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August 2008 E-Newsletter. To subscribe, click here.

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Filling a Void: Growing Montana’s Restoration Workforce. A Workshop on Education and Training for the Restoration Economy. Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Montana Tech, Student Union Building, Copper Lounge, Butte, MT. Cost: Free, register here or call (406) 444-2074. Workshop will identify the training and educational opportunities Montana students, workers and professionals need to succeed in the restoration economy. Presented by MT DNRC, Ofc. of Commissioner of Higher Education, MT Tech of the University of Montana.

Flowering Rush: An Invasive Aquatic Macrophyte Infesting the Flathead Basin. Powerpoint presentation of joint project among Salish Kootenai College, Salish & Kootena Tribes, and the University of Montana.

2009 MT Noxious Weed Trust Fund Guidelines. Proposals due December 1, 2008.

The Invasive Weed Impact Calculator, a new web site from MSU Extension, lets landowners calculate the impacts of leafy spurge and spotted knapweed.

Don't Forget to Register for 2008 conference in Nashville. Hotel conference rate registration through August 30.

Presentations and conclusions from the Rocky Mountain Weed Summit, held in June in Fort Collins, CO, are now online.

Reporting alerts in Invasive Plant Science and Management--new detections, range extensions, or taxonomic revelations. For more details, contact Joe DiTomaso, jmditomaso(at)ucdavis.edu.

Free online pesticide training course available for retail employees.   The UC Statewide IPM Program offers a free online pesticide training course for garden center employees, Master Gardeners, etc .http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/IPMPROJECT/retailtraining.html.

March '08 Restoration Ecology, special section on Tamarix restoration from 2006 Tamarisk Research Conf. See http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/rec/16/1 for pp 90-190, "Restoration in the context of Tamarix spp. invasion . . ."

Weed Science Society of America Warns Glyphosate Resistance Increasing

Weed Science Society of America Invasive Plant Spotlight: "Algae-Harboring Hydrilla Causing Bald Eagle Deaths in the Southeast.”

Cal-IPC's 2008 Wildland Weed Field Course schedule includes courses on four topics for the weed worker. Registration and details at www.cal-ipc.org/fieldcourses/index.php.

See Calendar for more meetings and events.

Jobs & Funding

Agricultural Specialist/Grants Coordinator, Montana Dept. of Ag, Helena. Closes Sept. 12.

Ag Science Professor, 100% teaching, Arizona Western College. Master's degree required. Review begins September 15, 2008; open until filled.

See Rangeland Ecology section of ESA for more jobs. Many job postings in Hawaii and the Pacific Region at http://www.hear.org, Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project.

BASF Invasive Vegetation Management 2009 Matching Grant Program. BASF dollars are specifically to support customers that use BASF brand herbicides in an integrated vegetation management program. BASF funding is to be utilized as non-federal match for state, federal or foundation grants. Deadline September 29, 2008.

Western SARE Request for Applications for its 2009 Program now open at http://wsare.usu.edu. Deadlines vary from May 30 to Dec. 5, 2008, depending on the program.

USDA 2008 list of grants includes opportunities for invasive species research, technical assistance, prevention, and control. http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/toolkit/main.shtml.

The August 2007 Tamarisk Coalition Newsletter includes a list of 178 funding opportunities (pdf file) for tamarisk issues and riparian restoration. 

See Grants page for more funding opportunities.

Publications & Sites

Challenging Cheatgrass, 6 page color-illustrated pdf from USFS, Rocky Mtn Research Station, with recent research on control.

Turn Cows into Weed Managers. . . . p art of a cooperative pilot project between Grant-Kohrs Ranch in Montana and Utah State University. Cows learned to eat Canada thistle, leafy spurge and spotted knapweed, they ate all three weeds in pasture and they and their calves continued to eat them in 2005. Info from Livestock for Landscapes.

Spatial Invasion Simulator. Model resulting from CIPM-funded research project from the Suding lab at UC Irvine.Learn how invasive plant establishment and spread can be influenced by the ecological mechanisms of plant feedback and seed dispersa; explore alternative management strategies to control invasion and restore native species.

New Weed Alerts from MSU Extension. Whitetop, houndstongue, leafy spurge, yellow starthistle, knapweed, saltcedar, toadflax. Download or contact MSU Extension Publications for free copies.

Biofuel Crops: Panacea or Pandora's Box? Press release from WSSA on risks of using invasives for biofuel crops.

Updated Conservation Directory for 2007 from CPC now online. Search by expertise and state; maps and related fields also updated. Very useful directory to agencies, nonprofits, and more.

The 2007 editions of PNW (Pacific NorthWest) Insect Handbook; PNW Weed Mgmt Handbook, and PNW Plant Disease Mgmt Handbook are online at: http://ipmnet.org/IPM_Handbooks.htm.

 

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