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September 16
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8:00 – 9:00
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Registration and networking
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Introduction to Invasive Plants
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Welcome
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Planning committee
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9:00
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Overview of invasive plants' impact
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Randy Westbrooks, USGS
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Integrated Pest Management panel – facilitated by Adam Downing, VCE
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- The role of IPM with Invasive Plants
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Adam Downing, VCE
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- It's Phenology: why various control methods work
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Norris Muth, Juniata College
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- Applying IPM on the Ground
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Jeff Brower,Conservation Services, Inc.
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10:00
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Break with sponsors
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11:00
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Species Identification - five that we're dealing with and five to be on the look out for
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Kevin Heffernan, DCR
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12:30 - 1:00
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✓*Optional Session: Pesticide Regulatory Update
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VDACS representative
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Travel to Field Sites (rotate through stations covering the following topics:
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1:00
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Joe Lehnen
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Bill McShea
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- Woodland Invasives and Herbicide Safety (40 min.)
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Jerre Creighton, Matt Yancey & Jake Hughes
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Brian Knox
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- Herbicide selection (30 min)
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Travis Rogers, Dow AgroSciences and G. Neil Loyd, DuPont VMF Products
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Travel back to 4H Center
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4:15
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Wrap up
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Planning committee
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5:00
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✓ Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Optional Tour – First-come, first serve
(not part of SAF-CFE offering)
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Bill McShea
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7:00
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✓ Climate change, CO2 and invasive plants
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Lewis H. Ziska, PhD
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✓ Optional Session
* Required for Pesticide Recertification Credit
September 17
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7:30
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Breakfast, registration and networking
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9:00
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Panel Presentations Facilitated by Matt Yancey
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Triage and Approach
(How to prioritize and plan invasive plant control efforts)
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Norris Muth, Juniata College
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10:00
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Early Detection, Rapid Response
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Randy Westbrooks, USGS
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Q & A
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Break with Sponsors
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11:00
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Restoration Case Studies facilitated by Bill McShea
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Nicole Cavender, The Wilds
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- Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve
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Ron Circe, Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve
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- Private landowner case study
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Phil Stokes
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Q & A
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Communicating the Message
(Outreach, education & social marketing to affect change)
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Virginia Witmer, Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program
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Off campus field tour
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1:00
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Travel to field sites (10 min.)
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Native warm season grass establishment at CEC
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Bill McShea, SCBI
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Travel time (30 min)
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2:00
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Bruce Jones' "Habitat Heaven" - accomplishing invasive control on private lands through cost share programs
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Bruce Jones
Marc Puckett, VDGIF
Jake Hughes, National Park Service
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3:30
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Board busses/vans
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4:00
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Concluding remarks
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Planning Committee
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