Newsletter Vol 17 Issue 3, 2009 – California Invasive Plant Council

Cal-IPC News
Protecting California’s Natural Areas
from Wildland Weeds

Vol. 17, No. 3

Fall 2009

Quarterly Newsletter of the California Invasive Plant Council

Going
to
great
lengths
to
tackle
weeds…

After being transported by
helicopter to a remote pampas
grass (Cortaderia selloana)
infestation on Santa Cruz
Island, a Native Range,
Inc., applicator repels down
an 800 foot cliff to treat the
last remaining infestation
on the island. The Nature
Conservancy and the Channel
Islands National Park are
collaborating to eradicate this
species.
Photo: John Knapp, Cal-IPC Photo
Contest 2009.

Inside:
State forms invasive species council…………….. 4
News from the 2009 Symposium…………………. 6
Chico horticulture students help local park……. 8
A new invasive raspberry? …………………………. 9
Invasive
plant
Photo contest
winner!conference
Story page 4. in South Africa……..10
Cal-IPC
to hire for stimulus work…………………14
Photo: name

From the Director’s Desk

“Snakes on a Plane”
Cal-IPC
1442-A Walnut Street, #462
Berkeley, CA 94709
(510) 843-3902
fax (510) 217-3500
www.cal-ipc.org
info@cal-ipc.org
A California 501(c)3 nonprofit organization

Protecting California’s natural areas
from wildland weeds through
research, restoration, and education.
STAFF
Doug Johnson, Executive Director
dwjohnson@cal-ipc.org
Elizabeth Brusati, Program Manager
edbrusati@cal-ipc.org
Heather Brady, Project Coordinator
hjbrady@cal-ipc.org
Bertha McKinley, Program Assistant
bmckinley@cal-ipc.org
DIRECTORS
Jason Giessow, President (2009)
Santa Margarita/San Luis Rey Weed Management Area
Wendy West, Vice President (2009)
U.C. Cooperative Extension
Doug Gibson, Treasurer (2010)
San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy
John Knapp, Secretary (2009)
Native Range, Inc.
Dan Gluesenkamp, Past President (2009)
Audubon Canyon Ranch
Edith Allen (2010)
University of California-Riverside
Jason Casanova (2010)
Los Angeles/San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council
Henry Gonzales (2010)
Ventura County Department of Agriculture
Julie Horenstein (2010)
California Department of Fish & Game
Marc Lea (2010)
San Luis Obispo County Department of Agriculture
Jean-Philippe Marié (2009)
Putah Creek Riparian Reserve
Cheryl McCormick (2010)
San Pedro, CA
Tanya Meyer (2009)
Yolo County Resource Conservation District
Mark Newhouser (2009)
Sonoma Ecology Center

hat the heck is “Q-37”? (It’s a section of federal code that describes regulation protocol for importing plants.) And why should you care? Read on.

You have, no doubt, heard about the invasion of Burmese pythons in Florida. Released
by pet owners when they grew too big, they are successfully breeding in the wild, with a
population now in the tens of thousands. Video of them eating alligators and sheep have
made the rounds on broadcast news. And now we learn that these are actually the nice
pythons. The really mean ones, the African rock pythons, have also now been found in
the wild in Florida. And there is potential for the two species to interbreed and create new,
even more aggressive hybrids. Specialists fear that the South American anaconda is not far
behind. Being trapped in a plane with snakes made for a sensational movie plot. Though
bigger than a plane, continents are for the most part closed spaces, too. And these snakes are
for real.
So are the emerald ash borer in the Midwest, the zebra mussels in the Great Lakes, and
yellow starthistle here in California, but these species don’t quite raise the adrenaline level
like snakes do, especially when they’re longer than a car. But of course the ecological damage
of such invasive pests can be just as severe as that of top predators. Those working to manage invasive weeds can look for ways to leverage additional public awareness from striking
(sorry—and these are constrictors, anyway) examples like snakes. But most importantly,
there are critical prevention lessons to learn from this situation. First, many of our invasive
species are introduced through legal trade in risky organisms. Second, once the snake’s out
of the bag, forget about trying to get it back in. Can we learn from these lessons?
We currently have a golden opportunity to do just that by preventing risky plant imports. The USDA, at long last, has published a proposal to update the way they screen plant
imports through their “Q-37” regulations. The horticultural trade has historically been
a major source of invasive plant introductions. International plant exploration and new
product development are key parts of horticultural enterprise, but under current law there is
little oversight of what gets brought in. The proposed guidelines would strengthen screening
by creating a category called NAPPRA (stands for “not authorized pending pest risk assessment”) for plants that have demonstrated themselves to be invasive elsewhere in the world.
These plants could not be imported to the US without first completing a thorough risk assessment showing they are likely to be safe. This is common sense. It is not an infringement
on free trade—it is a protection of the common good.
Five years ago, a similar proposal received significant resistance from nurseries. This fall,
support for the proposal was overwhelming, and included endorsements from the American
Nursery and Landscape Association and other trade groups. I believe this reflects the success
of efforts like Cal-HIP, the California Horticultural Invasives Prevention partnership, in
bringing together business, agency and environmental interests to find mutual solutions to
the problem. Working together works. Now we need to make sure that the USDA has the
resources and political support to implement the new regulations promptly and effectively.

