Monday, Nov. 12

ALASKA ISLANDS AND OCEAN VISITOR CENTER 5-6:30 p.m. Invasive Species Workshop for the Public 6:30-7:30 p.m. Community Lecture: CSI: Environment and the

Latest Tools for Managing Invasive Species, Matthew Barnes, Assistant Professor of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University

Tuesday, Nov. 13

8-8:30 RegistrationandContinentalBreakfast8:30-8:35 WelcomeandKickoff, Tim Stallard, CNIPM

Chair

8:40-8:50 CNIPMBoardReportandUpdates,Tim Stal-lard, Alien Species Control, LLC, CNIPM Board Chair

8:50-9:20 What’sInaName?AnOverviewofEffortstoStreamline and Rebrand Alaska’s Invasive Species ManagementCoordinatingBodies,Aaron Martin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

9:20-10:15 Keynote Address, Serving Invasive Species with a SideofAwareness:UsingHarvestasaManage-ment,EducationandOutreachTool,Matthew Barnes, Assistant Professor of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University

10:15-10:40 NetworkingBreak

Invasivore10:40-11 CurrentStatusoftheInvasiveSignalCrayfish

(Pacifastacus leniusculus)PopulationofKodiakIsland, Alaska, Kelly Krueger, Sun’aq Tribe of Ko-diak

11-11:20 EverythingWeHaveComesfromourLand,Naomi Leask, Tsimshian Native Foods Specialist and Genelle Winter, Invasive Species Program Director

11:20-11:40 Invasivore Panel Discussion

Regulatory and planning 11:40-12 Washington Invasive Species Council, Bill Tweit,

Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife

Noon-1 LunchBuffetonSite

Building partnerships 1-1:20 AquaticInvasiveSpeciesLegislation,Geran Tarr,

Alaska State Representative

1:20-1:40 TheAquaticNuisanceSpeciesTaskForce:AnIntergov-ernmentalApproachtoPreventingandControllingAquaticInvasiveSpecies,Jeanette Davis, National Oce-anic and Atmospheric Administration

1:40-2 HowtoSucceedasaCooperativeWeedManage-mentArea:HistoryandCurrentStrategyoftheKenaiCWMA, Janice Chumley, University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service

2-2:20 Interagency Partnerships: The Key to Invasive Species Management Success in the Tyonek Tribal Conserva-tionDistrict,Nicole Swenson, Tyonek Tribal Conserva-tion Council

2:20-2:40 Panel Discussion

2:40-3 NetworkingBreak

Elodea 3-3:20 Elodea Management in Interior Alaska, Aditi She-

noy, Fairbanks Soil and Water Conservation Dis-trict

3:20-3:40 2018 Invasive ElodeaEarlyDetectionSurveysAcrossInterior Alaska: New Discoveries, Delia Vargas Kretsinger, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

3:40-4 Southcentral Alaska ElodeaUpdate,Dan Coleman, Alaska Division of Agriculture

4-4:20 Panel Discussion, all Elodea speakers 4:20-5 ConcurrentBreakoutSessions:StatewideElodea Dis-

cussion orCertifiedWeed-FreeProducts

4:30-5•FieldTrip:KachemakBayEuropeanGreenCrabandInvasive Tunicates *limited to 10 people, sign up early in day

Wednesday, Nov. 14

8-8:30 RegistrationandContinentalBreakfast 8:30-8:40 Opening Speaker, Bill Tweit, Washington Dept. of Fish

and Wildlife

Terrestrial 8:40-9 HawkweedsinthePNW:Impacts,Successesand

Challenges, Shawna L. Bautista, U.S. Forest Ser-vice

9-9:20 ManagingInvasivePlantsOnOilandGasFieldsWithintheKenaiNationalWildlifeRefuge,KenaiPeninsula,Alaska, Beth Sharp, Hilcorp, LLC

All Sessions at Land’s End Resort, Homer • Nov. 13-15

ORA

NGE HAWKWEED

EU

ROPEAN RABBIT

EURO

PEAN GREEN CRAB

DANDELION

NORTHERN PIKE

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9:20-9:50 IntegratedPestManagementPracticesontheKenai:EarlyDetectionandRapidResponseinAction,Betty Charnon, Chugach National Forest/Kenai CWMA, Janice Chumley, University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and Jennifer Hester, Kenai Watershed Forum

9:50-10:05 Panel Discussion10:05-10:20 NetworkingBreak

Terrestrial

10:20-10:40 The Nudge of a Worm: Invasive European Earth-wormsChangeAlaskanForests,Matthew L. Bowser, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

