IPAW ANNUAL MEETING MAY 30, 2009

The annual meeting of the Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin is scheduled
for Saturday evening, May 30, at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.  The
gathering will provide educational, social and entertainment opportunities. 
IPAW members and others are invited to participate.

We are synchronizing our meeting with a 2-day workshop that will train more than
100 people on documenting and monitoring the location of invasive plants in
Wisconsin with high tech tools. We plan to have a hike in the arboretum between
the conclusion of the workshop on Sat. afternoon and the start of the IPAW
meeting.

The event will also be the setting to announce and give recognition to the 2009
Invader Crusaders selected by the Wisconsin Invasive Species Council.

Please put the date on your calendar and stay tuned for more information.

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From: IPAW@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IPAW@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Magana, Ryan J.
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 4:48 PM
To: IPAW@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [IPAW] Japanese parsley

I am starting to see JHP appear on many of our sites, and I'm sure a lot of others on this list have also.  My question is - has anyone seen it displace native vegetation the way Garlic Mustard does, for example?  I have one site where we see a carpet of seedlings, but they seem to be growing in among the native vegetation, and not forming a monoculture like GM.  It could be that it is too early to be seeing the actual replacement/displacement of the native veg, or could it be that the plant does not have the same shading qualities as GM - it is a spindly and thin leaf plant in comparison. 

Also - it seems to be really responding to fire.  Wherever we have burned often in the past, it is especially thick. Anyone else noticing this?

Last - I have seen 2,4 D knock it out good, but also heard others say it did not affect it - any comments on chemical control?

Any info is appreciated

RJM

I am starting to see JHP appear on many of our sites, and I'm sure a lot of others on this list have also.  My question is - has anyone seen it displace native vegetation the way Garlic Mustard does, for example?  I have one site where we see a carpet of seedlings, but they seem to be growing in among the native vegetation, and not forming a monoculture like GM.  It could be that it is too early to be seeing the actual replacement/displacement of the native veg, or could it be that the plant does not have the same shading qualities as GM - it is a spindly and thin leaf plant in comparison. 

Also - it seems to be really responding to fire.  Wherever we have burned often in the past, it is especially thick. Anyone else noticing this?

Last - I have seen 2,4 D knock it out good, but also heard others say it did not affect it - any comments on chemical control?

Any info is appreciated

RJM

SEE BELOW FOR INFORMATION ON THIS EXCITING 4-DAY EVENT!

IPAW IS SEEKING VOLUNTEER(S) TO SET UP AND OVERSEE OUR DISPLAY ON
SEPTEMBER 9TH AT THIS EVENT.
VOLUNTEER WILL GET COMPLIMENTARY BREAK FOOD, LUNCH AND ATTENDANCE.
IF INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT TOM BOOS AT thomas.boos@....

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Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association (WWOA) 27th Year Annual Meeting
September 7-10, 2006
Onalaska, WI

For more info, go to www.wisconsinwoodlands.org.

Draft Schedule
September 7:  GPS workshop, Great River Bike Trail ride, Estate
Planning Workshop.
 
September 8:  Field Trips, OktoberFest Social and Dinner.
 
September 9: WWOA 27th Annual Business  Meeting, exhibitors and silent
auction, Keynote speaker, Robert “Ernie” Boszhardt will speak on Human
Adaptation to the Upper  Mississippi River Valley, followed by
afternoon concurrent sessions on herbicide use, neotropical birds,
Midwest forests  fungi and diseases, deer overabundance, outdoor
activity sampler, and the  growing tree – from the tree’s point of
view.  WWOA and Tree  Farm awards banquet on Saturday evening.
 
September 10, Sunday field day
West Salem School Forest near Sparta, cover topics such as school
forests, land surveying, aspen-ruffed grouse connection, deer
exclosures, tree ID and forest succession, pruning, protecting your
home from wildfire, bluebirds, invasive plants, and walking tour with a
local naturalist.

Any ideas about how to avoid introducing invasive species when
bringing in topsoil? We just finished two hours of pulling sweet
clover in a landscape restoration. The landscaper regraded with new
topsoil. Every area where a landscaper's wire mesh was present had
huge sweet clover plants. This was done under contract. Is it possible
to write a contract insuring that invasive plants will not be introduced?

I think this is a major problem when landscapers are involved.

Tom Brock
tdbrock@...

Folks, for the upcoming invasive plants conference Dec. 13-14 in Milwaukee (see today's message from Kate Howe), we are looking for case studies of situations where land managers and researchers have worked together to resolve invasive plant issues. If you know of any such projects, please send me a little info and the name of the persons you think could best present it.

