2020 Columbia Gorge Invasive Species and Exotic Pest Workshop

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Thank you for attending the 9th Annual Columbia Gorge Invasive Species and Exotic Pest Workshop!

The Columbia Gorge CWMA would like to give everyone a BIG thank you for participating in the 9th Annual Invasive Species and Exotic Pest Workshop! From the thought-provoking presentations to the engaging quiz and impressive outreach displays, we are thrilled with the entire turnout of the event and we could not have done it without you! Please see below for presentations, photos, and the full event agenda.

This event was co-hosted by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Columbia Gorge Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA), the Washington Invasive Species Council, and Washington State University Extension. It is an excellent opportunity is designed to provide information on invasive species management to land managers and the interested public. We were excited to host the event at Skamania County’s Hegewald Center once again!

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Presentations

 

 

Offered Recertification Credits

  • Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) – 7 Credits (3 Core, 4 Other)
  • Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) – 6 Credits
  • International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) – 2 Credits
  • Oregon Landscape Contractor’s Board (OLCB) – 7 Credits

See the event agenda below or download the PDF.

 

2020 Invasive Species and Exotic Pest Workshop

Thursday, February 27th, 2020, 8:00am – 4:30pm

Hegewald Center (710 SW Rock Creek Drive, Stevenson, WA, 98648)

 

8:00 – 8:30 Networking

8:30 – 8:40 Welcome

Hannah Brause (Washington State University Extension)

8:40 – 9:30 Collaboration has Lolo Pass Hawkweed on the Run

Courtney Gattuso (Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District)

Beth Myers-Shenai (Oregon Department of Agriculture)

Christina Mead (US Forest Service–Mt. Hood National Forest)

9:30 – 10:20 Exotic and invasive species of Oregon’s forests and how to report them

Wyatt Williams (Oregon Department of Forestry)

10:20 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 11:00 King Aldo Leopold’s Ghost: how good restoration goes bad

Dominic Maze (City of Portland–Bureau of Environmental Services)

11:00 – 11:50 Bullfrog removal to benefit Western pond turtles in the Columbia River Gorge

Stefanie Bergh (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

Lee Lynn Thompson

11:50 – 12:50 Lunch

Bring your own food or enjoy lunch at a local restaurant in Stevenson, WA.

12:50 – 1:20 Invasives Quiz

Marty Hudson (Klickitat County)

1:20 – 1:25 Western Invasives Network Coordinator Introduction

Troy Abercrombie (Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development)

1:25 – 1:30 Columbia Gorge CWMA Update

Courtney Gattuso (Clackamas Soil and Water Conservation District)

1:30 – 2:20 Volunteers Digging In With Invasive Restoration

Mika Barrett (Friends of the Columbia Gorge)

John Cowan (Oregon State Parks–Oregon Parks and Recreation Department)

Katie Santini (US Forest Service–Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area)

2:20 – 2:30 Break

2:30 – 3:20 Boise Goathead Fest! How a grassroots movement is eradicating bicycling’s most despised noxious weed

Jimmy Hallyburton (Boise Bicycle Project)

3:20 – 3:50 Urban Forest Pest Readiness Playbook

Justin Bush (Washington Invasive Species Council)

3:50 – 4:20 Let’s Pull Together

Cheryl Howard (City of Bend)

4:20 – 4:30 That’s a wrap!

 

See you next year!

 

Questions? Email the CWMA Coordinator at columbiagorgecwma@gmail.com