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| Date | Topic | Presenter | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Cheatgrass, Wildfire, and Climate Change Interactions in the Western U.S. | Dr. Chelsea Nagy | |
| October 2021 | The Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative: Regional Coordination, Adaptive Management, and New Treatments for an Invasive Grass | Kurt Kowalski, Research Ecologist U.S. Geological Survey - Great Lakes Science Center | |
| October 2021 | Update on challenges associated with Chinese Tallow biocontrol | Greg Wheeler, USDA Agricultural Research Service | |
| July 2021 | USDA Plants Database: New and Improved | Christine Taliga-Burton, Plant Ecologist National Plant Data Team, USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service | nrcs_ppt_PLANTS-FICMNEW 7-29-21.pdf |
| October 2019 | Version 2.0 of a comprehensive list of U.S. non-native species and how it may relate to FICMNEW The USGS' recent update of its list of non-native species established in AK, HI, and L48 | Annie Simpson, USGS biologist and information scientist | |
| March 2019 | Recent Detection and Spread of a new type of Trapa, an Invasive Aquatic Plant, in the Potomac River Watershed | Dr. Nancy Rybicki, USGS emerita | |
| July 2018 | Weed Risk Assessments as Tools for Categorizing and Quantifying the Invasiveness of Plant Species | Anthony L. Koop (Plant Ecologist):Â Plant Epidemiology and Risk Analysis Laboratory, Plant Protection and Quarantine, USDA | 2018-07-25_Koop_WRA & Plant Listing.pdf |
| July 2018 | Quantifying and ranking weed impacts for prioritizing management | Dean Pearson, PhD, Research Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forest Service, USDA | 2018-07-25_Pearson_Quantifying and ranking weed impacts prioritizing management.pdf |
| May 2018 | Unicorn Caught? A Presentation of the Results from CD3/Wildlife Forever Waterless Cleaning Station Pilot | Edgar Rudberg, CEO, CD3 General Benefit Corporation | |
| January 2018 | The Status of Classical Biological Control of Weeds: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back | Robert M. Nowierski, National Program Leader for Bio-Based Pest Management, USDA - National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) | NAISMA Conference - The Status of Classical Biological Control of Weeds-One Step Forward and Two Steps Back - Robert M. Nowierski - 10-26-17.pdf |
| November 2017 | Why Control Invasive Aquatic Plants? | John D. Madsen, USDA-ARS, Exotic and Invasive Weed Research Unit, Davis, CA | |
| September 2017 | Glyphosate and Communicating Risk | Kaci Buhl, National Pesticide Information Center | |
| August 2017 | Pulling Together Initiative: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | Eric Forward, Program Director, Central Region Working Lands, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation | |
| July 2017 | CABI Invasive Species Compendium Training: A resource for expert knowledge on invasive species in the world and the USA | Hilda Diaz-Soltero, Caribbean Advisor to the APHIS Administrator | |
| June 2017 | Invasive Plant Management in the National Park Service: Exotic Plant Management Teams | Terri Hogan, National Lead, NPS Invasive Plant Program | |
| May 2017 | Early Detection and Rapid Response: National Plant Diagnostic Network and ipmPIPEÂ | Robert M. Nowierski, National Program Leader for Bio-Based Pest Management, USDA - National Institute of Food and Agriculture | |
| March 2017 | Â Indaziflam: A New Cellulose Biosynthesis Inhibiting Herbicide Provides Long-Term Control of Invasive Winter Annual Grasses, or, Implementing a Landscape Approach to Reclaiming Lands Infested with Downy Brome (Cheatgrass) | Dr. Derek Sabastian, Bayer Inc. | |
| January 2017 | National Association of Invasive Plant Councils and FICMNEW: how to synergize? A conversation to determine how we can be of mutual benefit | Nancy Loewenstein, NA-IPC chair | |
| November 2016 | National Coordinating Office Getting the Ducks in a Row: Advances in Federal Agency Coordination to Address Invasive Species | Carol Randall, USDA Forest Service-Forest Health Protection, Coeur d’Alene, ID | |
| October 2016 | How to organize a weed pull during Bat Week | Annie Simpson, biologist and information scientist, U.S. Geological Survey | http://www.batweek.org/index.php/past-events/find-an-event |
