The Past, Present & Future of Weed Management

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1 The Past, Present & Future of Weed Management The 57 th MWCA Annual Conference January 15-16, 2014 MWCA Block at Great Falls Heritage Inn (406) Registration: Register online at beginning November 1, Early registration deadline is January 7 th. After January 7 th all registration fees go up 25%. Attendees must have a current paid membership on 1/15 to qualify for member rates. General admission: Full conference, including two (2) meals: $175 for members and $225 non-members. Single day Admission (Jan 15 only) includes lunch: $100 for members and $150 for non-members. Student rate: $75 for members; $95 for nonmembers. Students must present student ID. Vendor/booths: (includes one registration and 8 foot booth space with table) Commercial vendors $375 for members, $425 for non-members; Nonprofit & Educational vendors: $225 for members, $275 for non-members. MONDAY, JANUARY 13 1 p.m. 4 p.m. MWCA Board of Directors Meeting, American Room, Contact: Becky Kington TUESDAY, JANUARY 14 9:30 a.m. Silent auction set up, Montana Room, Contact Kellieann Morris 10 a.m. 12 noon Montana Noxious Weed Education Campaign Meeting, American Room, Contact: Shantell Frame-Martin 10 a.m. 12 noon Montana Biocontrol Meeting, Canadian Room, Contact: Melissa Maggio - Kassner 12 noon 2:30 p.m. Montana Department of Transportation Employee Meeting, Missouri Room 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Registration begins, Russell Room Vendor check in, Convention Area 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. County Weed Coordinator Meeting, Canadian Room, Contact: Pam Schwend 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Area meetings (all members are encouraged to attend and the public is welcome): Western Area, American Room Southwest Area, Canadian Room Triangle Area, Britain Room South Central Area, Lewis & Clark Room Central Area, Room 201 Southeast Area, Missouri Room Northeast Area, Alberta Room 4:00 4:30 p.m. Moderator Meeting in MWCA office Russell Room (moderators pick up equipment and bring to office at end of day) 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Agency meetings Montana Department of Transportation Employee Meeting, Missouri Room FWP Meeting, Lewis & Clark Room Urban County Meeting Canadian Room US Forest Service American Room Meeting last until 5:30 6:00 p.m. 9 p.m. Vendor Social Hour Convention Area 6:30 p.m. Weed Fighter Olympiad Convention Area

2 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 7:00 a.m. Registration open Russell Room 50/50 drawing SE Area Council 7:45 a.m. Welcome & Opening ceremony National Guard opening ceremony, Congressional Staffers present letters to general session: Bonnie Keller for Senator Baucus, Maia Aageson for Senator Tester and Cari Kent for Representative Daines 8:15 a.m. 8:45 a.m. Vendor Introductions - Jim Gordon 8:45 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Keynote Cecil Tharp Are Pesticides Safe? A discussion about the media, pesticides, reporting and the science behind it all. 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Break & Networking Convention Area 10:00 a.m. Silent auction set up Montana Room Silent auction will open at noon Vendor Strand Exploration & Plant topics implementation Wednesday Morning 1/15 All times are Start Times 10:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 11:00 11:15 Canadian Room Jim Gordon DuPont Mel Shumway DuPont Mel Shumway UAP Timberland Jim Gordon UAP Timberland Jim Gordon Dow AgroSciences Steve Saunders Dow AgroSciences Steve Saunders 11:30 Alligare Tony Marlow 11:45 Alligare 12:00 Tony Marlow Research American Room Jane Mangold Ecological impacts & biocontrol of flowering rush Peter Rice Challenges and successes in Montana s EWM control effort Celestine Duncan The Other knapweed: Ecology and Biocontrol of Russian knapweed Jeff Littlefield Britain Room Kellieann Morris Plant Physiology 101 Tonda Moon Montana noxious Weed ID Stephanie Blasenak Native plant ID Bryce Christiaens L & C Room Amy Adler Procedures for permitting oil and gas leases Kelly Murray Roundtable Past, present & future of the permitting process Roundtable Past, present & future of the permitting process Workshops Missouri Room Poisonous Plants of Montana Daniel Cook Moderator Amber Burch