Peter Schuyler (2009)
Santa Barbara, CA
Affiliations for identification purposes only.
Last year of term noted.

Cal-IPC News

Fall 2009 – Volume 17, Number 3
Editors: Doug Johnson, Elizabeth Brusati, Heather Brady
Cal-IPC News is published quarterly by the California Invasive
Plant Council. Articles may be reprinted with permission from
the editor. Submissions are welcome. Mention of commercial
products does not imply endorsement by Cal-IPC. We reserve
the right to edit all work.

Comments supporting Q-37 revisions: 88%
Number of states represented: 39
Number of countries: 5
Top states in comments per capita: Hawaii, Indiana, Wisconsin
Most comments submitted: California
Statistics from 263 comments posted at www.regulations.gov by Oct. 21, 2009.

Cal-IPC News Fall 2009

Wildland Weed NewsNewsNewsNewsNews
Cal-IPC Updates
Running 100 miles for wildlands
Board member Cheryl McCormick
(pictured at right) successfully ran 100
miles on August 27 to raise nearly $5000
for Cal-IPC. Starting at 5:30am, she ran
a route around the Monterey Peninsula.
Visit Cheryl’s blog to see video taken
during her run. Thank you to all who
contributed to this important fundraiser.
(We’re still accepting donations in
recognition of Cheryl’s amazing feat/feet!)
runforthewildlands.blogspot.com
More maps online
Our website now contains distribution
maps for many more weeds as well as
potential spread with climate change for
some species. www.cal-ipc.org/ip/mapping/
statewide_maps

The California Department of Food and
Agriculture has a new hotline and website
for reporting invasive species. The website
contains links to county agricultural
departments, instructions for submitting
specimens for identification, and a Pest
Sighting Form. www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/
reportapest, 1-800-491-1899
In May, the West Coast Governors
Agreement released a draft work plan to
coordinate the eradication of non-native
cordgrass (Spartina species) in California,
Oregon, and Washington. Plants are carried
among states on ocean currents. The plan
proposes to add non-native Spartina to the
California Noxious Weed List and improve
efforts in prevention, early detection of
infestations, and rapid response.
www.westcoastoceans.gov/teams/#spartina
The fast-growing Asian kelp Undaria
pinnatifida, or wakame, has moved from
Southern California to Monterey and now
San Francisco Bay. It fouls both natural
and manmade structures and competes
with native marine algae (seaweeds). The
Smithsonian Environmental Research
Lab on SF Bay is working with state and
federal agencies to remove it and track new
infestations. www.serc.si.edu/labs/marine_
invasions/MIRL_at_RTC/undaria.aspx

Funding
Thank you to the True North Foundation
for a grant toward general operating
support. See page 14 for exciting news on
federal stimulus funding for Cal-IPC.

Election results
Please welcome the board members
who will begin their two-year terms in
January: Peter Beesley (PG&E), Valerie
Eviner (UC Davis), Brent Johnson
(Pinnacles National Monument), Shea
O’Keefe (USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service), Peter Schuyler
(Ecological Consultant), and Katherine
Suding (UC Berkeley). J-P. Marié (Putah
Creek Riparian Reserve) was appointed
to a one-year term to fill a vacancy in the
board. Officers for 2010 will be Jason
Giessow (returning as President), John
Knapp (Vice-President), Julie Horenstein
(Secretary) and Doug Gibson
(Treasurer). Members also approved the
bylaws revision to eliminate the PastPresident as a board officer.

The Chief Officer of a cargo ship became
the first person charged under the
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance and
Prevention Control Act. He pled guilty to
falsifying ballast water records and violating
pollution and safety laws due to fuel leaking
into the ballast tanks. (Ballast is water held
in tanks of cargo ships to stabilize them.)
Many invasive species in bays are believed to
have been transported in ballast tanks and
released when the tanks were emptied.
(US Department of Justice, July 15, 2009)

Meanwhile, researchers at pharmaceutical
company Gilead Sciences have synthesized
a compound from kudzu extract that
shows promise in reducing cravings in
alcoholics. Rats that had been habituated
to wanting alcohol showed less interest in it
after being giving the extract. Another team,
at Harvard Medical School, is working on
an similar herbal supplement. (National
Geographic News. news.nationalgeographic.
com/news/2009/08/090812-kudzu-alcoholic_
2.html)