Thanks,
Kelly Kearns
608-267-5066

Hello All!

I'm Paul Boyer, and I have volunteered in Kenosha and eastern Racine Counties as
an area
coordinator for the state's effort to biocontrol the invasive weed, purple
loosestrife.

My message has two purposes. One is to simply introduce myself as a newcomer to
the
southeastern Wisconsin family of guardians of our great environment. The other
is to
RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS for two upcoming efforts!

One of these can begin as early as next week -- an effort to re-survey areas
that were
initially  surveyed for the presence of purple loosestrife some 20 years ago. As
an area
coordinator, I need to recruit volunteers to drive those same routes driven 20
years ago
and to mark locations in which they spot purple loosestrife on a county map I'll
provide.
The results will provide important data about the invasion in Wisconsin and help
us
strategize plans for control.

The second begins of the two efforts actually begins in the early spring, but
this fall I'll
need to start recruiting volunteers to participate in our purple loosestrife
biocontrol
program. Primarily, this fall, I need landowners to identify sites on which the
loosestrife-
eating beetles can be released in the spring.  Then _in_ the spring I'll  need
volunteers who
will agree to take on at least some aspect of the beetle rearing process.

I'll be more specific for anyone who requests more information. I wanted to
start by
getting the basics out to you or for you to dissemminate to folks you think
might be
interested in helping out. Thanks so much for joining me in this huge effort!

Paul D. Boyer, Ph.D., 6-12 Science Teacher
Hillcrest Bridge Center, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Area Coordinator, WI State Purple Loosestrife Biocontol Program

purple_loosestrife@...

These are hopefully the links to the video on the crown vetch research.

www.channel3000.com/news/9522231/detail.html

www.nbc15.madison.com/news/headlines/3353831.html

Thomas M. Boos II
Water Management Specialist
Office of Energy OE/G3
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
(() phone:      (608) 267-2770
(() fax:        (608)  267-5231
(+) e-mail:     thomas.boos@...
website: www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/waterfront.htm

Mark:  My name is Dick Stark. I'm a registered landscape archtitect
in the State of Wisconsin and I work for the DOT in the area of
roadside vegetation management.  There are currently 2 other LA's
and a botanist who guide vegetation management policies and
practices at the DOT.  Hopefully, the following comments will answer
your questions.

The DOT has 9 standard seed mixes.  Of those, five consist of
eurasian species and are the ones most commonly used on highway
construction projects.  Two are showy mixes made up entirely of
native grasses and forbs and are used in large areas that are highly
visible to travelers.  One is made up of native grasses, a couple of
cheap, easy-to-grow forbs plus annual ryegrass as a cover crop. It
is used for erosion control where the native grasses are desirable.
The last one is made up primarily of native grasses with annual
ryegrass and a small amount of salt grass.  This is used between the
shoulder and the ditch where salt tolerance is an issue but there is
still a need for native grasses.  In addition to these mixes,
special mixes are occasionally developed for specialized areas such
as mitigation sites.  The 5 eurasian mixes are still most commonly
used for two reasons, availability and price.  We are, however,
gradually increasing the amount of natives used as availability
increases, the prices drop and our DOT engineering culture becomes
more familiar with their use.

Regarding the USH 14 remnant, we implemented a 3-year management
contract to try to restore much of the area between Black Earth and
Cross Plains.  This was done with with a TEA-21 Enhancement grant
and the contract has now been comnpleted.  We also received grants
to do similar work at several other high quality remnants on our
rights-of-way.  These contracts have also expired so additional work
will have to be done pretty much by volunteers, either from within
our agency or from private organizations, since there is no money in
the highway maintenance budget to do such work.  We would be very
interested in working with anyone who would be willing to help us
out in this way.  Be aware that a permit is necessary in order to do
any kind of work on the right-of-way.

One other comment, related to Tom Brock's comment about sweetclover
in his message below:  the only time DOT had sweetclover in any of
its seed mixes was from 1941 to 1951.  Unfortunately, I believe it
is sometimes imported with topsoil brought in from off-site or in
the mulch used for seeding.  We have just this year implemented a
certified weed free mulch program with the Wisconsin Crop
Improvement Association as the certifying agency.  It will take a
few years for suppliers to gear up to meet the demand.