| August 2016 | USA National Phenology Network: New Gridded Phenology Products to Support Invasive Species Management | Alyssa Rosemartin, Partner and Application Specialist, USA National Phenology Network | |
| July 2016 | Seed Regulatory & Testing Division: Regulation of Prohibited and Restricted Noxious-weed Seeds under the Federal Seed Act | Ernest L. Allen, Director USDA, AMS, LPS, Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Gastonia, NC | |
| June 2016 | Ecologically-based Invasive Plant Management of Annual Grasses | Dr. Roger Sheley, USDA-ARS | |
| May 2016 | Report on Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining oversight and legislative hearing to examine the impacts of invasive species on the productivity, value, and management of land and water resources (S.2240) | Faith Campbell, Center for Invasive Species Prevention (CISP), Board member | Archived Webcast page link |
| April 2016 | Impact of Herbicides on Non-target Plant Species in Field Edges and Road Networks, and the Implications for Pollinator Health and Protection | Dave Mortensen, Professor of Weed and Applied Plant Ecology, Penn State University | |
| March 2016 | EDDMapS - Mapping Invasive Species, 10 years later | Chuck Bargeron | |
| January 2016 | A Discussion of the National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW) | Scott Cameron, President of Reduce Risks for Invasive Species Coalition (RRISC)Â | https://www.nisaw.org/meetings/2016/ |
| November 2015 | An Introduction to the National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration | Peggy Olwell, Plant Conservation Lead for BLM | |
| September 2015 | Long-term Recovery after a Firestorm including Coordinated Weed Management | Jon Wyss, Chair for the long-term recovery efforts in Okanogan County, Washington | |
| August 2015 | A history of FICMNEWÂ | Dr. Al Tasker, USDA-APHIS | |
| July 2015 | An Overview of the North American Invasive Species Network (NAISN) | Don Schmitz and Chuck Bargeron | |
| June 2015 | Participants' roundtable | All | No presentation this month |
| May 2015 | A Template for Engaging Local Communities via WEED WRANGLE | Steve Manning, Invasive Plant Control (IPC) | http://www.invasiveplantcontrol.com/weedwrangle/memphis/index.html |
| April 2015 | IPM: Solutions for a Changing World (meeting report) | Robert M. Nowierski, National Program Leader for Bio-Based Pest Management, USDA - National Institute of Food and Agriculture | https://ipmsymposium.org/2015/ |
| March 2015 | Play Clean Go Program and an Overview of the North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA)Â | Julie Kraft, NAISMA Communications/Outreach Coordinator |
While every effort has been made to make the contents of this page accessible to all users, if you have difficulty with its content, please contact asimpson@usgs.gov or call 703-648-4281 for assistance.
In the table below you will find PDFs or PPTs of presentations given at FICMNEW meetings for which presenters have given permission to share (listed newest to oldest). Please note that some are very large, up to 20 MB.
Here, in addition, are 4 journal articles (also in the list below) from Derek Sebastian that are related to his 2017-03-29 FICMNEW talk on cheatgrass (downy brome) control:
Sebastian et al. (2016) A Potential New Herbicide for Invasive Annual Grass Control on Rangeland. Rangeland Ecology & Management. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2015.11.001 (Please email derek.sebastian@bayer.com if you would like a copy.)
Sebastian et al. (2016) Pre-emergence Control of Six Invasive Winter Annual Grasses with Imazapic and Indaziflam. Invasive Plant Science and Management. http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1614/IPSM-D-16-00045.1Â
Sebastian et al. (2016) Seed Bank Depletion The Key to Long-Term Downy Brome (Bromus tectorum L.) Management. Rangeland Ecology & Management. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2016.12.003 (Please email derek.sebastian@bayer.com if you would like a copy.)
Sebastian et al. (in press) Preemergence control of nine invasive weeds with aminocyclopyrachlor, aminopyralid, and indaziflam. Invasive Plant Science and Management.