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This video from Columbia Gorge Cooperative Weed Management Area highlights a new bike, boot, and tool cleaning and education kiosk that is installed near the main parking lot at Sandy Ridge. This kiosk has all the tools you need to make sure your wheels, shoes and tools aren't weedy! Similar kiosks have been installed at Powell Butte and Rocky Point trails, too!
To commemorate Oregon Invasive Species Awareness Week and National Invasive Species Awareness Week, the Oregon Invasive Species Council (OISC) presented a 90-minute webinar that introduced and highlighted invasive species threats and opportunities across the state, the critical network partners who manage them, and the key policies that facilitate these efforts. The webinar also provided an opportunity to showcase the OISC’s Threats & Opportunities: A Primer for Oregon Policymakers. Presentations were followed by a panel discussion with Q&A and a call for nominations for OISC awards and announcement of a new “Outstanding Local Leadership & Collaboration Award”.
A recording of the webinar can be found here: www.oregoninvasivespeciescouncil.org/threats-opportunities-webinar
In this live Q&A panel, administrators from each of the current iMapInvasives jurisdictions (AZ, ME, NY, OR, PA, and SK) as well as iMapInvasives representatives from NatureServe serve as panelists and answer questions about iMapInvasives in an effort to provide a better understanding of the history of iMapInvasives, its many capabilities, and how others are utilizing the iMapInvasives platform to abate the threat of invasive species. Visit https://www.imapinvasives.org/ to learn more and contact us with your questions.
Harney County Wildfire Collaborative and SageCon Partnership hosted a two day workshop last month, during which the barriers and opportunities for addressing invasive annual grasses in Oregon and beyond the state were explored. If you missed the workshop or want to revisit the information that was covered, please click here. On this page provided by High Desert Partnership, you can find recordings of the December 14 & 15th sessions, graphic notes, and more!
Dr. John Madsen, USDA-ARS; Dr. Bradley T. Sartain, ERDC-EL; Dr. Nate Harms, ERDC-EL 4 November 2020
First Dr. Madsen presents the phenology of Flowering Rush in two case studies that informs long-term management. Then Dr. Sartain looks at field trials that evaluate water exchange processes and herbicide efficacy on the effective management of flowering rush. Lastly, Dr. Harms looks at genotype differences between introduced populations that may lead to variation in economic or ecological impacts between invaded areas and finishes with genotype-specific management.
This calendar is intended to provide land managers and weed practitioners with the best treatment and timing options when controlling invasive plants in the Portland metropolitan region. The calendar was originally written by Metro for managing natural areas, but the 4-County CWMA Technical & Scientific Review Committee has updated it for a wider audience of land managers.
View/Download 2020 Integrated Weed Maintenance Calendar
If you have any suggestions for the calendar, please contact Mitch Bixby (Mitch.Bixby@portlandoregon.gov).
The Western Governors’ Association (WGA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under a Shared Stewardship Memorandum of Understanding, have been collaborating on efforts to meaningfully address the large-scale infestation of invasive annual grasses on western forests and rangelands. The result of this effort is a new toolkit for land managers to address the spread of invasive annual grasses in the West, including species such as cheatgrass, medusahead, and ventanata. WGA and USDA released the toolkit during a webinar, which featured presentations by members of the interagency committee that worked to develop the toolkit.
The toolkit is comprised of three elements:
A roadmap for invasive grass management in the West, with new best management practices for the identification and protection of relatively intact “core” areas;
Case studies highlighting the application of these practices in Idaho and Wyoming; and
A new geospatial data layer to help state and local officials manage invasive annual grasses at home, while also offering opportunities to identify new cross-boundary collaborative projects.
Deschampsia danthoniodes (native) and Ventenata dubia (invasive) grow in similar habitats, often right alongside each other and it can be very easy to confuse the two. Linked below is a one-page identification guide and a PowerPoint compilation of identification resources (Guide and Digital art by Bethany Reed, Malheur National Forest).
On episode 33 of the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife’s (ODFW) Beaver State Podcast, you can listen to ODFW Invasive Species Coordinator & OISC member, Rick Boatner, talk about the invasive species he is currently fighting, the invasive species he is currently worried about, and more!
