Notes … Announcements … Meetings …

Meetings:

9 March 2002 - IPAW Annual Membership Meeting, LaCrosse, Wisconsin (See last page for details.)

16 March 2002 - Native Landscaping Conference, “Sustainability—Seeking an ECO – Balance”, Alliant Center, Madison. Hosted by The UW Arboretum and the Madison Chapter of the Wild Ones. For a brochure, contact the UW Arboretum (608) 263-7888, or for more information contact:

Nancy Schlimgen, at (608) 265-5872, njschlim@facstaff.wisc.edu

12 & 13 April 2002 - Evolutionary Consequences of Invasions by Exotic Species, A Symposium of The Minnesota Center for Community Genetics. While the ecology of invasions has begun to receive considerable attention, there has been little attention paid to the evolutionary dimensions of the problem. In this symposium evolutionary issues related to invasions by exotics will be explored.

For electronic registration, or for more information, visit:

www.ima.umn.edu/geoscience/spring/bio_invasion.html

27- 30 October 2002 - Invasive Plants—Global Issues, Local Challenges, Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium, Chicago Botanic Garden, Congress Plaza Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. The website with more information, including a contact for submission of papers is:

www.chicagobotanic.org/symposia/jmpsymp.html

Events:

25 February – 1 March 2002 - National Invasive Weed Awareness Week
Each year, the Invasive Weeds Awareness Coalition sponsors National Invasive Weeds Awareness Week in Washington, DC. This year's events take place February 25-March 1, 2002. The coalition is composed of private, state, and federal representatives whose main purpose is to raise awareness and educate both the public and Congress about noxious and invasive weeds, and the challenges they cause on refuges, parks, forests, and private lands.

Visit the web site: www.nawma.org/niwaw.htm to get meeting and event details.  Interested in becoming part of this event? Contact National Invasive Species Coordinator Mike Ielmini, (703) 358-2340.

11 May, Saturday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. - Native Plant Sale

UW-Madison Arboretum, in a Wildflower Tent near the Visitor Center.

Sponsored by The Friends of the UW-Madison Arboretum.

Volunteers to work at the event are welcome.

Please call (608) 263-7760 to learn more about volunteering.

Notes:

The Dirty Dozen, 12 Pasture Weeds with Special Attention to Southwest Wisconsin, is a new booklet that contains descriptions and color pictures of Wisconsin’s most common pasture weeds.  Some of the weeds included, such as spotted knapweed and wild parsnip, are common invasive plants in grassland habits other than pastures.  While the focus is on the southwestern part of the state, many of “The Dirty Dozen” occur in much of Wisconsin.  The booklet is coauthored by Rhonda Gildersleeve, UW Extension Agricultural Educator for Iowa Co., and Peggy Compton, UW Extension Basin Educator for southwestern Wisconsin.  To obtain a copy of "The Dirty Dozen", contact Peggy at:

Lancaster Ag. Research Station, 7396 State Hwy. 35/81, Lancaster, WI 53813;

Phone: (608) 723-6243; FAX (608) 723-2607;

e-mail: peggy.compton@ces.uwex.edu

IPAW Call for Photos - IPAW is still seeking the donation of photographs of invasive plants, their effects on native plant communities, invasive species control, and other related topics. If you are willing to share your best photographs of an invasive plant problem, please send them to Jim Reinartz, PooP Editor (full contact information on the first page).

An interesting paper is available on the web: Methods of Introduction of Non-Native Plants into New Habitats: A Review, by Jennifer Forman, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

www.massscb.org/epublications/fall2001/invasives.html

Weeds in the Wild: Weed Management in Natural Areas, a printable internet publication by The Nature Conservancy, is an excellent pamphlet for explaining to the general public why that “pretty flower” should be removed from a natural area. Check it out at: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/outreach.html