Kudzu, “the vine that ate the South”, has
now reached the Great White North, i.e.
Canada. A small patch of kudzu was found
growing along the shore of Lake Erie in
Ontario this summer. The Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture plans to monitor it. (Toronto
Globe and Mail, September 24)

One invasive plant may be losing potency
in its invasive range. Garlic mustard
(Alliaria petiolata) injects a toxin into the
soil that kills the soil fungus that many
native plants need to thrive. However, garlic
mustard populations evolve to produce
less of the toxin (glucosinolate) over time.
Illinois researchers grew garlic mustard seeds
from 44 populations across the Eastern
U.S., after determining the approximate age
of each infestation from herbarium records.
Populations that were at least 30 years old
produced less toxin than newer populations.
The researchers suggest that control
programs should focus on newer infestations
which may be the most damaging. news.
illinois.edu/news/09/0901garlicmustard.html

At least it’s good for something… Two
new studies show that kudzu may provide
benefits as a nutritional supplement and
a treatment for alcoholism. Scientists in
Alabama and Iowa found that root extracts
from kudzu may be a dietary supplement
to help regulate metabolic syndrome,
which affects 50 million people in the US.
Science Daily, www.sciencedaily.com/
releases/2009/08/090826110122.htm

Cal-IPC News Fall 2009

State forms Invasive Species Council
T

he State of California has taken a major
step forward in addressing invasive
species by creating the Invasive Species
Council of California (ISCC). The council,
comprising the heads of six state agencies,
will coordinate prevention and control efforts. The council has formed a 24-member
advisory committee (the California Invasive
Species Advisory
Committee, CISAC)
with broad-ranging
representation. CalIPC Executive Director Doug Johnson has
been selected to chair
the committee. In
forming these bodies,
the state recognizes
the need to strengthen
programs to address
the major impacts of
invasive species on
California’s environment and economy.

and aquatic weed management in the Delta
(Department of Boating and Waterways),
to name a few. These programs in turn
interface with state regulatory agencies and
public health agencies, and with related
programs at the federal and local level.
Establishing this forum for regular structured communications is an essential step in

making processes transparent and inclusive,
while recognizing the importance of timely
response when faced with invasive species
that can spread rapidly. It is particularly
vital to address human health concerns.
The committee will encourage participation
from the public health community, and has
direct representation from the California
Conference of Local
Health Officers (www.
calhealthofficers.org).

Others appointed to
the advisory committee
include past Cal-IPC
board presidents Joe
DiTomaso of UC Davis
and John Randall of The
Nature Conservancy;
Christiana Conser of the
PlantRight program at
Sustainable Conservation;
and Andrea Fox of the
California Farm Bureau
Federation, a long-time
Cal-IPC has
Cal-IPC partner in
worked over the
Sacramento advocacy and
last several years in
co-recipient of Cal-IPC’s
California Secretary of Food and Agriculture A.G. Kawamura (center) at the Cal-IPC Policy Award in 2006 for
partnership with
other organizations to office with Invasive Spartina Project Director Peggy Olofson and Cal-IPC Executive
her leadership in helping
Director Doug Johnson.
support the formato secure renewed fundtion of an interagency
ing for the state’s Weed
council, and we are excited to see it coming
Management Areas.
coordinating an effective response.
together. Much of the credit for its formaThe six agencies represented on the
tion is due to the support of Secretary of
The advisory committee complements
ISCC are the Department of Food and
Food and Agriculture A.G. Kawamura, who the ISCC by bringing a range of invasive
Agriculture (whose head serves as chair),
was awarded the 2009 Policy Award at the
species expertise and perspectives together to the Natural Resources Agency (whose head
recent Cal-IPC Symposium in Visalia.
develop recommendations. The committee’s serves as vice chair), the California Environfirst major task is to generate a list of top in- mental Protection Agency (which includes
Given the state’s precarious financial
vasive species across all taxa, using consistent the Department of Pesticide Regulation);
standing, why establish yet another governcriteria for assessing their threat to Califorment body? Because the ISCC can make
the Business, Transportation and Housnia. Along with compiling an assessment
the invasive species work of state agencies
ing Agency (which includes Caltrans); the
of existing invasive species in the state, the
more effective and more efficient. The
Health and Human Services Agency; and
committee will also work to identify new
council serves to improve communication
the Emergency Management Agency. Robinvasive species that are most likely to be in- ert Leavitt of the Department of Food &
among high-level officials who are responsible for setting each agency’s direction. The troduced to the state, in an effort to prepare Agriculture (CDFA) serves as acting execufor future challenges.
invasive species challenge has an incredibly
tive director of CISAC, and David Pegos of
broad scope, including border inspections
CDFA serves as agency liaison to ISCC.
CISAC will work to engage the public
(Department of Food and Agriculture),
in the state’s response to invasive speFor more information on the ISCC and
quagga mussel control (Department of Fish
cies. Public support for programs must be
CISAC, see www.iscc.ca.gov.
and Game), Sudden Oak Death monitoring earned by openly discussing the impacts
(Department of Forestry and Fire Protecof invasive species as well as the impacts of
tion), Spartina eradication (Coastal Conmanagement activities. CISAC has formed a
servancy), roadside management (Caltrans), working group to focus on making decision-

