Hi all, Below is an agenda for our upcoming IPAW Board of Directors meeting. If any members have items to add to our discussion please send them to me....
The Woodland School is proud to offer Chainsaw Safety on Saturday, November 12. From removing invasive species to felling dangerous trees, to cutting up ...
Everyone, I'm forwarding on a question I received about Autumn Olive. My experience is limited; the one time I worked with it, we were using a Garlon 4 basal...
Would someone who might know (in the upper hierarchy of this organization??) please email me privately? I have a question about wording in reference to ...
These grants are pretty flexible and can be used foron the ground conservation work or for education projects. You may want to consider applying if you have...
Sorry, I have no experience with it.....BUT if it is a rhizomatous grass from Eurasia, I would not run out and buy it until I learn more. There are native...
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Since there are several natives in the genus Alopecurus, why not try one of them? I would think there would be a nursery out there that would have at least one...
Wisconsin Wetlands Association (WWA) is pleased to be partnering with Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin (IPAW) on some programmatic connections between...
Note of explanation: Amy Staffen is forwarding the following message from Gene Schriefer (see affiliation below). We need to continue this type of dialogue...
The Invasive Plants Association of Wisconsin (IPAW) is pleased to be partnering with Wisconsin Wetlands Association (WWA) on some programmatic connections...
This item came up on an invasive species blog: "Weeds that defy one of world's most popular herbicides have spread quickly across Central Valley nut orchards...
Good topic... Canada Thistle, Common Milkweed, Yellow Nut Sedge and Giant Ragweed seem to show considerable resistance to Roundup. Their presence often...
On the topic of glyphosate-resistance. There are plants with a fairly high levels of natural tolerance such as yellow nutsedge and field horsetail. They have...
Jesse, Not sure where you're getting reports on some of these species having resistance to glyphosate. Only one perennial weed has developed resistance so far...
Jerry & Chris, That (semantics: tolerance vs resistance) clears things up a bit. I figured that some of this was "tolerance." When we do planting preps with...
Jesse, With giant ragweed, I expect you are just getting repeated flushes from the seed bank. It's an annual and although it tends to be an early spring ...
Does anyone have advice about adding antifreeze to herbicide to spray garlic mustard rosettes this time of year? Is regular automotive antifreeze OK, or is...
Yikes. No, Regular anitfreeze is quite toxic if consumed. Google Ethylene Glycol toxicity and you'll see. Especially to dogs and cats, as it tastes sweet.. But...
John, Regular automotive antifreeze tastes sweet and might encourage animals to eat the poison. I know dogs will lick up spilled anti-freeze. --Henry Fieldseth...
It is possible to keep glyphosate mixtures from freezing in the winter. We have used auto window washer fluid as a diluent with glyphosate for treating cut...
For what it is worth: Many invasive plants can be sprayed in the early winter with glyphosate. As long as they are green they will probably succumb the next...
Please pass this on to anyone who might be interested. Note that Forestry may also be hiring an invasive plant education LTE in the near future as well. Eunice...
As you have all heard, Betty Czarapata's book is now available. I would like to encourage you once again to purchase a book as a gift for a loved one. Visit...
I sit on the Park Commission for the Town in which I live. We have an issue concerning one of our park trails which goes through a wet wooded area. When the...
Donna, This is an urban interface issue where being ecologically correct doesn't always work and isn't always the best way. The liability here seems too high...
Thanks for your response, Bob. We've considered shrubs and cedar (which is the predominant species), but the deer population in this area makes that less...