3 12:15 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Lunch Meatloaf Dinner buffet Convention Area Wednesday Afternoon 1/15 All times are Start Times Vendor Strands Canadian Room Jim Gordon Research American Room Jane Mangold Collaboration Britain Room Margie Edsall Engaging the Public Lewis & Clark Room Pam Schwend Workshops Missouri Room 1:45 Restoring lands dominated by 2:00 GPS Montana Vince Thomas 2:15 GPS Montana Vince Thomas exotic annual grasses and spotted knapweed Noelle Orloff & Jane Mangold Madison County Inter-agency Coordinating Committee Dave Schulz The Montana Noxious Weed Education Project Shantell Frame- Martin 2:30 Ag Terra Technologies Alan Telck 2:45 Ag Terra Technologies Alan Telck The influence of insects on spotted knapweed and interactions with native plants Christina- Herron-Sweet Common Ground on the Rocky Mountain Front Mark Korte Continuing the Education Experiment in Stillwater Co Stephanie Naftal Conducting meetings 101 Dan Clark 3:00 3:15 3:30 IWM & ecology of tall buttercup in MT meadows Jackson Hole Weed Management Association Team Without Borders, it Does Work Mark Wilcox 3:45 Hally Berg Amy Collett 4:00 The Black Fingers of Death- a nightmare for 4:15 cheatgrass populations? 4:30 Krista Ehlert Marias River Basin Co-op Jim Ghekiere 5:00 p.m. Social Hour (no host bar), Convention Area A model for Montana, Ravalli County s Ed & awareness program Kellieann Morris 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Banquet Dinner & Awards Platinum Sponsor Presentation Steve Saunders & Travis Hirst, Dow AgroSciences Keynote Speaker Feral Hogs Stephen S. Ditchkoff & Joe Weigand Banquet Dinner Carved Ham buffet in Convention Area Awards Ceremony we encourage a black tie atmosphere! Convention Area Silent auction 8:30 p.m.

4 THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 7:00 a.m. 50/50 drawing SE Area Council 7:45 a.m. 8:15 a.m. MWCA Business Meeting, silent auction results & new elected board members Introduced, financials presented. Convention Area 8:15 a.m. 8:20 a.m. Silver Sponsor Presentation Mel Shumway, DuPont 8:20 a.m. 8:45 a.m. Governor Bullock or Tim Baker address the general session 8:45 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Montana s noxious weed management and current issues: The Governor s Noxious Weed Summit Advisory Council - past, present and future - Dave Schulz MDA s role and objectives with the Governor s Advisory council - Ron de Yong 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. Break and networking, Convention Area 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Workshop A: Montana s Poisonous plants with Daniel Cook moderator Amber Burch - Missouri Room 10:00 a.m. 12 noon Workshops 3 workshops will profile agency work with invasive weeds in Montana. The agencies have been asked to address budget and mission regarding noxious weed management. ** Please note: These workshops are strictly for information gathering and it is not appropriate to put someone on the spot for a specific problem you may have. Workshop B: Montana State weed work (MDT, MDA, FWP, DNRC) moderator Dave Burch, American Room Workshop C: Dept of Interior weed work (BLM, BOR, USFWS, NPS) moderator Dawn LaFleur, Britain Room Workshop D: Dept of Ag & Defense weed work (NRCS, FS, APHIS, Army Corp) moderator Margie Edsall, Canadian Room Workshop E: Managing conflict constructively with Dan Clark moderator Jill Allen, Alberta Room Workshop F: Honing Your Plant Identification Skills (Class limit of 30) moderator Jane Mangold Lewis & Clark Room Credit sheets turned in credit sheets (found in the back of your proceedings) may be turned in at the MDA vendor table after you complete your sessions - Convention Area Credits will be handled differently this year upon request of MT Dept of Ag. A credit page will be inserted into your proceedings and you will be asked to mark the sessions you attend. At the end of the conference, you will turn in your sheet to MDA for credits. MWCA will be applying for re-certification credits for Dealer, Demonstration & Research, Agricultural Plant Pest Control, Aquatic Pest Control, Turf & Ornamental, Right of Way Pest Control, Regulatory Weed Pest Control, and for private applicator credits. 11:00 a.m. Vendor booth take down.

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