The Monterey County Weed Management Area and CSUMB's Watershed Institute would like to welcome you to the Central Coast’s 9th Annual War on Weeds Symposium. This conference will provide information on weed control and management and offers...
• A dozen speakers!
• 2 days of optional field trips!
• Live tool demonstrations!
• Lunch and snacks provided!
• Opportunities to network with other local “Weed Warriors”!
• 5-7 Continuing Education Credits for qualified applicators!
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Restoration Ecologists, Agency Professionals, Public Utilities,
Growers/Crop Advisors, Landscapers/Groundskeepers, University Faculty/Students, Research Professionals, Conservation Districts, Land Managers
Register Today!
Register by November 9th for $25, on November 10th registration becomes $35!
To pay by mail and/or check please go to the
Watershed Institute WoW website to download the mail-in registration form.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH
8:15 – 9:00 a.m. Registration and live music, courtesy of the “Thistleblowers”
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Keynote Address by Dan Gluesenkamp, Audubon Canyon Ranch.
Fast Times on Planet Earth: advances in early detection and a natural epidemiology.
Session I: Emerging Research and Methodologies
9:30 – 9:50 a.m.
Measuring Performance of Invasive Plant Management Efforts.
Pete Holloran, Environmental Studies Department,
University of California, Santa Cruz
9:50 – 10:10 a.m.
How can we use population models to gain insights into invasive weeds and their control?
Ingrid Parker, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
10:10 – 10:30 a.m.
The role of mycorrhizal fungi in promoting post-invasion persistence of exotic grasses.
Sophie Parker, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Morning break
Session II: Strategic Project Planning
10:45 – 11:10 p.m.
Logistical Planning forPrescribed Burning.
Cindy Roessler, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
11:10 – 11:30 a.m.
Developing an Invasive Species Strategic Plan for Big Sur Region.
Mandy Tu, Invasive Species Team, The Nature Conservancy
11:30 – 12:00 p.m.
Project Planning to Include Public Outreach, Eliminate Rumors, and Take the Public’s Pulse.
Sharon Farrell; Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Buffet-style lunch and Poster Session
1:00 – 1:15 p.m.
A-Rated Weeds in Monterey County.
Brad Oliver, Monterey County Agriculture Commissioner’s Office, Salinas
Session III: Mapping and Monitoring
1:15 – 1:40 p.m.
GeoWeed: improving weed data collection to support multiple end-uses.
Deanne DiPietro, Sonoma Ecology Center
1:40 – 2:05 p.m.
GPS for Rough Terrain: A Minimalist Solution.
Ken Moore; Santa Cruz County Wildlands Restoration Team
2:05 – 2:30 p.m.
What’s the goal? Using GIS to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of various weed mapping methods.
Brian Fulfrost, Department of Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Tool Tailgate Demonstrations
Session IV: Weed Abatement and Control
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Non-chemical exotic control in coastal sage scrub restoration at an Audubon Preserve.
Sandy DeSimone; Audubon California’s Starr Ranch Sanctuary
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
How to Use a Scythe AND Change the World.
Ken Moore; Santa Cruz County Wildlands Restoration Team
4:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
by Kim Hayes, Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Field Trips
Thursday, November 15th - Twilight Field Trip (2:00 p.m. - dark) and Thai Dinner. Fort Ord backcountry tour of California's largest maritime chaparral, vast coastal grasslands, and vernal pool basins. We'll discuss various weed species (Spotted knapweed, French broom, Klamath weed, jubata grass, narrow leaf clover, fireweed, YST, bull thistle, black mustard, and Tribolium obliterum!) and projects, fuelbreak management, prescribed burning (visit 1997, 2003, 2005, and 2006 burn sites), wild pig abatement, sheep grazing for biological benefits, and habitat restoration efforts now in their 11th year. Hands on for the willing with gopher snakes, tiger salamander, and rare California legless lizards. No host dinner to follow at My Thai Restaurant 5 minutes from Fort Ord in Marina.
Saturday, November 17th - (8:30 a.m. to 4:00) p.m. for a gorgeous field trip down the Big Sur coast. Join us for a piece or an all day jaunt down the coast for a 3-stop journey to Point Lobos, Soberanes Point, and Rocky Ridge. At Point Lobos we'll venture into the little visited east side of this incredible Monterey pine forest along with a pygmy forest of rare Gowan cypress and bishop pine and a redwood-lined riparian area. We'll see and discuss a 9-year French broom project that is using various tools/techniques to treat broom along with other miscellaneous weeds such as poison hemlock, jubata, and velvet grass. At Soberanes Point we'll walk around the stupendous ocean cliffs where Soberanes Creek falls into the ocean. Here we'll visit a 5-year Cape ivy project that includes innovative techniques to treat ivy, hemlock, sweet clover, prickly ox tongue, Anthriscus, Veldt grass, and tocalote. Along the Rocky Ridge trail we'll be amazed by beauty found in lush, flowery riparian areas and a redwood forest with spectacular oceanside views. Much conservation project work going on to discuss as participants desire such as herbicide, brushcutting, handpulling, of eupatorium, Cape ivy, hemlock, fennel, mustards, and others. Bring your own lunch.
For more information on field trips please contact Bruce at 831.277.7690 or email him at bdelgado@mbay.net
Poster Presentations
Inspiring Students to Understand, Appreciate, and Protect the Environment through Restoration Projects and a Native Plant Nursery.
Jane Atkins and Craig Hohenberger, Hilton Bialek Biological Sciences Habitat
GeoWeed: A New Weed Data Management Tool.
Deanne DiPietro, Sonoma Ecology Center
The Invasive Species Program at the California Department of Fish and Game.
Susan Ellis1 and Julie Horenstein2, Habitat Conservation Planning Branch, California Dept. of Fish and Game
Facilitation of an Invasive Grass by Native Shrubs.
Alden Griffith, Doctoral Candidate, Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
The Cost and Effectiveness of Small-Scale Fennel Control Methods.
Abigail Gwinn, Division of Science and Environmental Policy and Return of the Natives Restoration Education Program at the Watershed Institute, CSU Monterey Bay
Managing Yellow Star Thistle in CA Grasslands: The Role of a Native Tarweed in Invasion Resistance.
Kris Hulvey, Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
Applied ecology of Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum L.) in Fall River.
Thaddeus Hunt 1*, Joseph M. DiTomaso 1, David F. Spencer 2; 1* Dept of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; 1 USDA ARS Exotic & Invasive Weeds Research Unit, 2 Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Arundo: Biofuel Dream or Ecological Nightmare: Lessons from the Sunshine State.
Cheryl McCormick, Santa Lucia Conservancy
Non-native grass control in California State Parks Monterey District.
Amy Palkovic, Jeff Frey, and Lorrie Madison, California State Parks
Non-Native Invasive Species Program on Army Owned Land at the Former Fort Ord, California.
Cary Stiebel, US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Ord BRAC Office
TNC’s Weed Information Management System (WIMS) – An Application Tool for Invasive Species Management.
Mandy Tu, The Nature Conservancy’s Global Invasive Species Team, Portland, OR
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