Dick




--- In IPAW@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Jahnke" <mjahnkester@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I'm new to the group (and new to invasive plants, new to prairie
> restoration....i'm a complete novice at all of this) and i would
like to
> ask a couple of questions regarding this post.
>
> First - is there someone at the DOT or advising the DOT on what is
> appropriate and what is not appropriate to seed roadsides with?
If not -
> why not?  As a citizen of this state it concerns me, apart from the
> invasives issue, that we aren't doing our best to restore areas
disturbed
> due to highway construction.
>
> Related to this - if the DOT is trying to take care of the Hwy 14
prairie
> dock remnant they must have someone directing that care.  Tom
implies that
> their efforts were not very successful - is there something else
that they
> should have been doing?  Does anyone know what would be a better
strategy?
>
> I've no experience with issues involving the DOT...but i've found
from
> being involved in a different habitat preservation advocacy group
that
> unless someone raises the issues and puts forth the best known
practices,
> government will simply choose the cheapest solution to their
problems.
>
> Mark Jahnke
> Chemistry
> Waunakee High School
>
>
>
>  Destruction of roadside remnants by invasives
>
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IPAW/message/1037;_ylc=X3oDMTJxODA5djM
0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzQ0MzkzMzgEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNjAwNzI0ODc0BG1zZ0lk
AzEwMzcEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTE1Mjk3MDgyMg-->
> Posted
> by: "tdbrock53705" tdbrock@...
> <tdbrock@...?Subject=Re:+Destruction%20of%20roadside%20remnants%
20by%20invasives>
> tdbrock53705 <http://profiles.yahoo.com/tdbrock53705> Fri Jul 14,
2006
> 7:14 pm (PST) The publicity regarding crown vetch on highways is
welcome!
>
> One can easily get depressed about the loss of roadside remnants to
> invasives. The very fine prairie dock remnant along U.S. Highway 14
> west of Cross Plains has been suffering from wild parsnip for some
> years, but now a new invader has arisen, spotted knapweed. Prairie
> dock seemed to be able to compete with parsnip, but knapweed looks
> like it might take over the area for good.
>
> DOT spent quite a bit of money along this stretch of highway over
the
> past four years, with controlled burns and some selected mowing and
> spraying. I'm not sure any of this helped a lot, and if the
> maintenance is not kept up, things will quickly get bad again.
>
> It appears that DOT is still seeding new highways with invasives,
as
> shown by the massive sweet clover stands along the new 4-lane U.S.
12
> between Middleton and Sauk City.
>
> We need a land ethic for highways!
>
> Tom Brock
>

Hi Bob,

We use commercial dye for almost every foliar app. The price is
unsubstantial when compared to the cost of labor. The benefits are numerous.
1 complete coverage, no missed areas.
2 time savings (i.e. did I spray that or not, retracing steps)
3 no excess coverage (important for herbicides where the application is
nearing the legal per acre max. and/or to reduce the unwanted outcomes due
to overapplication)
4 (perhaps most importantly) applicator safety (i.e. you know if you spilled
it)

We use dry tabs for most backpack apps and liquids for larger quantity
mixes. We buy from UAP but you can get good dyes at any farm store and many
hardware stores.

We occasionally add a bit of oil-based dye to our stump/basal bark/ girdle
cocktails (most of which are Bark Oil Blue-based). Usually, however, we
don't find it necessary as the oil darkens the treated material and the BOB
has a light tint.

I can get you prices and trade names but in my experience they are pretty
much indistinguishable from each other and their benefits greatly outweigh
costs.

Hope this helps,

Jesse
Driftless Land Stewardship LLC
NOTE: NEW CONTACT INFO...
13761 Cty. Hwy. X
Bagley, WI  53801
608-996-2135
608-778-2832
www.driftlesslandstewardship.com

Driftless Land Stewardship, LLC is a full-service natural areas management
firm. We offer innovative tools and techniques for the rehabilitation and
maintenance of native natural communities. Basic services include invasive
species control, remnant prairie and oak savanna rehabilitation, native
plantings, riparian/wetland and woodland restoration, and consultation
services. Serving portions of WI, IA, MN and IL, no project is too large or
too small. Visit www.driftlesslandstewardship.com for more information.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Wernerehl" <wernerehl@...>
To: <IPAW@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 1:17 PM
Subject: [IPAW] how to mark sprayed areas


