: #116
Maryland Invasive Species Council web site: #117
New chapter on adjuvants in WIST handbook!!: #118
Web site additions: #119
News from the Award-Winning WIST: #123
Corrections to listserve #123: #124
A quick note on listserv policies: #125
New resources at the WIST web site: #125
Web site additions: #126
Listserve/web site activities: #127
Become famous on the web; write an ESA!: #127
Virus warnings, minor web site additions: #128
TNC project profiles on line--you could be next!: #128
Gallery of Pests on-line!: #129
Web updates: #130
Remote sensing tutorial on line! #135
Pests added to ISI Gallery: #135
Which of our products are most useful?: #138
Updating our ESAs: #140
Listserve back and kicking: #143
Web site additions: #148
GISI brochures! #150
Get your work profiled on nature.org: #151
Have you checked the meeting listings lately?: #152

Etc.
Looking for preserves to Highlight in magazine article: #022
Do you need clean seed?: #028
Have horses been implicated in the spread of exotics?: #035
Horses and weeds: #036
Research requests for starting PhD student: #037
List of weeds for Alabama: #039
Does the weeds listserve and web site help?: #042
Hiking advice, and Sawtooth/Gobbler Oaks: #060
A new weed geek: #065
Weeds spread by fire teams: #068
NatureServe web site: #069
On line survey of weed issues: #070
Weed events calendar: #075
Essex rape: #081
Landscape Conservation Networks Website: #089
Seeking information about YOU: #090
Weed Survey: #101
Conservation easements and invaders: #105
Affecting species composition with management: #106
Trish Klahr on the air: #107
Letters-to-the-editor regarding invasives: #109
ATVs and motorcycles: #111
Irrigation/drainage ditches: #111
Effects of ATVs: #112
Seeking management recommendations: #121
CAPS database--do you use it?: #122
Weedy gifts!: #126
TNC signs for postage money: #127
AZ Wildlands Invasive Plants website is online!: #133
Company seeks site to test fish barrier: #135
A bad idea: #135
Training contractors: #136
Knotweed program wins award!: #140
TNC Global Fire Initiative web site redesign: #140
Enviro-roll Land and Sea Tissues: #146
Poetry: #152