Planning Weed Mangement for Ecosystem Recovery

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2003 Cal-IPC Red Alert! New invasions and recent expansions
Mandy Tu, The Nature Conservancy Wildland Invasive Species Team

Session 1: Laws and Regulations

• An overview of environmental compliance and permitting
  Petra Unger, EDAW Inc.
• Efficient watershed and regional permitting and compliance strategies  
  Ron Unger, EDAW Inc.
• The role of the Agricultural Commissioner
  Joshua Huntsinger, Placer County Ag. Commissioner's Office
• Herbicide use, water quality, and regulatory considerations
  Jason Churchill, Lahontan Water Board
• Cultural resource statutes, weed management, and restoration  
  Lynne Christiansen , San Diego County Historian

Session 2: Assessing, Planning, and Setting Priorities

• Invasive plant infestation assessment on Catalina Island: Determination of mapping sample size and accuracy
  John Knapp, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• How did we get the project going and how are we doing it? Assessing, planning, and prioritizing for the Eastern Nevada Tri-county weed project  
  Robert E. Wilson, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, White Pine
• A watershed approach to Arundo donax removal and riparian restoration 
  Karen Gaffney, Circuit Rider Productions
• Planning for weed control in the context of threatened and endangered species
  Maria Ryan, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension

Session 4: Working with Ecosystem Processes in Recovery

• Atmospheric CO2 influences on recovery potential
  Jay Arnone, Desert Research Institute
• Nitrogen augmentation of soils  
  Jeff Corbin, UC Berkeley and Carla D'Antonio, USDA-ARS
• Fire regimes and potential for recovery  
  Matt Brooks, USGS and Mike Pellant, BLM
• Hydrological influences on recovery potential
  Julie Stromberg, Arizona State University

Session 5: New Managment Tools and Techniques

• Removing biomass and controlling weeds: Report on brown brush monitor trials  
  Stuart Gray, UAP Timberland/Western Shasta RCD and Beau Miller, Dow AgroSciences
• Native grass seeding and mulch effects on weedy species  
  Michael Hogan, Integrated Environmental Restoration Services Inc.
• Managed goat grazing--It works
  Hugh and Sarah Bunten, Southern Oregon Goat Producers
• Imazapyr herbicide--Effective uses on invasive plants  
  Bob Brenton, Independent Pest Control Advisor

Session 7: Monitoring and Evaluating Recovery Progress

• Introduction: When is restoration appropriate?   
  Carla Bossard, St. Mary's College of California
• Defining and evaluating recovery  
  Jeanne Chambers, US Forest Service
• How do I use my monitoring tools?  
  David Pyke, USGS
• A decade of restoration at the Lanphere Dunes: Monitoring at multiple scales
  Andrea Pickart, Humboldt Bay NWR

Session 8 & 9: Contributed Papers

• Tall whitetop eradication and native plant community restoration  
  Shannon Peters, UC Berkeley and Julie Etra, Western Botanical Services
• Experimental revegetation strategies and technologies for restoration of native shrub/grass communitites on saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) infestation sites  
  Kenneth Lair and Sarah Wynn, US Bureau of Reclamation
• Abundance and distribution of non-native woody species in Sacramento Valley riparian zones  
  John Hunter, John Sterling, Willian Widdowson, Edward Beedy, Jones & Stokes; Diana Stralberg and Nadav Nur, Point Reyes Bird Observatory
• Getting the job done: Working within the regulatory environment at Lake Tahoe to manage weeds 
  Sue Donaldson, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension
• Tilling Himalayan blackberry out of Yosemite Valley  
  Lisa Ordonez, National Park Service
• Nitrogen deposition impacts on nutrient-poor grassland ecosystem: conservation, management, and restoration
  Stuart Weiss , Creekside Center for Earth Observations
• Tarping as an alternative to chemical stump treatment of Acacia dealbata  
  Matt Horowitz, Santa Cruz Natural Resources and Employment Program
• Biocontrols and restoration   
  David Headrick, Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo
• The potential contribution of natural enemies from Mediterranean Europe to the management of the invasive weed Arundo donax (Graminae; Arundinae) in the US
  Andrew Kirk, Tim Widmer, G. Campobasso, USDA-ARS European Biological Control, Ray Carruthers and Tom Dudley, USDA-ARS Western Regional Research Center
• The use of remote sensing to assess biological control impact on salcedar in Lovelock, Nevada
  R. Carruthers, G. Anderson, and J. Knight, USDA-ARS
• Rapid evolution of invasive California poppies  
  Beth Leger, UC Davis Graduate Group in Ecology
• Prediction of Cynara cardunculus seedling development using a degree-day approach
  Virginia White and Jodie Holt, UC Riverside
• Invasibility of experimental riparian communities by Arundo donax
  Lauren Quin and Jodie Holt, UC Riverside
• Seasonal activity and impacts of Arundo donax  
  Michael Rauterkus and Jodie Holt, UC Riverside
• Patterns of seedling establishment in artichoke thistle, Cynara cardunculus
  Robin Marushia and Jodie Holt, UC Riverside

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