Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council's 7th Annual Conference
Alabama Invasive Plant Council's 3rd Annual Conference
"Invasive Plants - Arming to Defend and Win"
Carraway-Davie Conference Center, Birmingham, AL
Tuesday May 3
8-12 | Registration - Dr. Curtis Hansen, Treas. ALIPC |
| General Session |
Moderator: | Keith Tassin, ALIPC President and TNC of Alabama |
9-9:10 | Welcome to the SE EPPC Conference VII, President Brian Bowen |
9:10-9:30 | Welcome to Alabama and Our Invasive Predicament Commissioner M. Barnett Lawley, State of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
9:30-10:15 | Organizing to Succeed Against Invasive Plants and Strategies to Take Control and Restore Dr. Jim Miller, ALIPC Board and USDA Forest Service R&D, Auburn |
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10:15-10:30 | Break |
Moderator: | Brian Bowen, President SE EPPC |
10:30-11:00 | Political Activism: How to Be Effective as 501(c) 3 Organizations. A primer on effective strategies to promote action by State and Federal representatives and agencies James Cummins, Wildlife of Mississippi, Stoneville |
11:00-11:30 | New Findings of the Forestland Survey of Nonnative Plant Invasions in the South Dr. Vic Rudis, USDA Forest Service Research FIA, Knoxville |
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11:30-12 | SE EPPC's Strategic Planning to Meet the Challenge Joyce Bender, Kentucky EPPC President, KY State Nature Preserves |
12 - 1 | Lunch (Conference Center, included in registration) |
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Moderator: | Jim Miller, ALIPC Executive Board |
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1-1:30 | Biological Control: What is Underway and What is Possible and Impossible Dr. Ted Center, USDA ARS, Center for Invasive Species, Ft. Lauderdale |
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1:30-2 | The Latest Tools in Herbicide Technology and Extending Labels for Invasives Dr. David Moorhead, The Bugwood Network, The University of Georgia, Tifton |
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2- 3 | Poster Presentations (Posters listed at end) and Break |
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3-3:30 | The Latest Technology for Mechanical Treatments and Precision IVM Dr. Bob Rummer, USFS Engineering Research Project Leader, Auburn |
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3:30-4:00 | Spatial Technology for the Survey and Monitoring of Invasive Plants Dale Loberger, ESRI Inc., Charlotte |
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4-4:30 | Discussion of SE-EPPC Strategic Plan with Responses from Members Brian Bowen, President |
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4:30-5 | ALIPC Business Meeting for all ALIPC members |
5-6:30 | Evening Social (Conference Center - cash bar and finger foods) with Vendors and Posters |
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Wednesday May 4
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| Concurrent Sessions |
8-10 | Room A, Session: Developing Lists and Species Strategies Chair: Dr. Randy Westbrooks, USGS National Invasives Coordinator |
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8-8:30 | Overview of Permitted and Prohibited Listing Approaches for New and Emerging Invasive Plants Randy Westbrooks, USGS |
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8:30-9 | Federal Noxious Weed Regulation and Proposed Revisions to U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Quarantine on Plants for Planting Dr. Alan V. Tasker, National Noxious Weed Coordinator, USDA APHIS |
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9-9:30 | Formulation Strategies of State Noxious Weed Lists and EPPC Lists Dr. Jack Ranney, Professor, University of Tennessee |
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9:30-10 | Halting the Invasion: An Industry Point of View Merrill Varn, Invasive Plant Task Force, The Georgia Green Industry Association |
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8-10 | Room B, Session: Ecology, Genetics, and Impacts of Invasive Plants Chair: Dr. Charles Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service |
8-8:30 | Ecology Impacts and Genetic Variability Research for Invasive Weeds Charles Bryson, USDA ARS, Stoneville |
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8:30-8:50 | Response of Microstegium vimineum and Lonicera japonica to Continuous Forest Cover Forestry Practices Nancy J. Loewenstein, Edward F. Loewenstein, John M. Lhotka and Bradford J. Ostrom, Center for Forest Sustainability, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, AL |
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8:50-9:10 | Microstegium vimineum Management and Impacts on Native Plant Communities Caren A. Judge1, Joseph C. Neal1, Theodore H. Shear1, and Jeffrey F. Derr2, 1North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, and 2Virginia Tech University |
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9:10-9:30 | Habitat Susceptibility to Invasion by Cogongrass on Camp Shelby Training Site, MS Lisa Yager1, Deborah L. Miller2, and Jeanne Jones3, 1The Nature Conservancy of MS, 2University of Florida/Milton Campus, and 3Mississippi State University |
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9:30-9:50 | Molecular Genetic Variation in Cogongrass near the Point of Initial Introduction into the Southeastern United States Ludovic J.A. Capo-chichi1, W.H. Faircloth2, A.G. Williamson1, M. G. Patterson1, J.H. Miller3, and Edzard van Santen1, 1Auburn University, 2 USDA ARS, National Peanut Research Laboratory, Dawson, GA and 3 USDA Forest Service R&D, Auburn |
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9:50-10 | Discussion |
10-10:30 | BREAK |
10:30-12 | Room A, Session: Invasive Plant Survey and Monitoring Chair: Dr. Jack Ranney, University of Tennessee |
10:30-11 | Invasive Plant Monitoring and Science Needs Jack Ranney, University of Tennessee |
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11-11:30 | Overview and Status of Consolidated Invasive Plant Web Mapping Pamela J. Nabors, NBII-SAIN/TVA with team members, Brandon League, Wolf Naegeli, Farial Shahnaz, Jeremy Floyd, and Matt Durnin |
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11:30-12 | Evaluation Monitoring of Exotic Invasive Species and Collaboration of Citizen-Scientists, Ken Stolte, USDA Forest Service R&D, Research Triangle Park, NC
