06 CIPWG Symposium Program

“WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE LANDSCAPE OF TOMORROW”

Mountainside Resort - wallingford, CT

Thursday, October 12, 2006

8:00	Check-in
9:00	Welcome Donna Ellis & Betsy Corrigan CIPWG Co-chairs
9:05	Message from CIPWG Co-founder LES MEHRHOFF, IPANE Director
9:20	Opening Speaker Gina McCarthy, Commissioner Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
9:40	What’s New Connecticut Invasive Plants Council Update MARY MUSGRAVE Massachusetts Regulations Update BRAD MITCHELL Summary of Cultivar Issues MARK BRAND
10:20	Break - Visit poster displays
10:45	Plenary Speaker- "Linking Ecology and Horticulture to Prevent Plant Invasions" PETER WHITE, Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Director, North Carolina Botanical Garden
11:45	Lunch including Lunchtime Discussions (box lunch provided)
1:00	Concurrent Sessions
2:30	Break
2:45	Concurrent Sessions
3:30	*Panel Discussion
4:30 +	Social Hour & Final Poster Viewing

*Panel:

Ann Camp – Lecturer and Senior Research Scientist, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Paul Larson – Connecticut Invasive Plants Council; Co-owner Sprucedale Gardens

Christopher Mattrick – Botanist, White Mountain National Forest

Kristin Schwab – Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut

Mark Sellew – Owner, Prides Corner Farms, Inc.

Patricia Sesto – Inland Wetlands Agent, Wilton, CT

David Sutherland – Connecticut Invasive Plants Council; The Nature Conservancy

Concurrent Sessions and Speakers

There will be 3 concurrent sessions during each time slot. Attendees may move freely among sessions:

Session 1. Alternatives to Invasive Plants

Session 2. Restoration: Establishing a Native Landscape

Session 3. Management: Planning and Control

Time	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3
1:00 -1:30	Adam Wheeler Well-behaved Woodies	Mark Gormel The Seven Steps Toward Successful (and Ethical) Native Seed Collection	Betsy Lyman Guidelines for Restoration and Control: Good Luck vs. Good Planning
1:30 -2:00	Steve Taylor Herbaceous Alternative Plants	Martin Cubanski Seeding Native Woody Plants for Bareroot Harvesting	Todd Mervosh Herbicides: How They Work, and What Happens to Them
2:00 - 2:30	Mark Sellew American Beauties Native Plants	Peter Picone Selecting Plants for Ecological Diversity: Plants and Wildlife are Inextricably Linked	Christopher Mattrick Get 'em Early! Management Strategies for Small to Moderate Invasive Plant `Infestations`
2:30 - 2:45	Break	Break	Break
2:45 - 3:30	Kristin Schwab Using Alternative Plants to Create Sustainable Landscapes	Mark Gormel Direct Seeding in the Landscape: Meadows and Beyond	Jessica Murray Weed It Now: Invasive Species Control at Large Scale

Pesticide Recertification Credits and CT Commercial Forest Practitioners CEU’s will be available.