Cal-IPC News Fall 2009

Symposium at the
“Gateway to the Sequoias”
T

his year’s Symposium in Visalia
brought many weed workers to the
San Joaquin Valley despite the challenging
economic times. We started on Wednesday
with the new Herbicide Control Methods
Field Course where attendees received an
overview of when different types of chemical
control are appropriate, proper methods for
using herbicides, and legal requirements.
The main Symposium began Thursday
morning with three invited speakers ad-

dressing “Wildland Weed Management on
the Leading Edge”. Thirty-four speakers,
21 poster presentations, and eight discussion groups gave the 250 attendees the
opportunity to learn about everything from
“Herbicide Ballistic Technology” to how
selecting the most competitive native plants
in restoration may keep invasive weeds from
returning. A round of Pesticide “Jeopardy!”
designed by former Cal-IPC board member David Chang livened up the Laws and
Regulations session. Climate change cannot
be far from land managers’ minds these days
so we invited three speakers to address
that topic Friday morning. On Saturday, attendees visited restoration projects at Sequoia-Kings
Canyon National Parks,
Atwell Island, and Kaweah
Oaks Preserve. The program
and presentations are posted
at www.cal-ipc.org; Symposium Proceedings will be
available soon.

Cal-IPC is increasing its efforts to reach
out to students and others new to weed
work as a profession. The Cal-IPC Student
Chapter organized a panel discussion on
career opportunities and a lunch to help
students learn how they can get involved in
Cal-IPC.
In addition to providing attendees with
the latest information on invasive plants, the
Symposium offers an opportunity to catch
up with other weed workers and even have
some fun during the raffle and happy hour!
The raffle and live/silent auction raised
$5,590 to support Cal-IPC’s programs
thanks to the donors and all who purchased
tickets or bid on auction items.
Finally, we congratulate all of our award
winners, including the Student Paper and
Poster Contest winners (see next page).

Above: Bruce Delgado models Ken Moore’s custom-designed tool belt, a prize in
the live auction, and also shows off his new Cal-IPC bandanna. Photo: Bob Case
Below: The Grand Weed Tour field trip in front of the General Sherman Tree,
largest in the world by volume, at Sequoia National Park. Photo: Heather Brady

Attendees at the Herbicide Control Methods
Field Course learn how to calibrate chemical
application rates (water was used for the
demonstration).

Turn the page for more on
the Symposium…
Cal-IPC News Fall 2009

More from the Symposium…

“Africa weed hunter strikes again!” Saharan mustard
(Brassica tournefortii) in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
By Sonja Lane, submitted by Paul Johnson. 2009 Photo
Contest.

2009 Student Contest Winners Heather Schneider
(paper) and Kristin Weathers (poster), both from UC
Riverside.

Thank you Symposium sponsors!
Gold Sponsors
ACS Habitat Management
California Dept. of Food & Agriculture –
Integrated Pest Control Branch
California Native Plant Society:
Channel Islands, East Bay, El Dorado, Kern Co., Los Angeles/Santa
Monica Mtns., Marin Co., Mount Lassen, Orange Co., Riverside/
San Bernardino, Sacramento Valley, Santa Clara Valley, Santa
Cruz Co., Sierra Foothills, and Yerba Buena chapters, and the State
CNPS office.

Hedgerow Farms
National Park Service – CA Exotic Plant Mgmt Team
Natures Image, Inc.
Target Specialty Products

Bronze Sponsors

Dudek/Habitat Restoration Sciences, Inc.

Dendra, Inc.
Dow AgroSciences
DuPont Land Management
Habitat West, Inc.
ICF International (formerly ICF Jones & Stokes)
Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)

Green Sponsors

DeAngelo Brothers, Inc.