> IPAW folks,
>
> I've been doing some hand spraying with a back pack sprayer in areas
> large enough so that I want to know where I've been and haven't been.
> I've been spraying to treat crown vetch, but I think this topic could
> apply for any treatment type, except crop fields, where the problem is
> solved by foaming units that drop big globs of foam to mark where the
> sprayer has been.
>
> I haven't tried a good quality dye yet, seemed kind of expensive. I did
> try a small bottle of food color but it wasn't strong enough to show up
> without close inspection. I wanted to be able to see at a glance where
> I've been. What I have tried is shaving cream, (fairly cheap and easy to
> carry), and toilet paper, also cheap, and can fit right over the spray
> wand. You can tear off strips to mark where you've been. Both of these
> work to some extent, depending on how much you want to use. A half width
> roll of TP would be even better, but it doesn't exist.
>
> What other methods do people use, and if using a dye, what are the
> specific brands and the cost?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob
>
> --
> Bob Wernerehl
> University of Wisconsin—Madison
> Dept. of Botany - Givnish Lab
> Madison, WI 53706
>
>
>
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The publicity regarding crown vetch on highways is welcome!

One can easily get depressed about the loss of roadside remnants to
invasives. The very fine prairie dock remnant along U.S. Highway 14
west of Cross Plains has been suffering from wild parsnip for some
years, but now a new invader has arisen, spotted knapweed. Prairie
dock seemed to be able to compete with parsnip, but knapweed looks
like it might take over the area for good.

DOT spent quite a bit of money along this stretch of highway over the
past four years, with controlled burns and some selected mowing and
spraying. I'm not sure any of this helped a lot, and if the
maintenance is not kept up, things will quickly get bad again.

It appears that DOT is still seeding new highways with invasives, as
shown by the massive sweet clover stands along the new 4-lane U.S. 12
between Middleton and Sauk City.

We need a land ethic for highways!

Tom Brock

This is great news. Literally.

______________________________________________
From:   Bump, Cameron M. 
Sent:   Thursday, July 13, 2006 3:22 PM
To:     Boos, Thomas M.
Subject:        FW: Crown Vetch interviews

_____________________________________________
From:   Bleser, Catherine A. 
Sent:   Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:29 PM
To:     Anderson, Russell A
Cc:     Eagan, Lloyd L.; Matthews, Gregory K.
Subject:        Crown Vetch interviews

Gary Birch of DOT and I will be talking to Ch. 15 after  Ch 3 tomorrow at the crown vetch areas near Blue Mounds.  The Mt Horeb weekly carried our story on its front page this week, which is great.  Hopefully more press will help public see need for increased DOT maintenance funds to deal with invasives. 

Cathy Bleser
Cathy Bleser
Environmental Analysis & Review
Wisconsin DNR, South Central Region
608/275-3308

For marking foliar sprayed areas we use a blue dye that is sold by the
local co-op (Premier, on Highway 14 between Mazomanie and Black
Earth). The price is not high and a quart bottle goes a long way. (We
have been using the same bottle for several years.) Blue seems to work
best for foliar spraying.

For marking cut stems, we prefer the red dye that is sold by UAP Great
Lakes in Deforest. This is also not expensive. UAP will ship to us by
UPS with a credit card charge. They can be reached at 608-846-1100.

Using dye with the foliar spray is only moderately useful, but it is
essential for spraying cut stems because it is otherwise difficult to
be sure that all stems have been treated.

I have heard of using food coloring but I think this is a false
economy. The commercial dyes are very reliable. Also, the cost of
spraying (herbicide cost, and the time involved) is the expensive
part. You don't want to miss an area, or have to go back later.

Tom Brock
http://www.savannaoak.org

IPAW folks,

I've been doing some hand spraying with a back pack sprayer in areas
large enough so that I want to know where I've been and haven't been.
I've been spraying to treat crown vetch, but I think this topic could
apply for any treatment type, except crop fields, where the problem is
solved by foaming units that drop big globs of foam to mark where the
sprayer has been.

I haven't tried a good quality dye yet, seemed kind of expensive. I did
try a small bottle of food color but it wasn't strong enough to show up
without close inspection. I wanted to be able to see at a glance where
I've been. What I have tried is shaving cream, (fairly cheap and easy to
carry), and toilet paper, also cheap, and can fit right over the spray
wand. You can tear off strips to mark where you've been. Both of these
work to some extent, depending on how much you want to use. A half width
roll of TP would be even better, but it doesn't exist.

What other methods do people use, and if using a dye, what are the
specific brands and the cost?

