Schedule

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Tuesday September 19th	Room	Presentation
8:30am - 9:00am	NHS Hall Foyer	Registration
9:00am - 9:10am	NHS Hall	Welcome – Dr. Sarah Reichard, University of Washington Botanic Gardens (UWBG)
9:10am -10:10am	NHS Hall	Plenary speaker: Dr. John Randall, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) – Invasive Plants in the Pacific Northwest: Where to From Here
10:10am -10:30am	Botanic Gardens Commons	BREAK
	NHS HALL Control Techniques, Biology and Impacts Aquatic / Wetland Moderated by: Sam Chan	DOUGLAS CLASSROOM Early Detection and Rapid Response Moderated by: Tim Harrington
10:30am- 10:50am	Experimental Comparison of Treatment Methods for Sparsely Distributed Spartina anglica Infestations N. Kathryn Morgan – TNC	Early Detection Protocol Development in the National Parks: Integrating all the Pieces Susan O’Neil – National Park Service
10:50am- 11:10am	Willapa Bay Spartina Control Program Current Status and Lessons Learned Wendy Brown – Washington State DNR	Developing Early Detection Networks to Abate the Invasive Species Threat Kyle Strauss – TNC
11:10am- 11:30am	Fungal Symbiosis: A Potential Mechanism of Plant Invasiveness R. Redman – US Geological Survey	The First Line of Defense: Interceptions of Federal Noxious Weed Seeds in Washington Margaret Smither-Kopperl – USDA APHIS
11:30am- 11:50am	Eradication of Milfoil from Walsh Lake in Seattle’s Cedar River Municipal Watershed Josh Wozniak - Herrera Environmental Consultants	A NEPA Strategy for Early Detection / Rapid Response Rochelle Desser – USDA Forest Service, TEAMS Enterprise
12:00pm- 1:00pm	Botanic Gardens Commons	LUNCH
1:00pm- 2:00pm	NHS Hall	Plenary speaker: Dr. Les Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut - The IPANE Program: New England’s multifaceted Early Detection Program
	NHS HALL Control Techniques, Biology and Impacts Riparian Moderated by: Jonathan Soll	DOUGLAS CLASSROOM Management Approaches Moderated by: Catherine Parks
2:10pm- 2:30am	Developing a Biological Control Program for Invasive Knotweeds (Fallopia spp.) Fritzi Grevstad – Olympic Natural Resources Center	Building consensus: Working Together to Manage Invasive Plants in Southwestern British Columbia Dawn Hanna – Greater Vancouver Invasive Plant Council
2:30pm- 2:50pm	Landscape-Scale Knotweed Control in the Upper Skagit River Basin Melisa Holman – TNC	Strategic Management of Public Invasive Species Programs Steven Burke – King County Noxious Weed Control Program
2:50pm- 3:10pm	Persistence of Polygonum cuspidatum: Lessons Learned From 6 years of Field Trials. Jason Dumont – TNC	Invasive Plant Management Following the 2003 Okanagan Valley Wildfires, British Columbia Lisa Scott – South Okanagan Similkameen Invasive Plant Society
3:10pm- 3:40pm	Botanic Gardens Commons	BREAK
3:40pm- 4:00pm	Phalaris arundinacea L. Control and Riparian Restoration within Agricultural Watercourses in King County, WA Lizbeth Seebacher – UWBG	The Incorporation of Noxious Weed Practices into BPA’s Schultz-Wautoma Powerline Construction Project Bill Erickson – Bonneville Power Administration
	Partnerships / Education / Outreach Moderated by: Lou Whiteaker
4:00pm- 4:20pm	Weeds Cross Borders Project: A Canada-US Collaboration Lisa Scott – South Okanagan-Similkameen Invasive Plant Society	Use of Risk Assessment Information to Determine Treatment Buffer Widths Diana Perez – USDA Forest Service
4:20pm- 4:40pm	If You Can’t Beat Them, Teach Them: Utilizing Education for Invasive Monitoring and Removal Erin Schneider – North Cascades Institute	A Summary of Herbicide Effects to Wildlife Shawna Bautista – USDA Forest Service
4:40pm-5:00pm	The St. Louis Codes of Conduct: Providing a Framework to Prevent Invasions from Horticulture Sarah Reichard – UWBG	Developing Bid Specifications for Invasive Plant Management Programs Steven Manning – Invasive Plant Council
5:00pm-7:00pm	Botanic Gardens Commons & Merrill Hall Lobby	RECEPTION & POSTER SESSION