<![CDATA[EBIPM]]>http://www.ebipm.orgen-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssCopyright 2010EBIPM<![CDATA[Nevada - North Fork Humboldt River]]>

Location: Elko County in northeast Nevada

Site Manager and Partners:

Kent McAdoo
Area Extension Rangeland Resources Specialist
phone #: 775-738-7291
email: mcadook@unce.unr.edu  

Earl Creech
State Weed Specialist
phone #: 775-423-5121
email: creeche@unce.unr.edu

 
 

 

Nevada - Rock Creek Watershed
The North Fork Humboldt River Watershed area near Elko, Nevada.

]]>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:00:20 -0600<![CDATA[Utah- Park Valley]]>

Location: Box Elder County in northwest Utah

Site Managers and Partners:

USDA-ARS
Tom Monaco
Research Ecologist      
phone #:435-797-7231
email: tom.monaco@ars.usda.gov

Post-Doc Research Associates
Lesley Morris   
phone #:435-512-2248
email: lesleyrmorris@gmail.com

Josh Leffler
email: Josh.leffler@ars.usda.gov

USDA-ARS Cooperators
Justin Williams
Jack Staub

Utah St. University
Chris Call
Corey Ransom

Graduate Students
Beth Fowers
Merilyn Hirsch
Stephanie Durfee
Halley Kartchner

USDA-NRCS
Brock Benson
Travis Mote
Shane Green

Ranchers
Royce Larson
Ken Spackman
Lance Westmoreland

Utah - Park Valley Watershed
The Fisher Creek Watershed in Park Valley, Utah.

Read the work of Lesley Morris on
historical land management in Park Valley:
Park Valley, Utah Project Area History (PDF)

Historic Land Legacies
Learn more about Integrating Site History into EBIPM

 Park Valley, Utah Demonstration Area Map   Park Valley Watershed Info Sheet
Click here to download the
Park Valley Watershed Info Sheet (PDF)

 

Park Valley Aerial Herbicide Application

 

Aerial herbicide application in Park Valley. 

As a tool, herbicides can be used most appropriately to accelerate plant community change toward desired species. 

For more information on herbicides and their application in fighting invasive annual grasses, see our brochure "Preventing & Managing Medusahead"

 
]]>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:28:21 -0600<![CDATA[Top Links]]>Here are some of the Best Links Ever:  Well....maybe not ever, but durn close!

 

Invasive Plants  

BEHAVE.net

 (www.behave.net)

BLM Great Basin Restoration Initiative

 (www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/gbri.html)
Boise Environmental Education (www.cityofboise.org/bee)
Center for Invasive Plant Management (www.weedcenter.org)
California Invasive Plant Council (cal-ipc.org/)

Cal-Weed Database

 (endeavor.des.ucdavis.edu/weeds/)

Encyclo-weed-ia

 (www.cdfa.ca.gov/)

Harney County Weed Control

 (www.angelfire.com/or2/SEORNoxiousWeeds/weedboard.htm)
Invasipedia.org (invasipedia.org/)
Invasive.org - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health (www.invasive.org/)
Invasive Plant Atlas of the United States (www.invasiveplantatlas.org/)
Invasive Plant Management.com (invasiveplantmanagement.com/1.html)
InvasiveSpecies.gov (invasivespecies.gov/)
Invasive Species Links at 'PCAwiki' (www.plantconservationwiki.org/wiki/Invasive_species_links)
Invasiveweeds.com (www.invasiveweeds.com)
Oregon Noxious Weed Control Program (www.oregon.gov/ODA/PLANT/WEEDS/)

Pest Tracker - NAPIS

 (pest.ceris.purdue.edu/index.php)
Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project   (www.sagestep.org)
The Great Basin & Invasive Weeds (www.usu.edu/weeds)
Weedmapper.org (www.weedmapper.org/)
Weeds Gone Wild (www.nps.gov/plants/alien/)
   
Livestock, Grazing & Rangeland  
Eastern Oregon Ag. Research Center

(www.oregonstate.edu/dept/eoarc)
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

(www.glci.org)
Livestock For Landscapes (www.livestockforlandscapes.com)
Oregon Rangelands (oregonrangelands.org/)
Ranching For Profit

(www.ranchmanagement.com)
Rangelands West

(rangelandswest.arid.arizona.edu/rangelandswest/)
The Stockman Grass Farmer

(stockmangrassfarmer.net/)
U of Idaho Targeted Grazing

(www.cnr.uidaho.edu/rx-grazing)
 