RECON Environmental, Inc.
Santa Ana Watershed Association
USDA Forest Service

Silver Sponsors

Cal-IPC News Fall 2009

American Conservation Experience
B&J Trading, LLC
California Native Grasslands Association
California Soc. for Ecological Restoration (SERCAL)
Forester’s Co-Op
San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy

Congratulations to the 2009 award winners!
Jake Sigg Award for Vision & Dedicated Service: Steve Schoenig of the California Dept. of Fish & Game,
formerly with the California Dept. of Food & Agriculture.
Golden Weed Wrench Award for Land Manager of the Year: Joanna Clines, botanist on the USDA Sierra
National Forest.
Ryan Jones Catalyst Award: Graduate students Sara Jo Dickens and Heather Schneider of UC Riverside for
starting the Cal-IPC Student Chapter.
Invasive Plants Policy Award: A.G. Kawamura, California Secretary of Food & Agriculture, for leading the
creation of the state’s new Invasive Species Council and supporting Weed Management Areas.
Wildland Weeds Program form Award Organization of the Year: The Nature Conservancy’s Global Invasive
Species Team for the resources they provided to weed workers around the world before they fell victim to
budget cuts earlier this year.
Student Paper Contest: Heather Schneider, UC Riverside, “Evening the odds: Evaluating the combined effects
of nitrogen fertilization and exotic annual removal on native annual forbs in the Colorado Desert.”
2nd Place: Sara Jo Dickens, UC Riverside. 3rd Place: Gavin Archbald, San Francisco State University.
Student Poster Contest: Kristin Weathers, UC Riverside, “Adapting an agricultural technique for use in
wildlands: Testing variations on solarization for invasive control in a severely disturbed plant community.”
2nd Place: C. J. Rowe, University of Nevada-Reno. 3rd Place: Irina Irvine, UC Irvine.
Photo Contest: “If Only Crack Killed Weeds” By Alicia Medina, submitted by Lana Meade of Año Nuevo
State Reserve.

Above: We knew yellow starthistle was bad but who knew it could
be deadly? “Big Bad Thistle. Mount Diablo State Park, Contra
Costa County.” Photo: Cyndy Shafer, 2009 Photo Contest.
Right: Attendees came by car, train, and bicycle to Visalia!

See more photos at
www.flickr.com/photos/cal-ipc
Cal-IPC News Fall 2009

Hands-on learning in Chico In memory of

John Copeland

Lise Smith-Peters, City of Chico

hico High School horticulture students
are learning first hand about California’s native plants while also removing
invasive plants in Bidwell Park, a 3,670 acre
City of Chico park. Through a partnership
between the City’s Bidwell Park Volunteer
Program and Chico High, students will start
their second year of cultivating over 25 different native plant species in their school’s
greenhouse.
As the volunteer coordinator for Bidwell
Park, I approached CHS horticulture teacher Quinn Mendez in the summer of 2008
to see if her students could grow plants for
the Park. It was a natural fit to have horticulture students, who are already learning
about cultivating plants to grow plants for
the Park’s restoration areas. For the 20092010 school year students will learn how
to prepare and cultivate the seeds and then
start seeds collected through the summer by
volunteers and Park Division staff.
These students are junior and seniors
and according to their teacher Ms. Mendez,
“It is a great opportunity for the students
to learn about the Park’s diverse native flora
while being exposed to the multitude of
careers in habitat restoration, environmental

science, biology/botany and plant propagation for nurseries.” An added bonus comes
from the students working alongside local
professionals in their greenhouse as well as
in Bidwell Park.
At least one of their field days will
involve removing invasive weeds from the
Park and afterwards planting in their place
some of the native species they started and
cared for in their greenhouse. Each year,
Bidwell Park volunteers contribute thousands of hours toward restoring the Park’s
diverse habitat throughout the Big Chico
Creek watershed. Volunteers of all
ages and backgrounds help remove
non-native invasive weeds and
plant native trees and understory
plants grown in the Chico High
School greenhouse.
For more information about the
Park Division’s native plant project
with Chico High School, contact
Lise Smith-Peters at 530-896-7831.

Chico High School students cultivate native plants for Bidwell Park. Photo: Lise SmithPeters

Cal-IPC News Fall 2009

Susan Mason, Friends of Bidwell Park

hico’s intrepid weed warrior John
Copeland passed away recently at
age 90. Upon retirement from a long
career as a pediatrician, John renewed his
childhood interest in botany and natural
habitats. He became the California Native Plant Society Mt. Lassen Chapter’s
Exotic Species Chair and, for many years,
provided a display at their Wildflower
Show to educate people about the impacts
of invasive plants. He was also a member of the Bidwell Park and Playground
Commission for
almost 10 years,
offering a natural
resources management perspective
to the group.
John didn’t
just talk about
native plants and
weeds, though.
In his retirement,
he led numerous
CNPS field trips.
About 15 years
Long-time weed
ago, John started
warrior John
what was probably
Copeland.
the first volunteer
Photo: Susan Mason
invasive plant removal program in Butte County, pulling
out Spanish broom from the Bidwell Park
portion of the Big Chico Creek watershed. This effort has since expanded to
encompass the entire upper watershed. In
order to successfully remove those broom
plants, he was the first local person to buy
a weed wrench (back when they were put
together with cotter pins).
Up to last fall, John was still wielding
a weed wrench in Bidwell Park, removing
invasive European hackberry and Japanese
privet saplings. John was a role model for
those of us who want to have an active
and productive retirement. A lifelong
learner, his enthusiasm and willingness to
share his knowledge inspired many others
to become active in restoration. His passion for the work will live on in those he
inspired.

