8th
Maine Invasive Species Network Annual Meeting
Please mark your calendars
for the 2018 Maine Invasive Species Network Annual Meeting: Friday,
March 16 at Maple Hill Inn & Conference Center in Hallowell
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Approved for 4 pesticide applicator recertification credits). Registration details should be out in February. Please feel free to pass this
on.
Worms, Bugs and Fish--Oh My!
Friday,
March 16, 2018
Maple
Hill Inn and Conference Center
Hallowell,
ME
8:00-8:30
Registration,
coffee + food
8:30-8:45
Welcome
8:45-9:45
State of
the State Roundtable by taxa, part 1 (20 minutes each incl. Q&A)
- Agricultural
Pests—David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Ext. C
- Forest
Pests – Colleen Teerling, DACF - MFS
- Aquatic
plants – Denise Blanchette, DEP
9:45-10:30
Report
on—Crazy worms Josef Gorges, University of Vermont
10:30-10:45
AM
Break
10:45-11:30
Bill Cullina, Coastal Maine Botanical
Gardens--native alternatives to invasive plants
11:30-12:00
Biological
Controls on Hemlock Wooly Adelgid and Winter and Browntail Moths
Colleen Teerling, DACF - MFS
12:00-1:00
Lunch
(provided)—Hot lunch buffet
Pot
Pies—Chicken and Vegetarian Options
1:00-2:00
State of
the State Roundtable by taxa, part 2 (20 each, incl. Q&A)
- Freshwater
invasive fish—Frank Frost, IF&W
- Terrestrial
plants – Nancy Olmstead, DACF - MNAP
- Marine
invasive species – Jim Stahlnecker, DEP
2:00-2:45
Big Reed
Project--Invasive Smelt removal from Atlantic Char waters in an isolated
location in Northern Maine, Frank Frost (project leader), IF&W
2:45-3:00
PM Break
3:00-3:45
Case
Study, What’s going on with our neighbors in NH? Invasives knocking on our
door.
Douglas
Cygan, Invasive Species Coordinator, New Hampshire Department of Agriculture
3:45-4:00
Wrap Up
MISN
announcements---goals, upcoming meetings, online forum, etc
4:00
Adjourn
The 2018 Annual Meeting
planning group includes Denise Blanchett (Maine Dept. of Environmental
Protection), Mary Yurlina and Gary Fish (Maine Department of Agriculture,
Conservation and Forestry), Rebecca Jacobs (Knox-Lincoln Soil and Water
Conservation District) and Andrei Alyokhin at U-Maine is also advising
and supporting us as MISN’s University of Maine liaison.
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