CONNECTICUT INVASIVE PLANT WORKING GROUP (CIPWG) UPDATE
March 2005
Please note the following invasive plant and environmental related area events. (Compiled by Donna Ellis, CIPWG Co-Chair)
1. CT Invasive Plant Working Group General Meeting March 28, Peabody Museum, Yale University
A general meeting of the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG) will be held on Monday, March 28 in the Peabody Museum auditorium, Yale University, New Haven, CT. The meeting will run from 12:00 noon-2:00 p.m., followed by a guided tour from 2:00-3:00 p.m. of the museum's new invasive plant exhibit, "Landscape under Siege: Invasive Plants of Connecticut."
The meeting and tour are open to the public and there is no charge to attend. When you enter the museum building, please go to the Admissions area and tell the museum staff that you are attending the CT Invasive Plant Working Group meeting in the auditorium so that you will not need to pay admission.
For information on the Invasive Plant Exhibit at the Peabody, click on http://www.peabody.yale.edu/exhibits/ctinvasives.html
Directions to the Peabody Museum can be found on the website at http://www.peabody.yale.edu/visit/directions.html
Parking costs $1 per car in the Peabody Museum parking lot. You will take a ticket when you enter the lot and you need to present the ticket to the museum front desk staff in order to get the key pad code that will let you out of the lot. If the lot is full, you will need to park on the street. Carpooling is recommended.
We encourage you to attend the Yale invasive species lecture at Sage Hall at 4:00 p.m. that afternoon when Daniel Simberloff from the University of Tennessee will present a lecture entitled "Losing - and Restoring - Ecosystem Services.
For more information about the CIPWG meeting, or if you have items for the meeting agenda, please contact Donna Ellis (donna.ellis@uconn.edu; 860-486-6448) or Elizabeth Corrigan (elizabethcorrigan@yahoo.com). The CIPWG website is www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg
2. The Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is presenting a series of workshops in April entitled, “Planning Invasive Plant Control on Large Parcels: A Workshop for Landowners.” The hands-on workshops help landowners strategically plan for the management of invasive plants. All workshops are from 10:00 – 4:00 and are free. Space is limited and advanced registration is required by March 30. You can download the workshop announcement and registration form from the Internet at http://northeast.fws.gov/invasive.pdf For more information, contact Cynthia Boettner at 413-863-0209 x6, email cynthia_boettner@fws.gov
3. The following note is from Bob Capers from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, regarding a volunteer lake-monitoring program for invasive aquatic plants in Connecticut lakes and ponds.
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and the Connecticut Federation of Lakes are launching a volunteer lake-monitoring program this year as a way of getting more people to look for invasive aquatic plants. The activities of individual volunteers will vary depending on their interest and availability. Organizers of the monitoring program hope many people will conduct surveys of their lakes, paddling or motoring slowly around, looking for invasive plants and recording the location of any they see. Other people may be interested in preparing maps that show the location of all native and invasive plants, or they may want to inspect boat trailers to make sure they are not carrying invasive plants. People with more time may be willing to establish permanent transects where quantitative information on species’ abundance can be gathered each year. Workshops to explain the volunteer lake-monitoring program more fully and to provide training in identification of invasive aquatic plants will be held later this spring. One will be held Saturday, April 30, at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven, and others remain to be scheduled in other parts of the state. People who want to register for one of the workshops may call or email Bob Capers at the experiment station, (203) 974-8469, robert.capers@po.state.ct.us.
4. (Forwarded from Frank Gagliardo, Waste Planning and Standards, CTDEP, 860-424-3130)
Connecticut Green Building Council Spring Dinner Event, Thursday, March 31, 2005, 5:30 – 9pm, The Hawthorne Inn, 2421 Berlin Turnpike, Berlin, CT.
Please join the Connecticut Green Building Council for dinner and hear the latest on organic land care standards and landscape specifications for your green building project. Speakers include Diane Devore, Devore Associates, LLC and Bill Duesing, Executive Coordinator, CT Chapter Northeast Organic Farmer's Association. For more information, contact Kim Trella (kim.trella@po.state.ct.us). Reservations must be received by March 24th. Visit the CT Green Building Council website at www.CTGBC.org
5. Invasive Plant Work Days in Mansfield
Mansfield, CT Parks and Recreation and the Parks Advisory Committee supervise a volunteer corps called Natural Areas Volunteers (NAV). Volunteers are needed to attend workdays to control invasive plants, blaze trails, clear brush, etc. at parks and preserves in town. We invite you to volunteer on Saturday, April 2 from 10am-12pm. Volunteers should meet at the Mansfield Middle School Parking lot and will be working at the Old Spring Hill Field. Participants are encouraged to pre-register by Friday, April 1 by calling (860) 429-3015, sign up online, or mail in the registration form. Please dress appropriately for outdoor work. Additional workdays are also available from 10am-12pm on April 9, April 16, April 30, May 7, May 14, May 28 and June 11.
For more information, visit the Mansfield Parks and Recreation website, Natural Areas Volunteers workdays section:
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