A new invasive raspberry?
Rich Marovich, Streamkeeper, Lower Putah Creek Coordinating Committee

t first I thought it was kudzu. I was
making trails through a dense thicket
of Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) and occasional clumps of arundo on a
17-acre riparian parcel on the south bank of
Putah Creek about 2 miles west of Winters
in Yolo County. We had just leased an ASV
RC100 tractor with 18-inch wide rubber
tracks and enough power to open trails in
a landscape that had not seen human visitors in several decades. The area had been
extensively mined for gravel and stripped of
all vegetation until the early 1970s. Then it
was abandoned to native riparian vegetation
and invasive weeds. The forest canopy was
occupied by native trees, chiefly cottonwood
and willows but the understory was a nearly
solid thicket of Himalayan blackberry ranging from four to eight feet high.
As I pushed a trail through the berries
with a root grapple, my visibility was often
limited to a thin strip of daylight at the top
of the front window. Deadfall and storm
debris littered the ground underneath. I
pushed aside logs that were too large to lift
and pushed wads of blackberry off to the
side. My goal was to make parallel transects every 100 feet for subsequent access
to spray the blackberries and arundo with
a sprayer mounted on an Argo, an 8-wheel
amphibious ATV. Eventually I came to a
clump of arundo that I thought was along
the edge of the creek. I slowly pushed a hole
through the arundo and out the other side.
There I was amazed to see a lush green vine
completely covering all vegetation like a
tent, except for the very tops of trees that
protruded above. It was clearly not Himalayan blackberry.
The spines and fine white hairs on the
undersides of the leaves suggest a hybrid of
Rubus leucodermis, whitebark raspberry, according to Larry Alice of the Department of
Biology, Western Kentucky University, who
is working on identification of Rubus hybrids for a book on flora of North America.
According to the USDA Plants Profile
(plants.usda.gov), whitebark raspberry
ranges in size from one to three meters.
The apparent hybrid that I observed was six
meters or greater in height. Most striking

was the absence of winter dormancy.
In February 2005, the surrounding
thicket of Rubus armeniacus retained
green leaves but there was no sign
of new growth. We treated all of
the Rubus armeniacus at this site in
2005 while the riparian forest was
dormant and returned to tread the
hybrid raspberries the following
winter with an aquatic-safe formulation of glyphosate herbicide, buffer,
surfactant and activator.
Control was nearly complete
from one application, except for the
trails where the vegetation had been
scoured and therefore did not receive
treatment. The hybrid raspberry that
once covered approximately an acre
has been reduced to a small number of escapes that we will sample
and send to Larry Alice for further
identification. There have been no
other sightings of this hybrid in our
watershed.
Please report any additional sightings
of this plant to Cal-IPC. Contact the
author at RMarovich@scwa2.com.

Hybrid raspberry taking over an area of riparian
forest of Putah Creek west of Winters in February
2005. Photo: Rich Marovich

Spraying Rubus armeniacus from an Argo sprayer. Photo: Rich Marovich

Cal-IPC News Fall 2009

Invasive plant conference in South Africa
Gina Darin, California Department of Water Resources,

early 30 nations from around the
world were represented by 230 researchers, land managers, government representatives and students in Stellenbosch,
South Africa, this August for the tenth
international conference on the Ecology
and Management of Alien Plant Invasions
(EMAPi10). California attendees included
Carla Bossard, St. Mary’s College (poster
presentation), Marcel Rejmánek, University of California, Davis (invited keynote
speaker), and myself (paper presentation).

Three presentations that demonstrate
the diversity of topics covered are 1) “Better
the devil you know than the devil you don’t:
Submerged aquatic weed invasions in South
Africa” by Julie Coetzee, 2) “The Canadian
approach to weed risk assessment: Plants as

riverbank formerly covered in Sesbania punicea (red sesbania) had hardly a plant to be
seen thanks to a suite of biocontrol agents,
including a bud-feeding weevil (Trichapion
lativentre); a seed-feeding weevil (Rhyssomatus marginatus); and a stem-boring weevil

Program session topics ranged from the
biology and ecology of invasive plants to
policy and management, and focused mainly on environmental weed issues (sounds
like an international Cal-IPC Symposium!).
Several themes emerged throughout the
conference:
1) Can we live with aliens by choosing a
lesser of two evils or using aliens to our
advantage, such as in biofuels or phytoremediation?