 
Societies, Commissions & Services

 
American Farm Bureau (www.fb.org/index.php)
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (www.cast-science.org)

Cooperative Weed Management Areas
National Network of Invasive Plant Centers

  
(www.invasiveplantcenters.org/index.html)
      California CWMAs (www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ipc/weedmgtareas/wma)
      Idaho Association of Weed Control
         Superintendents		 (iawcs.org/)
      Idaho State Agriculture CWMAs (www.agri.state.id.us/NoxiousWeeds/cwmas.php)
      Nevada - Spring Creek CWMA (springcreekweeds.info/index.htm)
                   Tri-County Weed Control (www.tri-countyweedcontrol.com/index.html)
      Oregon Noxious Weed Control Program (www.oregon.gov/ODA/PLANT/WEEDS/)
      Utah - Idaho CWMA (www.utah-idahocwma.org/)
      Utah Weed Control Association (www.utahweed.org/cwma.htm)
      Intermountain Regions CWMAs (www.fs.fed.us/r4/resources/noxious_weeds/cwmas.shtml)
Ecological Society of America (www.esa.org/)
      Physiological Ecology Section (www.biology.duke.edu/jackson/ecophys/)
      Plant Population Ecology Section (www.esa.org/plantpop/)
      Rangeland Ecology Section (www.ag.unr.edu/ESA/?)
Great Basin Research and Management Partnership (greatbasin.wr.usgs.gov/GBRMP/index.html)
Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission

(www.idrange.org)
Idaho Weed Control Association (www.idahoweedcontrol.org/)

Natural Resources Conservation Service
NRCS Plant Materials Program

(www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/news/weeds.html)
(www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/plant.html)
Rural Sociology Society

(www.ruralsociology.org)
Society For Range Management

(www.rangelands.org)
      California-Pacific Section (casrm.rangelands.org/)
      Idaho Section (www.stoller-eser.com/IdahoSRM/index.htm)
      Nevada Section (www.ag.unr.edu/nsrm/)
      Pacific Northwest Section

(pnw.rangelands.org/)
      Utah Section (www.usu.edu/range/)
     Rangeland Invasive Species Committee (www.rangelands.org/ris/index.shtml)
Soil and Water Conservation Society

(www.swcs.org)
U of California Cooperative Extension - Lassen County (celassen.ucdavis.edu/index.cfm)
United States Dept. of Agriculture (www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome)
Western Society of Weed Science

(www.wsweedscience.org)
   
Agriculture News & Information  
ARS-USDA News (www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2009/090930.htm)
Agricultural Network Information Center (www.agnic.org)
Agriculture Online (www.agriculture.com/)
High Country News (www.hcn.org/)
National Biological Information Infrastructure (www.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/NBII_Home/)
 

 
Colleges & Universities  
OSU Dept. of Rangeland Ecology & Management (oregonstate.edu/dept/range/)
Univ. of California Davis College of Agriculture (www.aes.ucdavis.edu/)
Univ. of Nevada, Reno College of Agriculture (www.ag.unr.edu/)
Utah State University College of Agriculture (www.ag.usu.edu/)
   
Others  
Granite Seed (seed & erosion control products)

(www.graniteseed.com)
Plant Right.org (www.plantright.org/)

 

]]>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:31:38 -0600<![CDATA[Literature of the Month]]>Literature of the Month

March 2010

Response of Bluebunch Wheatgrass and Medusahead to Defoliation (PDF)

Functional Group Responses to Reciprocal Plant Litter Exchanges between Native and Invasive Plant Dominated Grasslands (PDF) 

February 2010

Applying Ecologically-Based Invasive Plant Management (PDF)

Augmentative Restoration: Repairing Damaged Ecological Processes During Restoration of Heterogeneous Environments (PDF)

Root plasticity of native invasive Great Basin species in response to soil nitrogen heterogeneity (PDF)

Oct/Nov 2009

Promoting Native Vegetation and Diversity in Exotic Annual Grass Infestations (PDF)

Sept/Oct 2009

"Common Ground for Managing Invasive Annual Grasses" by Tom Monaco, Ph.D.

December 2008

Managing Medusahead PDF

Impact of Medusahead Invasion PDF

Exotic Plant Management in California Annual Grasslands PDF

 

]]>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:17:30 -0600<![CDATA[EBIPM Workshop - Boise, ID]]>

Area-Wide Project partners in Idaho will host a one-day EBIPM workshop for local high school science teachers.

