Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference 2012 (UMISC) 2012 - Save the Date and Call for Abstracts
October 29-31, 2012
La Crosse Center
La Crosse, Wisconsin
www.umisc2012.org
Click here to go to the abstract submission webpage with instructions for authors.
Abstract submission deadline is Monday, April 16, 2012 at 11:00 pm CST
Training Videos for Brush Management with Herbicides
With the field season upon us, it is always a good idea to review herbicide application techniques and to train new staff in proper use of herbicides. Dow Agrosciences has produced a series of videos on application techniques for brush species. While these videos feature Dow products exclusively, information is applicable to any herbicide used for brush management. Techniques demonstrated include cut stump, hack-and-squirt, basal bark, and low volume foliar. There is also a video for dormant stem applications, but this application is intended for brush management in the southern US and has limited utility in Wisconsin. Each video is also accompanied by a bulleted list of important information for successfully carrying out each application technique.
If you have a couple of minutes, check them out. A few minutes of education could help improve efficiency in application and control over the entire year.
http://www.dowagro.com/vm/application/applications.htm
June is Invasive Species Awareness Month
Slow the Spread by Boat and Tread!
The Wisconsin Council on Invasive Species invites you to participate in a number of ways:
1. Know a 4th or 5th grader who would like to enter a poster contest? Send them here: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/teacher/isamcontest.htm. The winning posters will be displayed at the Capitol in June and winners will be honored at a ceremony at Olbrich Gardens in Madison, WI on June 6 at 1pm. Deadline: Monday, April 2!
2. Know an Invader Crusader? Nominate an individual (volunteer, student, or professional) or organization (nonprofit, business, or agency) that has demonstrated exemplary work in combating the spread of invasive species. Download the nomination form here: http://invasivespecies.wi.gov/awareness/index.asp. Deadline: Friday, April 27!
3. Know an invasive species removal, education, or other related event(s) you would like to advertise? Send them to isam_wi@yahoo.com to be posted on our calendar of events - http://invasivespecies.wi.gov/awareness/section.asp?linkid=1558&locid=63
Thank you for helping to combat the spread of invasive species in Wisconsin's lands, waters, wetlands and shorelines!
A role for native weeds and aggressive plants for replacing (or competing with) invasives in badly degraded areas
Weeds Across Borders 2012 Conference
Cancun, Mexico from April 24-27, 2012.
Preliminary conference information can be found by visiting the WAB 2012 website at: http://www.weedcenter.org/wab/2012/index.html.
Request for Papers
The Weeds Across Borders 2012 Coordinating Committee is now accepting abstracts for oral and poster presentations. See the attached files (in English and Spanish) or visit the www.weedcenter.org/wab/2012 to view the full request for papers. Abstracts must be submitted no later than February 20, 2012.
WAB is an international conference covering the interests of professionals and organizations involved in weed management and regulation. The purpose of the conference is to exchange information on and help promote awareness of the ecological, economic and social impacts of invasive species throughout North America. The topic of weeds is treated from a regional focus placing emphasis on common problems and cooperation among countries and institutions taking into account that cooperation across jurisdictional borders is essential for the prevention and control of non-native plants.
Session Topics:
1. Policy making, regulation, and border control
2. Plant diversity (importance and uses)
3. Genetically modified organisms, weediness, and resistance
4. Economic and health impacts
5. Environmental and biodiversity impacts
6. Global change and climate change modeling
7. Early detection and rapid response
8. Invasion ecology
9. Management and control
10. Education and awareness
Please send any questions you may have to: weedsacrossborders2012@gmail.com.
Conference on Citizen Science
Mark your calendars! August 2012, in Portland Oregon, join researchers, educators, and project leaders for the first large-scale, open conference on citizen science. Details will be posted, as available, on the Conferences page. Have a conference of your own that you'd like to share on citizenscience.org? Email us!
Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research
What: Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research (citizen science, volunteer monitoring, community-based research, crowd science)
When: August 4th and 5th, 2012
Where: Portland, Oregon
Registration is open!
May 4, 2012 deadline for Poster abstracts and scholarship applications
June 14, 2012 deadline for ESA early bird registration rates
Cost: $30 with registration for ESA meeting, $95 for this event only
With the rapid growth and innovation of public participation in scientific research (PPSR), practitioners are in need of a venue for sharing insights across projects and fields of study. This landmark event will convene science researchers, project leaders, educators, technology specialists, evaluators, and others from across many disciplines (including astronomy, molecular biology, human and environmental health, and ecology) to discuss advancing the field of PPSR.
The PPSR Conference is being held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), a venue that has long been supportive of citizen science and that welcomes relevant insights from diverse fields. PPSR Conference attendees may be interested in staying in Portland to attend - or even give a talk or poster at - the ESA conference that runs August 6th -10th. ESA's call for abstracts is now open, with a February 23rd deadline (please note that this call is for ESA only, NOT for the PPSR Conference): http://www.esa.org/portland/contributed.php
More details about the PPSR Conference are available at CitizenScience.org/conference/2012, including the agenda, information on a forthcoming call for posters, and a poll for an early headcount.
