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This video from Columbia Gorge Cooperative Weed Management Area highlights a new bike, boot, and tool cleaning and education kiosk that is installed near the main parking lot at Sandy Ridge. This kiosk has all the tools you need to make sure your wheels, shoes and tools aren't weedy! Similar kiosks have been installed at Powell Butte and Rocky Point trails, too!
To commemorate Oregon Invasive Species Awareness Week and National Invasive Species Awareness Week, the Oregon Invasive Species Council (OISC) presented a 90-minute webinar that introduced and highlighted invasive species threats and opportunities across the state, the critical network partners who manage them, and the key policies that facilitate these efforts. The webinar also provided an opportunity to showcase the OISC’s Threats & Opportunities: A Primer for Oregon Policymakers. Presentations were followed by a panel discussion with Q&A and a call for nominations for OISC awards and announcement of a new “Outstanding Local Leadership & Collaboration Award”.
A recording of the webinar can be found here: www.oregoninvasivespeciescouncil.org/threats-opportunities-webinar
In this live Q&A panel, administrators from each of the current iMapInvasives jurisdictions (AZ, ME, NY, OR, PA, and SK) as well as iMapInvasives representatives from NatureServe serve as panelists and answer questions about iMapInvasives in an effort to provide a better understanding of the history of iMapInvasives, its many capabilities, and how others are utilizing the iMapInvasives platform to abate the threat of invasive species. Visit https://www.imapinvasives.org/ to learn more and contact us with your questions.
Dr. John Madsen, USDA-ARS; Dr. Bradley T. Sartain, ERDC-EL; Dr. Nate Harms, ERDC-EL 4 November 2020
First Dr. Madsen presents the phenology of Flowering Rush in two case studies that informs long-term management. Then Dr. Sartain looks at field trials that evaluate water exchange processes and herbicide efficacy on the effective management of flowering rush. Lastly, Dr. Harms looks at genotype differences between introduced populations that may lead to variation in economic or ecological impacts between invaded areas and finishes with genotype-specific management.
America's hunters and anglers represent essential stakeholders in combating invasive species threatening native fish and wildlife populations and their habitats. Preventing and controlling invasive species is an achievable goal. Linking invasive species management principles with the hunting and angling conservation ethic is critical. Invasive species threaten the future of hunting and fishing. Sportsmen and women across the nation are joining forces to defend their favorite places.
The documentary video, Defending Favorite Places, was produced on DVD as part of the National Invasive Species Threat Campaign with support from Wildlife Forever, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Center for Invasive Plant Management, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and many public and private organizations and individuals.
Watch the video on the US Forest Service's Invasive Species Program Page.
From The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife's Facebook Post (August 19, 2020): American bullfrogs are not native to Oregon. They were brought in originally to control bugs and as a food source. They quickly outcompeted native amphibians, and they're known to eat our native Western pond and painted turtle hatchlings. Today we're taking you fly fishing for bullfrogs, and then we'll show you our favorite way to fry them up. You can help lower the number of American bullfrogs in your local ponds, lakes and waterways by gigging, fishing, spearing or hand collecting them, and it may help give our native amphibians and reptiles a fighting chance.
