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Invasive Species Professionals Gather at Capitol in Helena |
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On February 13th, the Montana Invasive Species Council and the Western Montana Conservation Commission co-hosted “Invasive Species Awareness Day” at the Helena Capitol. Despite challenging weather conditions, organizations from around the state filled the rotunda to connect with legislators and share valuable information about their work. The event saw strong attendance, with productive conversations on a wide range of issues.
The day provided an opportunity organizations to highlight their priorities, discuss challenges, and build relationships with lawmakers. Thank you to all our partners who are working to identify, prevent, manage, and control invasive species in Montana!
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Weed Coordinators Meet in Great Falls
MISC attended and staffed a table at the Montana Weed Control Association Conference in Great Falls on January 28-30. At the conference two MISC council members received the Barb Mullin Lifetime Achievement Award for their leadership, innovation, communication skills, and ability to demonstrate the impacts of weed management practices and principles.
Congratulations to Gary Adams, Montana’s State Plant Health Director for USDA-APHIS PPQ and Pam Schwend, Assistant Weed Coordinator for Carbon County.
Gary Adams & Pam Schwend
Fort Belknap Mid-Winter Fair
MISC attend the Fort Belknap Mid-Winter Fair in Fort Belknap on February 5-7 to share information about all-taxa invasive species. MISC shared a table with Dennis Longknife, Jr., Relocation, Managed Retreat, or Protect in Place (RMP) Coordinator for the Fort Belknap Indian Community’s Environmental Protection Department. Dennis is also a member of MISC. While in Fort Belknap Liz Lodman presented at the Rancher’s Roundup meeting sponsored by the MSU Fort Belknap Extension Office.
Dennis Longknife Jr.
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 Euphorbias: The Bold and the Beautiful
The Euphorbia species most familiar to readers of the Monthly Weed Post is likely leafy spurge (E. esula), but 1,600 to 2,000 Euphorbia species exist worldwide, mainly in tropical regions, but also in temperate regions including 15 to 17 (depending on the source) in Montana. Species in Montana include annuals and perennials; native and non-native; and small, ground-hugging species (e.g., corrugate-seed broomspurge (E. glyptosperma)) to tall, erect species (e.g., leafy spurge). At this time of year, at least in floral departments, a particularly bold and beautiful Euphorbia appears in northern climates like Montana, E. pulcherrima, commonly called “poinsettia.”
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 Mission Valley Conservation Speaker Series: Aquatic Invasive Species – 6 p.m. Feb. 19 at Ninepipes Lodge, south of Ronan; this free educational event, presented by Katie Finley-Squeque of CSKT Natural Resources Department, is open to the public.
Email LakeCD@macdnet.org for more information.
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