SE-EPPC

Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council

Disturbance and Change, Invasive Plants and Paths to Recovery
a Joint Meeting of SE-EPPC and SE-SERI

Chattanooga, TN, May 11-13, 2010 (Tuesday-Thursday)

Tuesday, May 11

Welcome, SE-EPPC Award - Terrace Room

First plenary speaker:

Insights into the green initiatives being made within the city of Chattanooga.  - Gene Hyde

Second plenary speaker:

Restoration of native grasses in the southeastern United States. - Tom Barnes

Keynote speaker:

Coping with disturbance and change: Identifying the costs associated with invasive plants in the Southeast. - Don Hodges

Forest Restoration - Moderator: Jennifer Franklin

Restoring the Kentucky lady's slipper orchid in the Kisatchie National Forest: outplanting study results- J. Barnett, D. Moore, and K. Allen.

Invasive Species Education and Outreach - Moderator: Terri Killefer

Invasive plants: Education and outreach in Georgia- K.A. Rawlins, C.T. Bargeron, E. Griffin, and D. Moorhead.

The Florida Invasive Plant Education Initiative - K. Brown and A. Richard.


Chinese yam eradication, site restoration, and education on the threat posed by exotic invasive species in the Stones River Watershed - T. Hogan, K. Sadler, J. Walck, K. Hurt, and S. Cofer.



Wednesday, May 12

Restoration - Moderator: Karen Brown

Response of rivercane (Arundinaria species) to competition, site preparation techniques, and flooding: Implications for habitat restoration - M. Mills and G. Ervin.

Optimizing rhizomal propagation of rivercane (Arundinaria gigantea) - R. Jolley. D.M. Neal, B. Baldwin, and G. Ervin.

Forest Restoration - Moderator: John Tobe

Forest ecosystem restoration on reclaimed coal mines - V.M. Davis.

How do soil characteristics influence restoration success in forested ecosystems? - J. Franklin.

Invasive Species - Moderator: Joyce Bender

A method for quantifying habitat indication and expansion of invasive species- S. Brewer

Invasion of non-native plant to the forest of the Cumberland Plateau and Mountain Region - D. Lemke, J. Brown, P. Hulme, and W. Tadesse.

Cogongrass Research and Organization - Moderator: Robin Mackie

Response of rivercane (Arundinaria species) to competition, site preparation techniques, and flooding: Implications for habitat restoration - M. Mills and G. Ervin.

Optimizing rhizomal propagation of rivercane (Arundinaria gigantea) - R. Jolley. D.M. Neal, B. Baldwin, and G. Ervin.

Cogongrass Research and Organization - Moderator: Robin Mackie

Herbicide treatments targeting cogongrass eradication - S.F. Enloe, J. Aulakh, and N. Loewenstein.

Loblolly pine reforestation succeeds in significant cogongrass suppression after 8 years - J.H. Miller and W.H. Faircloth.

Cogongrass seed production across Alabama and Georgia - N.J. Loewenstein, J.H. Miller, and S.F. Enloe.

Fighting the battle to win the war on cogongrass in Alabama- S.D. Pecot, L. S. Casey, P. A. Glass, J. H. Miller, and E.G. Lovett.

Invasive Species - Moderator: Kris Johnson

The Florida Invasive Species Partnership (FISP): Invasive species know no boundaries – and neither do we!- K. Brown, K. Serbesoff-King, and E. Myers.

Measuring restoration success in cedar glades after Ligustrum sinense removal- D. Adams, A. Martinez, T. Hogan, R. Houser, and K. Hurt.

Getting the jump on invasives: Considerations during habitat management and restoration- G. Ervin.

Environmental impacts of non-chemical invasive weed control- J. Cobb.

Grassland Restoration - Moderator: John Tobe

Construction of a GIS predictor for locating new sites for prairie conservation efforts in the Blackland Prairie region of Mississippi - S. Hughes and G. Ervin.

Blackland prairie restoration on traditionally manicured areas of a college campus- D.A. Wymer and L.N. Marks.

Restoring native xeric sandhill groundcover on abandoned citrus grove lands near Lake Apopka in Ferndale, Florida: Exotic species control, site preparation and direct seeding - J. Kelly and R. Concoby.

Cogongrass Roundtable Session, Plotting our Course into the Future: A Regional Effort - Moderator: Jim Miller

Combating cogongrass: An overview of southeast state and regional programs and activities- J. Miller.

Wetlands Restoration - Moderator: Doug Wymer

Pigeon River Recovery Project: bringing back aquatic diversity- J.A. Coombs, E. Burr, J.L. Wilson, and S.J. Fraley.

Index of Biotic Integrity Models for monitoring ecological restoration in Tennessee hardwood bottomlands - E.A. Summers and M.J. Gray.