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OR Interagency Noxious Weed Symposium 08
December 2 - 4, 2008
Registration
Accomodations
Parking information
Agenda
Call for posters!
Print the agenda and registration form
Questions?
December 2 - 4, 2008
LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
100 LaSells Stewart Center • Corvallis, OR 
For directions to the LaSells Stewart Center visit:
http://oregonstate.edu/lasells/gettinghere.html
 
Special thanks to our sponsors:
 
Bureau of Land Management
USDA Forest Service

Registration
Pre-registration cost: $135.00
After November 24, 2008 or at the door: $155.00
Registration fee includes Tuesday awards dinner plus Wednesday lunch.
 
Download registration form
 
Oregon pesticide re-certification credits are available.

Accomodations

Parking information
Parking fees are not included in the registration for The InterAgency Noxious Weed Symposium, registrants are responsible for purchasing daily use permits at the designated pay and display locations in the parking lot across from LaSell's Stewart Center.
 
Daily parking permits are $5.00
 
For maps and other detailed information please visit the website at Oregon State University
http://oregonstate.edu/facilities/transit_pkg/index_pkg.html
 
Thank you and we apologize for any inconvenience.

Agenda
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
11:00   Registration Opens    
1:00    Welcome and Introduction - Katy Coba, Director, ODA  

"Agency Updates"                                             
Session Moderator: Tim Butler
1:20    Bureau of Land Management - Todd Thompson
1:40    USDA Forest Service - Shawna Bautista
2:00    USDA-APHIS PPQ- J. Scott Blackwood
2:20    ODOT - Will Lackey
2:40    OR Dept. of Forestry- Brad Knotts
3:00    Break and Poster Session

"Cooperator Updates"

Session Moderator: Tom Forney
3:45    Oregon Invasive Species Council - Lisa DeBruyckere
4:15    The Nature Conservancy - Steve Buttrick        
4:45    Centers for Lakes & Reservoir - Mark Sytsma
5:15    Adjourn & Posters
5:30    Social Hour (No Host Bar)
6:30    Awards Dinner at CH2M Hill Alumni Center


Wednesday, December 3, 2008
"Biocontrol: Where the Chitin Meets the Chlorophyll"
Session Moderator: Dave Langland
8:00 Purple Loosestrife Biocontrol on the Columbia River - Ralph Garono, Earth Design
8:30 Biocontrol of Perennial Mustards - Mark Schwarzlaender, Univ. of Idaho
9:00 Knotweed, Gorse & the OSU Quarantine Facility - Fritzi Grevstad, Univ. of WA
9:30 California - What's Going on Down South - Baldo Villegas, CDFA
10:00 Oregon Biocontrol Update - Dan Sharratt, ODA
10:15 Break and poster session

"Education and Outreach"
Session Moderator: Bonnie Rasmussen
10:45 Statesman Journal Invasive Species Series - Beth Casper, Statesman Journal
11:15 Developing an Early Detection Network for Oregon - Tania Siemens, TNC
11:45 Citizens Against Noxious Weeds Invading the North - Troy & Lori Zaumseil, CANWIN Alaska
12:15 Lunch (1hr)


"Restoration"
Session Moderator: Glenn Miller
1:15 Conversion of Power Line Rights-of-Way to Elk Habitat - Ben Tilley, BPA
1:45 Revegetation for Weed Control: Process, Projects, and Results - Lynn Danly, BLM
2:15 Revegetation After Sulfur Cinquefoil - Marty Vavra, USFS PNW Research Station
2:45 Break and poster session

"OSWB Grant Projects"
Session Moderator: Shannon Brubaker
3:15 Grant Program Overview - Shannon Brubaker, ODA
3:35 Whitetop in Baker County - Arnie Grammon, Baker County Weed Control
3:55 Rush Skeletonweed in the Foster Fire Complex - Greg Winans, Tri County CWMA
4:15 Malheur River Riparian Weed Project- Gary Page, Malheur County Weed Control
4:35 Yellow Flag Iris on Johnson Creek- Greg Ciannella, Johnson Creek Watershed Council
4:55 Floras Creek Gorse Control - Kean Fleming, Curry SWCD
5:15 Clematis Vitalba - Doug Shaller, Lincoln County Weed Control
5:35 Adjourn


Thursday, December 4, 2008
"Oregon on the Ground Projects"
Session Moderator: Dan Sharratt
8:00    Giant Hogweed Control Project - Tom Forney, ODA
8:30    Large Scale False Brome Control on Mt Pisgah - Jason Blazor, Mt Pisgah
9:00    Hawkweed Control in Wallowa and Union Counties - Mark Porter, Wallowa Resources
9:30    Paterson's Curse Control In Oregon - Ken French, ODA
10:00  Break and Poster Session

"Important Topics with No Theme"
Session Moderator: Ken French
10:30     White Bryonia Control - Alan Martinson, Latah County, Idaho
10:50     Dune Grass Invasion Ecology in the PNW- Sally Hacker, Dept of Zoology, OSU
11:10     Fisheries Consultation Herbicide Effects Assessment- Rick Golden, NOAA Fisheries
11:30     Blackberry Control in the PNW - Max Bennett, Jackson County Extension
12:00     Closing remarks - Tim Butler
12:15     Symposium adjourn


Call for posters!
You are invited to submit posters, flyers, hand-outs or other materials suited for this program during the 9th Oregon InterAgency Noxious Weed Symposium.
 
Space is limited so reserve yours today!
 
Contact:
Eric Coombs
INW Poster Session Coordinator
ecoombs@oda.state.or.us
503-986-4627

Print the agenda and registration form
2008 InterAgency Noxious Weed Symposium Agenda
 
Registration Form

Questions?
Please contact Jo Davis Program Assistant with questions: 503-986-4621 or email: jdavis@oda.state.or.us
 
Page updated: November 06, 2008

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