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10:30-12 | Room B, Session: Control, Containment, and Eradication Research Chair: Dr. David Moorhead, The University of Georgia |
10:30-10:50 | Reforestation Techniques in Cogongrass-infested Areas W. H. Faircloth1,2, J. H. Miller3, M. G. Patterson1, and D. H. Teem1. 1Auburn University, Auburn, AL; 2Current address USDA/ARS, National Peanut Research Laboratory, Dawson, GA; 3USDA Forest Service, Auburn, AL |
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10:50-11:10 | Evaluation of Herbicides for Controlling Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) and Restoring Native Wetland Plants at Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge Shannon L. Allen1, Gary R. Hepp1, and James H. Miller2, 1Auburn University and 2USDA Forest Service R&D, Auburn |
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11:10-11:30 | Effects of Herbicide Timing and Application Method on Fruit Maturation and Seed Viability in Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense). Sarah Vokoun and Larry Nelson, Department of Forestry, Clemson University |
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11:30-11:50 | Non-chemical Alternatives to Controlling Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) Jack N. Callahan, Callahan's Kudzu Management, Cleveland, TN |
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11:50-12 | Discussion of what works and what does not work |
12-1 | Lunch (Conference Center, included in registration ) |
| Concurrent Sessions |
1-2:30 | Room A, Session: Organizing Regionally, Sub-regionally, and Locally Chair: Dr. John Byrd, Mississippi State University |
1-1:30 | Organizing in Mississippi and the Mid-South Invasive Species Alliance John Byrd, Mississippi State University |
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1:30-1:50 | Where to Find Funding for Invasive Species Control Programs. Jim Bean, BASF Corp., Memphis |
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1:50-2:10 | Pulling Together Initiative: A Texas-sized Partnership to Manage Invasive Plants Dr. Damon Waitt, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin, TX |
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2:10-2:30 | Organize Informally with Southeast Aquatic Resources Partnership (SARP) Marilyn Barrett-O'Leary, Louisiana State University
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1-2:30 | Room B, Session: Control and Restoration Projects Underway Chair: Dr. John Taylor, USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry. |
1-1:30 | Region 8, USDA-FS State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection Non Native Invasive Plant Program. John Taylor, USDA Forest Service, Atlanta |
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1:30-1:50 | Identification and control of bush honeysuckle in the Tennessee Valley Amy Werkheiser1 and Andy Prewett2, 1OMI, Inc. and 2The Land Trust of Huntsville and Northern Alabama |
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1:50-2:10 | Selective Control of Invasive Submersed Aquatic Plants John D. Madsen and Kurt D. Getsinger GeoResources Institute, Mississippi State University and US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory, Vicksburg, MS |
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2:10-2:30 | USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, Non-Native Invasive Species (NNIS) Strategy and National Forests in Alabama Projects Steve Rickerson, Forest Supervisor Alabama, and Rhonda Stewart, NNIS Coordinantor Alabama, USDA Forest Service |
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2:30-3 | BREAK |
| Closing General Session |
Moderator: | Brian Bowen |
3-3:30 | Integration of Invasive Species Information and Images at a Regional, National and International Level: Invasive.org Charles T. Bargeron, Christopher W. Evans, David J. Moorhead, and G. Keith Douce, The Bugwood Network, The University of Georgia |
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3:30-4 | After the Invasion: The Hope of Ecological Restoration David Borland, The Nature Conservancy of Alabama, Birmingham |
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4-4:15 | Closing Remarks, Brian Bowen, Ben Moore (New President of ALIPC), and Jim Miller Conclude Silent Auction |
4-5 | Take down posters, booths and displays. |
6-6:30 | Social (Conference Center - cash bar) |
6:30-11 | Dinner and Music on the Cahaba (Conference Center). |
Posters
Invasive Plants of the Eastern United States: Identification and Control CD-ROM and Web Site. Charles T. Bargeron, David J. Moorhead, G. Keith Douce, The University of Georgia, Richard C. Reardon, USDA Forest Service and Arthur E.Miller, USDA APHIS PPQ
Oriental Bittersweet :Mapping Occurrences in a Combined Regional Effort. Pamela J. Nabors, NBII-SAIN/TVA; Matthew Durnin and Brandon League of NBII-SAIN/UTK; Scott Kichman, Keith Langdon and Chris Ulrey of the National Park Service; Gary Kauffman and Paul Merten of the USDA Forest Service; Jack Ranney of the University of Tennessee; Andy Brown and Volunteers of the Southern Appalachian Man And the Biosphere program
Distribution of 116 non-native plants in Alabama based on in-state herbaria records. Curtis J. Hansen1 and Nancy J. Loewenstein2 1The Freeman Herbarium, Biological Sciences Department, Auburn University 2School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University
Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on Invasive Weed Species in Managed Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Southeastern US. S.A. Prior1, G.B. Runion1, A.J. Price1, E. van Santen2, H.H. Rogers1, D.H. Gjerstad3, and H.A. Torbert1 1USDA-ARS National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Auburn, AL; 2Department of Agronomy and Soils, Auburn University, Auburn, AL; 3School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
USDA Forest Service, Southern Region, Non-Native Invasive Species (NNIS) Strategy and National Forests in Alabama Projects. Steve Rickerson and Rhonda S. Stewart, USDA Forest Service Region 8.
Evaluation of clopyralid, fluroxypyr, metsulfuron methyl, and triclopyr for scotchbroom control. Mitchell P. Blair1 and Shepard M. Zedaker2, 1Department of Agronomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and 2Department of Forestry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
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