An exact date for this workshop has not yet been set but organizers are planning for the week of spring break.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Stuart P. Hardegree- Plant Physiologist
USDA-ARS-Northwest Watershed Research Center
Phone: 208-422-0728
FAX: 208-334-1502
Email: stuart.hardegree@ars.usda.gov

or

Alex Boehm - Bio Science Technician
USDA-ARS-Northwest Watershed Research Center
Phone: 208-422-0730 
Fax: 208-334-1502 
Email: alex.boehm@ars.usda.gov 

]]>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:02:59 -0600<![CDATA[Shrub Planting in the Boise Foothills - Boise, ID]]>

Area-Wide Project partners in Idaho are organizing volunteers to do shrub planting at the Warm Springs Basin and at the Skate Park that recently burned.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Stuart P. Hardegree- Plant Physiologist
USDA-ARS-Northwest Watershed Research Center
Phone: 208-422-0728
FAX: 208-334-1502
Email: stuart.hardegree@ars.usda.gov

or

Alex Boehm - Bio Science Technician
USDA-ARS-Northwest Watershed Research Center
Phone: 208-422-0730 
Fax: 208-334-1502 
Email: alex.boehm@ars.usda.gov 

]]>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:59:46 -0600<![CDATA[EBIPM Workshop - Boise, ID]]>

Area-Wide Project partners in Idaho will host a one-day EBIPM workshop for local recreationalists and cyclists.

For more information, contact:

Dr. Stuart P. Hardegree- Plant Physiologist
USDA-ARS-Northwest Watershed Research Center
Phone: 208-422-0728
FAX: 208-334-1502
Email: stuart.hardegree@ars.usda.gov

or

Alex Boehm - Bio Science Technician
USDA-ARS-Northwest Watershed Research Center
Phone: 208-422-0730 
Fax: 208-334-1502 
Email: alex.boehm@ars.usda.gov 

]]>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:57:37 -0600<![CDATA[EBIPM Workshop & Assessment - Jordan Valley, UT]]>

Area-Wide Project partners in Oregon will host a two-day workshop for Jordan Valley high school students. The workshop will include a day in the classroom and then a day in the field working on inventory and assessment at the demonstration plots.

Exact dates for this workshop have not yet been set but organizers are planning for some time in mid-April.

For more information, contact:

Ed Vasquez, Ph.D.
Research Rangeland Mgmt. Specialist
phone #: 541-573-8937
email: ed.vasquez@oregonstate.edu

or

Anna-Marie Chamberlain
Extension Livestock and Range Specialist
phone #: 541-881-8840
email: anna-marie.chamberlain@oregonstate.edu 

]]>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:55:34 -0600<![CDATA[Wildland Shrub Symposium (May 18-20) - Logan, UT]]>The 16th Wildland Shrub Symmposium will be hosted in Logan, Utah May 18-20 at Utah State University.

For more information, click here or contact:

Dr. Thomas A. Monaco –Research Ecologist
USDA-ARS Forage & Range Research Lab
Phone: 435-797-7231
Fax: 435-797-3075
Email: tom.monaco@ars.usda.gov   

or

Dr. Steve Dewey – Extension Weed Specialist
Utah State University Plant, Soils and Biometeorology Dept.
Phone:  435-797-2256
Fax: 435-797-3376
Email:  steved@ext.usu.edu

or

Lesley Morris   
phone #:435-512-2248
email: lesleyrmorris@gmail.com

]]>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:52:22 -0600<![CDATA[Tri-State Rangeland Teacher's Workshop (July 6-10) - Montpelier, ID]]>

\"A unique workshop, hosting teachers from Idaho, Utah and Nevada will provide opportunities to get on the ground and explore some local rangeland ecosystems under the guidance of university professors, rangeland extension specialists, and other local experts.\"

For more information, click here or contact:

Dr. Thomas A. Monaco –Research Ecologist
USDA-ARS Forage & Range Research Lab
Phone: 435-797-7231
Fax: 435-797-3075
Email: tom.monaco@ars.usda.gov   

or

Dr. Steve Dewey – Extension Weed Specialist
Utah State University Plant, Soils and Biometeorology Dept.
Phone:  435-797-2256
Fax: 435-797-3376
Email:  steved@ext.usu.edu

 

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