Thanks,

Bob

--
Bob Wernerehl
University of Wisconsin—Madison
Dept. of Botany - Givnish Lab
Madison, WI 53706

<<Distrib of invasive plants along ORV trails in the CNNF.pdf>>

Thomas M. Boos II
Water Management Specialist
Office of Energy SS/7
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707-7921
(() phone:      (608) 267-2770
(() fax:        (608)  267-5231
(+) e-mail:     thomas.boos@...
website: www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/waterfront.htm

Jessica,

What do you mean by "later season application"? Although a late-summer
or fall sethoxydim application will reduce the amount of live RCG on
the site, why not spray in the spring? I've found that a May or early
June (1st week at the latest) application of sethoxydim is most
effective at reducing RCG cover. If you spray in late summer or fall,
the RCG has grown tall enough to smother most desireable natives on
the site, and the RCG litter will suppress native seed establishment
in the spring unless you do a burn.

This year, we had nearly total kill of RCG after spraying the RCG when
it was about 12-16" tall (May 5 application). We sprayed on cloudy
days or during the evening (after 6pm) to minimize the breakdown of
sethoxydim by UV light.
I'm not sure how much the RCG rhizomes were affected by the spring
application, though.

As Art Kitchen mentioned, use of a water conditioner and a surfactant
is probably important, although we haven't tested this.

Our preliminary observations show that you can get a site ready for
native seedling establishment with a spring sethoxydim application
(when the RCG is about 12" tall), followed three weeks later by a burn
(you need to leave enough time for the RCG to grow itself to death).
If necessary, the burn can be followed up with another sethoxydim
application if you see RCG re-establishing or resprouting. I will try
to post a few pictures of our treatment plots.

Cheers,
Mike


Mike Healy
UW-Madison

I have had pretty good luck using sethoxydim (vantage) for reed canarygrass
control when growth is less than knee-high ( the label recommends a maximum
12 inch height).   It has shown variable results, in part I believe due to
rapid chemical breakdown in strong light and the ph of the water carrier
compromising the uptake of the chemical.   When properly applied, I've seen
good results from treating in late May after a spring burn or mid-may after
a late-summer/fall mowing.   The key to grass-specifics is the release of
suppressed natives in the stand that can compete for sunlight - if the site
is monotypic, initial treatments of glyphosate is probably a better way to
go, then switch to grass-specific chemicals after desirable plants start
showing up.  Grass-specifics work great as a cleanup treatment - I would
suggest it takes 3 years of annual spraying to control it and you may never
totally eliminate it from a site.   I have also observed that sedges
compete better than forbs in suppressing rcg - in some areas I have shifted
the plant community from 90+% rcg to <10% rcg.

Art Kitchen
Wildlife Biologist
Wisconsin Private Lands Office
4511 Helgesen Drive
Madison, WI  53718
(608) 221-1206 x 13 (office)
(608) 444-1140 (cell)
(608) 221-1357 (fax)
e-mail:  art_kitchen@...



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              IPAW@yahoogroups.         Derek A."
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              07/06/2006 10:57                                      Subject
              AM                        Re: [IPAW] determining best method
                                        for reed canary grass control

              Please respond to
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Hi Derek,

Well planned (and followed-through!) chemical strategies are working well
against RCG for us. I can't imagine a situation where it wouldn't work.
That's not to say that earth-moving isn't sometimes a desirable approach
(e.g. removing accumulated sediment, root/seed bank, berm/ditch
remediation).

I'm quite pleased with repeat Spring and Fall apps of 1%-1.5% glyphosate
(either aquatic or terrestrial label). For a monoculture, Imazapic may be a
slightly better performer for an initial app. However, you'll still need
follow-up and as desirables show up you'll want to switch back to
glyphosate due to imazapic residual. I've pretty much gone back to glypho
in most cases.

Anyone else out there using imazapic and have new stories? On the RCG chem
note... How are people doing with the grass specifics? Is anyone seeing
much kill or mostly still suppression?

Even if you go the earth moving route, plan for follow-up chemical apps or
you'll lose. As with all invasives, I plan for a 5+ year fight for most
infestations.

I had fun at the sedge class.

Good luck,

Jesse
Driftless Land Stewardship LLC
NOTE: NEW CONTACT INFO...
13761 Cty. Hwy. X
Bagley, WI  53801
608-996-2135
608-778-2832
www.driftlesslandstewardship.com

Driftless Land Stewardship, LLC is a full-service natural areas management
firm. We offer innovative tools and techniques for the rehabilitation and
maintenance of native natural communities. Basic services include invasive
species control, remnant prairie and oak savanna rehabilitation, native
plantings, riparian/wetland and woodland restoration, and consultation
services. Serving portions of WI, IA, MN and IL, no project is too large or

too small. Visit www.driftlesslandstewardship.com for more information.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Strohl, Derek A.
  To: IPAW@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 9:18 AM
  Subject: [IPAW] determining best method for reed canary grass control



  I have a site with a couple acres of reed canary grass monoculture
  surrounded by diverse sedge meadow and shrub carr.  I am wondering if
  there is a reliable way to assess whether chemicals are likely to be
  effective in controlling a patch like this or if I'll have to bring in the
  earth-movers.  The site is in a headwaters area and surrounded by upland
  woods and residential area; there's not a lot of seed coming into the
  site.


