PRESENTATIONS
2024 Webinar Series - Effective Management & Success Stories
This year's webinar series will focus on best management practices and success stories. Click on the presentation title to register. If your organization would like to sponsor an upcoming webinar, please email mipn@mortonarb.org.
September 25th - 2pm Central
Invasive Grasses of the Midwest
Learn about three species; Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense ), Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum ), and maidenhair grass (Miscanthus sinensis ), also known as Chinese silvergrass, including how they are impacting Midwest habitats and management strategies.
Presenters Dr. Reid Smeda, Professor in the Division of Plant Sciences at the University of Missouri & Chris Evans, Extension Forestry and Research Specialist with the University of Illinois.
Sponsored by Mark M. Holeman, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Read MIPN's companion article, "What to Plant Instead: Native Grass Edition
2024 Recordings
Managing European Water Chestnut: A Success Story in the Welland River
Sponsored by the Invasive Species Centre
Effective Management of Knotweed in the Midwest
Early Detection of Forest Invasives: Participatory Opportunities in the Midwest
Funded by USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region, State, Private, and Tribal Forestry
Ruminations of a Goat Herder on Invasive Species and Forest Stewardship
Sponsored by Woody Warehouse Nursery, Lizton, I N
July 31st - Herbicide Application 101 - recording coming soon
Sponsored by Helena Agri & State of Indiana Cooperative Invasives Management
August 29th - Using Genetic Information to Improve Eurasian Watermilfoil Management
2023 Webinar Series Recordings - Emerging Midwest Invasives Thank you to all who presented, sponsored, and participated in our 2023 series. Links to the webinar recordings are below.
Lesser celandine (Ficaria ve rna )The Morton Arboretum Mile-a-Minute Weed (Persicaria perfoliata) JLW CISMA - Sponsored by the Invasive Species Centre Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) & Teasels (Dipsacus spp.) D ubois, Daviess and Martin County SWCD & Chris Henze, Johnson County Secondary Road Department Black & Pale Swallow-wort (Cynanchum spp.) JLW CISMA Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides) Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters - Sponsored by the Invasive Species Centre .Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) University of Illinois Extension - Sponsored by the Indiana Forestry & Woodland Owners Association Japanese chaff flower (Achyranthes japonica) University of Illinois Extension - Sponsored by the Walnut Council Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense) The Morton Arboretu - Sponsored by Mark M. Holeman, Inc. Japanese hop (Humulus japonicus) Johnson County Secondary Road Department - Sponsored by the Iowa Weed Commissioners' Association Porcelain berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ) Williams Creek Management
MIPN/WIGL Collaborative Webinar, "Meet the 'New and Improved' Landscape Alternatives Mobile App," Sept. 2021 (Presenter: Clair Ryan, MIPN Coordinator)
VIDEO
MIPN Webinar, "Using EDDMapS Future Range Mapping Tools to Understand Invasive Plants of the Future Midwest," June 2021 (Presenter: Clair Ryan, MIPN Coordinator)
VIDEO
The Woody Invasives of the Great Lakes Collaborative Summit, November 2020 (Presenters: Various)
VIDEO
Restoration Webinar Series, Jan - March 2018 (Presenters: Various)
National Assocation of Invasive Plant Councils, "Working with Industry to Reduce the Spread of Ornamental Invasive Plants: Lessons Learned from 10 Years of Collaboration, and what the Future Holds," April 2017, (Presenters: Mark Renz & Kurt Dreisilker, MIPN Board President & Treasurer)
VIDEO
Conference Presentations:
Woody Invasives of the Great Lakes Summit Recordings (November 2020) Conference Presentations for the 2018 Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference Conference Presentations for the 2016 Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference Conference Presentations for the 2015 MIPN Invasive Plant Symposium Conference Presentations for the 2014 Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference Conference Presentations for the 2013 MIPN/OIPC Invasive Plant Symposium at the North Central Weed Science Society Conference, Columbus, 2013 Conference Presentations for the 2012 Upper Midwest Invasive Species Conference Conference Presentations for the MIPN/IPAW Symposium at the North Central Weed Science Society Conference, Milwaukee, 2011 MNWIISC (Minnesota-Wisconsin Invasive Species Conference) 2010 - Working Together to Control Invasive Species The 2010 Science, Practice & Art of Restoring Native Ecosystems Conference - Joint Conference of The Stewardship Network and Midwest Invasive Plant Network Video Presentations of the 2010 Invasive Plant Management Workshop Midwest Invasive Plant Network Symposium, December 10-11, 2008 The National Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) Conference, April, 2008, Reno, Nevada. Integrating Invasive Plant Species Data in the Midwest: Solutions for Data Collection and Management, January 2008 Special Session of Regional Plant Invasions, October 2007 Invasive Plants Symposium in Milwaukee, December 2006
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