[MAIPC] Fwd: NAIPC Webinar on July 20

[Jil Swearingen]

Hi,

For anyone interested in the listing process for invasive plants, this
should be of interest.

Thank you,

Jil

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From: Nancy Loewenstein <loewenj at auburn.edu>
Date: Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 5:16 PM
Subject: NAIPC Webinar on July 20
To: NAEPPCBOARD at listserv.uga.edu


The next NAIPC webinar (*Best Practices for Assessing and Listing Invasive
Plants*) will be presented by Doug Johnson and Ramona Robinson on July 20
at 3 pm EDT. (A flier is attached if you’d like to use it for further
circulation.)



To register:   https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1875345007828570115


*Abstract*: State and regional invasive plant councils play an important
role in assessing and listing invasive plants that cause ecological harm in
wildlands. These organizations recognize the benefits of standardizing
their approaches (while allowing for appropriate variation) to ensure
scientific rigor, transparency, and engagement of all stakeholders. This is
especially important as landscaping guidelines increasingly point to such
lists when recommending that invasive plants not be used. Representatives
from invasive plant councils across the country worked together to
establish standardized best practices. The California Invasive Plant
Council (Cal-IPC) followed these practices in their recent update of the
Cal-IPC Inventory, in which we added 10 plant species to the existing list
of 215 species. We also added 86 species in a new “watch” category based on
evaluation with a screening tool for predicting potential for future
invasiveness. This tool includes an online climate match tool that can be
used by anyone in the US. In this webinar we will cover the best practices
for invasive plant assessment and listing, what lessons Cal-IPC learned in
applying these practices, and how other groups can use this approach in
their own invasive plant assessment and listing.

*Speakers:* Doug Johnson is Executive Director of the California Invasive
Plant Council (Cal-IPC) and serves on the executive committee for the
National Association of Invasive Plant Councils. Dr. Ramona Robison is
Science Program Manager and the lead on maintaining Cal-IPC’s Invasive
Plant Inventor, the state’s list of invasive plants of wildlands, used by
land managers to help prioritize their work.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the webinar.

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