  Thanks for your input.


  Regards,


  Derek


  Derek Strohl
  Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer & Associates, Inc.
  One Honey Creek Corporate Center
  125 S. 84th St., Ste. 401
  Milwaukee, WI  53214-1470
  (414) 266-9064

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Leading this webcast will be:
-Antonio DiTomasso professor at Cornell University where he has been
researching black swallowwort. Toni brings expertise not only from the
research side, but from the on-the-ground control side as well.
-Lisa Brush, Executive Director of the Stewardship Network has been
working to bring groups and individuals together to build capacity to
manage our natural areas.
- And you all online bringing your own expertise, experience, insights
and questions making this an enriching and valuable experience.

If you encounter any technical difficulties,

please contact Todd Shunneson at 414-254-0122. We'd also encourage
everyone to do a quick trial run AHEAD OF TIME (by going to
http://www.instantlyglobal.com/system_test ) to make sure you are able
to access the meeting on your computer. If you try beforehand and
encounter difficulties Todd will be able to help you discover what the
problem is.

<Details for system admins connecting from gov buildings. Otherwise skip
the info right below and read on farther down for more details about the
webcast. If you are connecting from a government building and need the
ip addresses to open for port 80 here they are:

There are various servers we use for various functions, so that's why
there's 4 IPs.

216.23.180.52
216.23.180.53
216.23.180.54
216.23.180.55


Everyone else who didn't understand any of that paragraph. Don't worry,
you just need to click on the link above.>

We know that some people have had problems accessing similar
presentations when trying to enter from their company's servers because
of strict "firewall" configurations. Most of these people who had
problems were trying to access the presentation from government
buildings. If you are having problems accessing the presentation, some
helpful tips can be found
here:
http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19546

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Once you have logged in to the meeting, you will be able to ask
questions of and share information with these experts and others who
join us online.
You will be able to hear our expert panel through speakers on your
computer (make sure they are turned on!). You will be able to share your
thoughts, ideas, questions, and perspective via your keyboard.
Participants will be able to see everyone's typed comments.

This webcast of The Stewardship Network is again hosted and sponsored by
MSU Global Ventures with support from the USFS Northern Initiatives
Electronic Commons. We plan to continue offering new webcasts on a
variety of ecological restoration topics on the 2nd Wednesday of the
month. While you may never have participated in a webcast or online
meeting we are excited to continue exploring this innovative
outreach/networking technology and encourage you to try it out.

If you have questions please feel free to email Lisa at
lbrush@....

Hope you can join us!

Lisa

Lisa Brush
Executive Director
The Stewardship Network
1831 Traver Road
Ann Arbor, MI  48103
734/395-4483



The Stewardship Network - pulling together for nature! The Network was
established in 1998 to build the capacity of organizations, individuals,
and private businesses to preserve, restore, and manage natural lands
and waters.

Since its inception, the Network has collaborated with nonprofits large
and small, governmental agencies and units, private businesses, and
dedicated individuals to achieve that goal.

The Stewardship Network connects a broad range of groups, rallies
volunteers, and fills the gaps in today's preservation efforts. Every
day we're out on the land - making connections, providing hands-on
training, building relationships, sharing tools, and passing along new
information.
Why? So that the many groups and individuals that protect our natural
areas can become even stronger and more effective.

The Network brings expertise in natural areas management and community
building to increase the effectiveness of organizations, agencies,
businesses, and individuals doing on-the-ground management.





Lisa Brush
Executive Director
Stewardship Network
1831 Traver Road
Ann Arbor, MI  48105
734/395-4483
lbrush@...
www.stewardshipnetwork.org

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Yahoo! Groups Links

I have a related question.

What can I do about getting rid of reed canary grass in places where
it grows adjacent to moving water or springs?  I have several areas
where it grows right up to the edge of a creek - a nice clean trout
stream - and around the edges of the pool of a spring.  It actually
leans over and into the water.  What's the best way of dealing with
this situation?

Marcie O'Connor
Buffalo County


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