10:40-11 EradicatingCanadaThistleinAlaska,Peter Johnson, Alaska Department of Natural Resources

11-11:20 Phytopthora ramorumHostsandManage-ment, Todd Steinlage, Alaska Division of Agricul-ture

11:20-11:40 AlaskaInvasives:AMulti-StakeholderCommunica-tionsPlanningEffort,Katrina Liebich, U.S. Fish and Wildife Service

11:40-Noon Panel Discussion Noon-1 LunchBuffetonSite1-1:20 BiggestInvasiveSpeciesGeekRound11:20-1:40 CNIPMBoardNominations:MeettheNominees1:40-2 CreatingUniquePartnershipstoBuildAwareness

ofInvasiveEuropeanGreenCrabintheGreaterKachemakBayArea,Rose Robinson, Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

2-2:20 EarlyDetection,StillResponding:AnUpdateontheStatusandChallengesofSpottedKnapweedManagementEffortsontheTurnagainArm,Gino Graziano, UAF Cooperative Extension Service

2:20-2:40 NetworkingBreak

Arctic Invasives2:40-3 PathwaysandPatternsofNon-nativeVascularPlant

SpreadinAlaskaandtheCircumpolarArctic,Katie Spellman, UAF International Arctic Research Center, and Matt Carlson, UAA Alaska Center for Conserva-tion Science

3-3:20 ALittleSurf,aLittleTurf:RecentInvasiveSpeciesConcerns in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, Lauren M. Divine, Aleut Community of St. Paul

3:20-3:40 Panel Discussion, all afternoon speakers

3:40-3:50 CNIPM Awards3:50-4:20 RapidUpdates:3-MinutePresentations4:20-6 PosterSession,CNIPMBoardVotingBallotBox

4:30-5•FieldTrip:KachemakBayEuropeanGreenCrabandInvasive Tunicates *limited to 10 people, sign up early in day

Thursday, Nov. 15 8-8:30 RegistrationandContinentalBreakfast

8:30-8:40 Opening Speaker, Paul Seaton, Alaska State Repre-sentative

Emerging techniques and research 8:40-9 IncreasingtheSpatialScaleofTreatmentEnclosures

toTestEfficacyofChemicalRemovalofDidemnum vexillum in situ: A Preliminary Report, Tammy Davis, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

9-9:20 Invasive Northern Pike Suppression in Threemile Lake, Alaska, Parker Bradley, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

9:20-9:50 ChokingOuttheChokecherry:EffectiveBasalBarkTreatments of Prunus padus,anInvasiveandToxicPlantInvadingtheBorealForestsofAlaska,Gino Graziano, UAF Cooperative Extension Service

9:50-10:10 Panel Discussion

10:10-10:40 NetworkingBreak

Emerging techniques and research 10:40-11 The Ecology of Environmental DNA, an Emerging

ToolfortheDetectionandManagementofInvasiveSpecies, Matthew Barnes, Assistant Professor of Nat-ural Resources Management, Texas Tech University

11-11:20 ADeepDiveIntoPublicOpiniononFreshwaterInvasives, Deborah Kornblut, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

11:20-11:40 DutchHarborMarineInvasiveSpeciesBioblitz,Linda Shaw, National Marine Fisheries Service

11:40-Noon Panel Discussion

Noon-1 LunchBuffetonSite

1-1:30 BiggestInvasiveSpeciesGeekFinalRound,Crown-ing of the King/Queen

1:30-1:50 Integrated Pest Management Programs in Alaska andFutureOpportunities,Casey Matney, UAF Coop-erative Extension Service

1:50-2:10 Alaska’sInvasivePlantMini-Grants,Chantel Adelfio, Copper River Watershed Project

2:10-2:30 CooperativePestSurveyActivitiesinAlaska,Yolanda Inguanzo, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

2:30-2:50 HistoryofInvasivesinHomerHayFields,Chris Rain-water, Homer Soil and Water Conservation District Board Member

2:50-3:10 Panel Discussion

3:10-3:20 NewCNIPMBoardMembersAnnouncement,Clos-ing Remarks

3:20-3:40 NetworkingBreak

3:40-5p.m. InvasiveSpeciesIdentificationandReportingWork-shop orInvasivenessRankingforNon-nativePlants

5:30-6:30 CNIPMBoard:NewandFormerBoardMembersMeeting,Land’sEnd

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