Conference Co-Organizers:
Meg Domroese, research consultant, SERC Institute
Heidi Ballard, University of California – Davis
Rick Bonney, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Tony DeFalco, Consultant, Equity and Sustainability
Abraham Miller-Rushing, National Park Service
Sarah Newman, National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)
Jennifer Shirk, CitizenScience.org, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Jake Weltzin, U.S. Geological Survey, USA National Phenology Network
Alison Young, California Academy of Sciences
Terrestrial Invasive Plant Species (TIPS) Conference
Join us in Sault Ste. Marie,ON, Canada, for the First International
Terrestrial Invasive Plant Species (TIPS) Conference
Where: Delta Sault Ste. Marie Waterfront Hotel, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,
Canada.
When: August 20-22, 2012
Details: www.tipsconf.ca
EcoSummit 2012 - Ecological Sustainability
Restoring the Planet’s Ecosystem Services
September 30 - October 5, 2012
Columbus, OH
EcoSummit 2012 will bring together the world's most respected minds in ecological science to discuss restoring the planet's ecosystems. Come hear Nobel Prize laureate
Elinor Ostrom, Pulitzer Prize winners
E.O. Wilson and
Jared Diamond, Kyoto Prize winner
Simon Levin, Stockholm Water Prize laureates
Sven Jørgensen and
William Mitsch, and many others in the first conference ever linking the
Ecological Society of America (ESA),
The International Association for Ecology (INTECOL) and the
Society for Ecological Restoration International (SER).
70 symposia and 11 workshops with almost 600 participants from over
55 countrieshave been accepted for the EcoSummit 2012 Program. The symposia and workshops cover a wide variety of ecological topics, including ecological restoration, ecosystem services, climate change issues, and lake, wetland, and river management and will be presented over the entire week of the conference in parallel sessions.
Call for Abstracts
Please remember to submit your abstracts for poster and oral (general session and invited symposium) presentations by 20 January 2012. Abstracts should be submitted using the online submission system on the EcoSummit 2012 website. |
Abstracts are invited on the following topics:
- Sustainability and Resilience
- Ecosystem Creation and Restoration/Ecological Engineering
- Global Change
- Ecosystem Services
- Ecological Indicators
- Biodiversity and Biological Conservation
- Climate Change
- Ecological Complexity
- Ecotoxicology
- Ecological Economics
- Ecological Modelling
- Biological Invasions
- Ecosystem Health
- Environmental Policy
- Ecological Knowledge
- Coastal Problems Caused by Upland Pollution Sources
- Watershed/River Catchment Management
- Ecohydrology
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Details: http://www.ecosummit2012.org/
Annual North American Weed Management Assoc. Conference and Trade Show
To be held in Branson, MO October 29th to
November 1st.
More information will be on their website later.
Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference 2012 (UMISC) 2012 - Save the Date and Call for Abstracts
October 29-31, 2012
La Crosse Center
La Crosse, Wisconsin
www.umisc2012.org
Click here to go to the abstract submission webpage with instructions for authors.
Abstract submission deadline is Monday, April 16, 2012 at 11:00 pm CST
The purpose of UMISC 2012 is to exchange information on invasive species topics. This is an all-taxa conference covering invasive aquatic and terrestrial plants, animals, pests, and pathogens. The foci are to 1) strengthen awareness of invasive species issues, prevention, and management; and 2) facilitate information sharing and collaboration among researchers, land managers, natural resource professionals, university personnel, landscapers, nursery, agricultural or forestry employees, environmental specialists, lake association members, land owners, governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and others interested in controlling the spread of invasive species in the Upper Midwest.
The host organizations are the Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin, Midwest Invasive Plant Network, Minnesota Invasive Species Advisory Council, and Wisconsin Council on Invasive Species. We expect participants to come from across the Midwest region, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
CONFERENCE SESSIONS WILL FOCUS ON:
Invasive Species Biology, Ecology, Impacts, and Distribution
Biology, Ecology, Impacts, and Distribution of Invasive Species.
Invasive Species Prevention
Risk Assessment, Outreach and Education, Regulation, Available Technology, Containment of Established Invasive Species, Proactive Industry and Agency Procedures, Proactive Land Management Practices, Emerald Ash Borer Preparedness, and Silvicultural Research
Invasive Species Early Detection, Response, Containment and Preparedness
Early Detection Surveys-design, results, modeling, and outreach; Response Planning-plans, exercises, lessons learned; Response Examples, and Eradication Efforts.
Invasive Species Control and Management
Integrated Pest Management, Biological Control, Management Tactics-chemical and non-chemical, and Cooperative Control Efforts e.g. Cooperative Weed Management Areas.
Post-Invasion Restoration
Vegetation Replacement-needs, funding opportunities, policy, Monitoring-designs, plans, and successes, Restoration Limitations and Challenges.