Spring 2016 Puget Sound Knotweed Forum
Agenda • 1:00-1:15 Welcome • 1:15-1:45 Eradication Nation: Lessons learned from the StreamTeam watershed restoration program Bethany Lund, Clark Public Utility District • 1:45-2:00 Break
Agenda • 2:00-3:50 Regional project highlights • 2:00-2:20 Snoqualmie Tribe riparian weed control projects in the Snohomish Basin Eric Davies, Snoqualmie Tribe ENR • 2:20-2:40 Application of the successful Cedar River Stewardship in Action program to new watersheds Michelle Quast, Forterra • 2:40-2:50 Question & Answer Panel
Agenda • 2:50-3:00 Break • 3:00-3:30 State and regional updates • 3:30-3:45 Working group steering committee discussion • 3:45-4:45 Facilitated planning discussions • 4:45-5:00 Wrap up
Welcome to the Brightwater Center You are here
Presentation # 1 • 1:15-1:45 • Eradication Nation: Lessons learned from the StreamTeam watershed restoration program Bethany Lund, Clark PUD
Break # 1 1:45-2:00
Presentation # 2 • 2:00-2:20 • Snoqualmie Tribe riparian weed control projects in the Snohomish Basin Eric Davies, Snoqualmie Tribe ENR
Presentation # 3 • 2:20-2:40 • Application of the successful Cedar River Stewardship in Action program to new watersheds Michelle Quast, Forterra
Panel Questions • 2:40-2:50 • Eradication Nation: Lessons learned from the StreamTeam watershed restoration program Bethany Lund, Clark PUD • Snoqualmie Tribe riparian weed control projects in the Snohomish Basin Eric Davies, Snoqualmie Tribe ENR • Application of the successful Cedar River Stewardship in Action program to new watersheds Michelle Quast, Forterra
Break # 2 2:50-3:00
State and regional updates 3:00-3:30 • Jonathan Still, Washington State Department of Agriculture • WSDA funding update • Relevant legislative updates • Others? • King County Noxious Weed Control Program • Riparian noxious weed control team restructure • New “On - Demand” injector training • 2016 landowner workshop schedule
State and regional updates Riparian noxious weed control team restructure 3:00-3:30 • Justin Bush leaving King County on April 28 th • Becoming Executive Coordinator of the Washington Invasive Species Council • New contact information soon at http://www.invasivespecies. wa.gov/contact_us.shtml • King County riparian team is restructuring with this change Justin Invasive Bush lionfish
3:00-3:30 State and regional updates Riparian noxious weed control team restructure
3:00-3:30 State and regional updates Riparian noxious weed control team restructure Justin Brooks, Team Leader WRIA 7 – Snoqualmie Basin justin.brooks@kingcounty.gov 206-477-0272 Randal Ladowski WRIA 7 – Skykomish Basin & WRIA 10 randal.ladowski@kingcounty.gov 206-477-3392 Sayward Glise WRIA 8 sayward.glise@kingcounty.gov 206-477-0274 Erin Haley WRIA 9 erin.haley@kingcounty.gov
3:00-3:30 State and regional updates New “On - Demand” injector training • Streaming injector training video • http://1.usa.gov/1TjdT7w , OR • Kingcounty.gov/weeds • Knotweed projects • Instructional videos on knotweed control • Quiz • Contact information • 14 questions based upon video • Generated email for records
3:00-3:30 State and regional updates 2016 landowner workshop schedule All sessions are from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and share the same agenda: 1. May 5, Maple Valley Library 21844 SE 248 th St, Maple Valley 2. May 11, Duvall Library 15508 Main Street NE, Duvall 3. May 26, Tukwila Community Center 12424 42 nd Ave. S, Tukwila 4. June 2, Mercer Island Community Partners: Snohomish County, Snoqualmie Center Tribe ENR, Sound Salmon Solutions, Forterra, 8236 SE 24 th St., Mercer Island City of Snoqualmie, Mercer Island, Tukwila, Maple Valley, and Kent 5. August 18, Meadowbrook Farm 1711 Boalch Ave., North Bend
Working group steering committee discussion 3:30-3:45
Facilitated planning discussions 3:45-4:45 Who are you? What project are you work on? Do you need any help from other in the group? What can you offer to others in the group? Take this opportunity to build partnerships and plan out collaborations in your working area.
Thanks! See you in the fall!
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