23rd Annual Meeting and Non-Native Plant Identification Workshop

Lodge at Cliff Castle, Camp Verde, AZ
April 16-18, 2009

This year's meeting, Who's Invading Our Riparian Space? will be held in Camp Verde at the the Lodge at Cliff Castle.

Agenda

The plenary session will occur Thursday morning at 8:15 with

• Welcome, President Kris Randall
• Invasive Species and the Economics of Doing Business, Dr. Charles Perrings, ecoServices, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
• Managing Invasive Species in Fossil Creek, Dr. Jane Marks, College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Northern Arizona University
• Invasive Plants in the Aua Fria and Verde Riparian Systems, Jeff Schalau, County Director University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County
• Tamarisk - Can It be Managed? Dr. Ed Glenn, Environmental Research Laboratory, University of Arizona
• Strategies for Dealing with Invasive Species Through the Arizona Invasive Species Management Plan Brian McGrew, Arizona Invasive Species Advisory Council member for Arizona Department of Agriculture
• Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A

Following the plenary session there will be a technical session of submitted abstracts. See schedule.

Thursday evening is a buffet dinner with guest speaker, Dr. Matt Chew, Arizona State University presenting Tamarisk: From Good (and Pretty) to Bad and Ugly.

Friday will be a classroom session on the identification of non-native plants so you will know how to identify them in the field. The workshop will be conducted by:

• John Brock, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Arizona State University-Polytechnic
• Kelly Steele, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Arizona State University-Polytechnic
• Francis (Ed) Northam, Ph.D., Weed Biologist with the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Office
• Doug Green, President of the Phoenix Chapter, Arizona Native Plant Society

Saturday will be a field exercise for the workshop and will visit two sites along the Verde to refine your skills. Please wear shoes that you don't mind getting wet as it is a possibliy, also don't forget water, hat, and sunscreen.

Registration

You may register online through PayPal with your credit card. Please make sure to fill in the shipping information on the PayPal page. You may also print off a pdf of the registration form and mail it in with your check or PO.

Facilities

Reservations may be made by at the Lodge at Cliff Castle by calling them at (928) 567-6611 or (800) 524-6343 and mention the code ACR416. There is also a map to the Lodge on their website.