Listen now here: https://myodfw.com/articles/beaver-state-podcast-episode-33-invasive-species
America's hunters and anglers represent essential stakeholders in combating invasive species threatening native fish and wildlife populations and their habitats. Preventing and controlling invasive species is an achievable goal. Linking invasive species management principles with the hunting and angling conservation ethic is critical. Invasive species threaten the future of hunting and fishing. Sportsmen and women across the nation are joining forces to defend their favorite places.
The documentary video, Defending Favorite Places, was produced on DVD as part of the National Invasive Species Threat Campaign with support from Wildlife Forever, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Center for Invasive Plant Management, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and many public and private organizations and individuals.
Watch the video on the US Forest Service's Invasive Species Program Page.
Wildlife Forever is committed to helping communities slow the spread of Aquatic Invasive Species and empowering best management practices for wise public use of America’s natural resources. With this new rapid response kit, Wildlife Forever gives agencies, organizations and communities across the country the tools to quickly communicate about an infestation. This kit will help you:
Send out an urgent warning that a local lake has been infested with a specific Aquatic Invasive Species
Educate the affected public as to what they can – and should – do in this event to help prevent the further spread of the species
Download the Rapid Response Kit, usable press releases, videos, radio PSAs, and more here.
In January of 2019, the Oregon Invasive Species Council hosted a free webinar on the emerging insect pests of Oregon that are threatening the local environment and economy. Forest and agricultural pests constantly put Oregon’s industries at risk of lost profit, costly projects, and quarantines. The purpose of this webinar was to share information about key emerging invasive insect threats that could cause significant, lasting impacts to the state. Listeners learned about the current status of these insects in Oregon, how they get here, efforts to address the issues, and what people can do to stop the introduction or spread. There were short presentations from the following experts in the field:
If you’d like to learn more about this issue, see our Webinar Q&A Sheet for questions answered during and after the webinar.
Want to connect with our experts about the issues discussed in this webinar? Find their contact information below.
From The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife's Facebook Post (August 19, 2020): American bullfrogs are not native to Oregon. They were brought in originally to control bugs and as a food source. They quickly outcompeted native amphibians, and they're known to eat our native Western pond and painted turtle hatchlings. Today we're taking you fly fishing for bullfrogs, and then we'll show you our favorite way to fry them up. You can help lower the number of American bullfrogs in your local ponds, lakes and waterways by gigging, fishing, spearing or hand collecting them, and it may help give our native amphibians and reptiles a fighting chance.
Link to recorded Webinar: https://psu.zoom.us/rec/share/28tFBo7zykBObM_97xDTcKIKDqbgeaa81HRIrPMEzB5-q0cL86MzAgU9sA6phfVq
Webinar Description: Did you know that it's important to document your findings of invasive species when found in natural areas such as parks, forests, lakes, rivers, and streams? Join the iMapInvasives Introduction and Training webinar and learn all about iMapInvasives, a special online platform and mobile app that allows natural resource professionals and citizen scientists to record presence, absence, and treatment data associated with invasive species searched areas.
Webinar Topics:
The iMapInvasives program as a whole, as well as specifics related to the Pennsylvania program
Obtaining a free iMapInvasives login account
Entering data using the mobile app
Setting up customized email alerts
And more!
iMapInvasives is an interactive online GIS-based invasive species data management program. The iMapInvasives network is a consortium of programs in several US states and a Canadian province, and is led by NatureServe, an international conservation organization with a proven record of biodiversity data management and conservation research. Visit the Oregon iMapInvasives website to learn more.
Abstract
The excessive number of terms associated with invasive species, and their often incorrect usage, hinders stakeholder education about the threats of invasive species. Here we introduce seven terms (native, nonnative, introduced, established, invasive, nuisance, and range change) that are applicable across invasive taxa, understandable, typically interpreted correctly, and useful for describing most situations regarding invasive species. We also list six terms to avoid (native invasive, invasive exotic, invasive weed, alien, foreign, and nonindigenous) that create confusion via their misuse and misinterpretation. The terms we propose will increase understanding, thereby promoting behavior changes aimed at limiting the negative impacts of invasive species.
