Pacific Northwest Invasive Plant Council

PNW-IPC

Mission statement - promote more effective ways to manage and control the impacts of and to protect Pacific Northwest’s ecosystems from invasive, non-indigenous plants by developing a broad-based organization of citizens, land managers, regulators, political decision makers, industry and non-profit organizations to providing an open forum to share information and to promote solutions to invasive plant threats.

The PNW IPC includes the states of: Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, and the province of British Columbia and the Yukon territory

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OR

BC

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PNW IPC’s First Conference

Meeting the Challenge:Invasive Plants in PacificNorthwest EcosystemsSeptember, 2006

Over 200 participants:

- Natural resource professionals from public agencies and private industry-Academics/educators/extension professionals-Interested public-Urban parks/urban foresters- Watershed councils

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PNW IPC’s Web pagehttp://www.pnw-ipc.org

· Noxious weed list for entire PNW region

· References for control and research on invasives

· Contact information for the general public

· Calendar of events· Horticultural Invasives

Prevention (HIP groups)· EDRR information· Other resources –

- Nurseries participating in Codes of Conduct

- Links to other organizations, publications, presentations…

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Diverse group of Board of Directors

AcademicsDeborah Clark – OSUSarah Reichard – U of WTim Miller – WSU Ext

Federal/Provincial agenciesRegina Rochefort – NPS, Mt RanierSimon Shamoun – Canadian Forest ServiceMargaret Smither-Kopperl – APHIS USDALou Whiteaker – NPS, Mt RanierLinda Wilson – BC Ag and Lands

State/county agenciesAlison Halpern – WA state weed boardSasha Shaw – King CountyPriya Shahani – WA state DNRJane Wentworth – Kitsap CountyJennifer Zarnoch – WA state DNR

Non-profit groupsLiz Galli-Noble – CIPMPeter Dunwiddie – TNC-WAMandy Tu – TNC – ORVern Holm – NW Weed ManagementGail Wallin – IPC of BCConnie Bollinger - CIPM

Industry groupsVanelle Carrithers – Dow AgrosciencesSteve Manning – Invasive Plant Control, Inc.

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Partner Organizations

Oregon Invasive Species CouncilWashington Invasive Species Council

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