A cheetah lounges in front of some giant reed (Arundo donax) at Cheetah Outreach in
Spier, South Africa. Photo: Gina Darin

2) Don’t say more than you can back up
with good data because expert opinion has
limitations; and

pests” by Ken Allison, and 3) “Causes and
consequences of plant invasions: Our current understanding” by Marcel Rejmánek.

3) The greatest impacts of plant invasions
are to the poorest of people, such as rural
Africans, whose livelihoods depend on the
natural environment around them. (Fishermen are injured or killed by hippo attacks
because water hyacinth on the shoreline
forces them to canoe out to deeper water.)

One working lunch focused on helping
the South African government improve its
early detection and rapid response system.
As the only United States representative
in the room, I offered some of California’s
experiences from the Department of Food
and Agriculture’s Noxious Weed Eradication
Program and the National Park Service’s
Strike Team, and I introduced the Bay Area Early
Detection Network.

Carla Bossard, Marcel Rejmánek, and Gina Darin (all of
California) enjoy a tea break with Dave Richardson of South
Africa. Photo: Gina Darin

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On the second day of
the conference, my husband
and I joined the field trip
to biological control sites
in the Slanghoek Valley
outside Stellenbosch. On
the field trip we saw galls
of Dasineura rubiformis on
invasive Acacia mearnsii,
hillsides recently cleared of
Hakea seericea thanks to the
combined effects of a seedfeeding weevil biocontrol
agent (Erytenna consputa)
and mechanical clearing. A

(Neodiplogrammus quadrivittatus). Since we
were in wine country (South Africa’s Napa
Valley!), we stopped for lunch at a winery
and had a great time.
In his concluding remarks, Dave Richardson of Stellenbosch University stated,
“It has been 17 years since EMAPi began,
and in that time the EMAPi franchise has
become the premier event for intellectual
discourse on plant invasions from the most
basic research to applied management
techniques. Europe has made astounding
progress mapping and understanding their
plant invasions, but in Africa things are
completely different. As a global community
we need to engage to spread the word and
invest in the poorest countries.”
The next EMAPi conference, EMAPi11, will be hosted by Savaria University
(founded 2,000 years ago!) in Szombathely,
Hungary, September 2-5, 2011. For those
of you who like to plan ahead, rumor has it
that EMAPi will be in Brazil in 2013 and
Canada for 2015. For more information, see
the conference website at www.emapi2009.
co.za.
Contact the author at gsdarin@water.ca.gov.

CNPS removes weeds at Pt. Cabrillo
Photos by Mario Abreu, Dorothy King Young Chapter, California Native Plant Society

he Dorothy King Young Chapter of the California Native Plant Society held their
first annual weed removal day at Point Cabrillo Lighthouse in Caspar, Mendocino
County. The chapter covers the entire coastal area of Mendocino County and the
northern coast of Sonoma County. Membership includes the communities of Jenner,
Gualala, Sea Ranch, Point Arena, Mendocino and Fort Bragg. For more information on
their activities, visit their website at www.dkycnps.org.

Above: Cape ivy ready for disposal.
Left: Volunteers carry bags of weeds towards
the lighthouse.

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Call 510-843-3902 or go to www.cal-ipc.org/shop to order.
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cotton, with a Cal-IPC logo on the front and “Weed Warrior”
on the back in yellow and black. Sizes S-XL, $20 plus $6 s/h.
Bandannas are 20 in.2, 100% cotton, hand tie-dyed by
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and our logo in opposite corners. Choose blue/green, orange/
pink, green/brown, or light green. $10 plus $6 s/h.
See color photos of t-shirts and bandannas on the website
above.
Pint glasses from the Cal-IPC Student Chapter
feature a garden gnome holding a plume of pampasgrass.
Proceeds benefit the Student Chapter. Contact calipcsc@
gmail.com to order.

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(Springville), Shannon Lucas (Whittier), Leah MacCarter (Avalon), William
Maslach (Mendocino), Jamie McFarlin
(San Francisco), Lana Meade (Felton), Lizo
Meyer (Three Rivers), David Minnesang
(Temecula), Amber Morris (Sacramento),
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Above: The Symposium is a great place to catch up with old friends: Cal-IPC
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member Bill Winans (right). Photo: Bob Case.
Bottom: Field trip to Kaweah Oaks Preserve. Photo: Elizabeth Palmer

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Readings &
Resources
Know of a resource that should be shared here?
Send it to edbrusati@cal-ipc.org.
Stinkwort brochure
The Santa Clara Weed
Management Area offers a
brochure on the lifecycle
and control of stinkwort
(Dittrichia graveolens). The
brochure also contains
a phone number for
reporting new stinkwort
populations in Santa
Clara County. www.
cal-ipc.org/WMAs/
Santa_Clara_WMA.
php
Invasive plants and
wildfires
A new, free publication from the
University of California describes how to
recognize and control invasive plants in
Southern California ecosystems to reduce
the risk of wildfire.

anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/Items/8397.aspx
Updated WMA website
CDFA has redesigned its website on
California Weed Management Areas with
new information on projects funded
through WMA Supplemental Grants.
www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ar/ipc_wma.html
National Parks early detection
program
The Bay Area Network of National
Parks has completed its protocol
for “Early Detection of Invasive
Plant Species in th San Francisco Bay
Network: A Volunteer-based Approach”
and the report is available on their website as a pdf file (5 MB). science.nature.
nps.gov/im/units/sfan/vital_signs/Invasives/
docs/SFAN_EarlydetectionV1.4.pdf
Free web seminar series
The Center for Invasive Plant Management
and the Western IPM Center will offer a
free online seminar series on Invasive Plant
Inventory and Survey Methods for Landowners in January and February 2010. Advance
registration required. www.weedcenter.org
BMPs for aquatic weeds
The Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foun-

dation recently updated their Best Management Practices for Invasive Aquatic Weeds.
“Biology and Control of Aquatic Plants – A
Best Management Practices Handbook”
may be downloaded from the AERF website. www.aquatics.org/bmp.htm
Biofuels recommendations
The federal Invasive Species Advisory
Committee has released recommendations
on developing biofuels that will not spread
invasive species. “Biofuels: Cultivating
Energy, not Invasive Species” gives
recommendations on evaluating potential
biofuel crops, choosing appropriate places
for cultivations, and strengthening federal
programs on early detection and rapid
response. www.invasivespecies.gov/home_
documents/BiofuelWhitePaper.pdf
Website for horseowners
Weed Free Feed is a partnership of
horseman protecting public lands from
invasive weeds. Its emphasis is on assisting
horseowners who are public land trail riders,
horsecampers and packers. Their website
contains information on weed free forage
certification and weed identification.
www.weedfreefeed.com
Continued page 15

Cal-IPC to hire for stimulus-funded projects in 2010
Thanks to federal stimulus funding through the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Cal-IPC expects to expand our
programs for mapping invasive plants and training weed workers
in 2010. Below are positions we anticipate advertising when
ARRA contracting is complete. Please circulate to potentially
interested colleagues.

Mapping Project Manager (full-time for two years, located
in Berkeley) Will oversee statewide mapping effort, focused on
collecting expert opinion data in partnership with Weed Management Areas. Will coordinate development of online data
inventory system and early detection tools. Oversees Mapping
Specialist positions (below) and contractors.

Mapping Specialists (two positions, full-time for two years,
location flexible) Will serve as direct liaisons with Weed Management Areas, collecting distribution data from expert opinion,
GIS datasets, and field mapping.

Training Project Manager (full-time for two years, located in
Berkeley) Will oversee development of curriculum and training
tools on invasive plant control to reach new audiences, especially

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to those losing jobs in the forestry field. The program will
work on creating a certification program for wildland weed
management.

Training Specialist (full-time for two years, location flexible) Will support the Training Project Manager. Responsible
for logistics of organizing trainings.

Business Manager (full-time, permanent, located in
Berkeley) Will oversee contracting, accounting, grant management, human resources, and facilities for the federal stimulus
contract (50%) and support grant writing, donor campaigns,
and program budgeting for other Cal-IPC programs (50%).
Contractors Some funding will support outside contractors
to implement particular aspects of the mapping and training
projects. In particular, development of an online data inventory system will included extensive work by contractors.

Full position descriptions and application instructions will be posted at www.cal-ipc.org when ARRA
contracting is complete.

The WILDLAND WEED CALENDAR
November-December
Central California Invasive Weeds
Symposium
“Fire, Water, Action”
November 13
Santa Cruz Co. fairgrounds, Watsonville
bree@elkhornslough.org
Cal-IPC Field Courses (new dates!)
December 9 – Control Methods
December 10 – Mapping
Audubon Center at Debs Park, Pasadena
www.cal-ipc.org/fieldcourses
National Conference on Grazing Lands
December 13-16
Reno/Sparks, NV
Society for Range Management
www.glci.org

January-February
National Invasive Species Awareness Week
(Formerly National Invasive Weeds
Awareness Week)
January 10-14
Washington, DC
www.weedcenter.org/nisaw
California Weed Science Society
“Looking into the Future of Weed Control”
January 11-13
Visalia
www.cwss.org

Northern California Botanists Conference
January 11-13
California State University – Chico
www.norcalbotanists.org

SERCAL Annual Conference
May 19-22
Mammoth Mountain
www.sercal.org

Natural Resources Communication
Workshop
January 11-15
California State University – Chico
Sponsored by The Wildlife Society Western Section
joomla.wildlife.org/Western

International Conference on Aquatic
Invasive Species
August 29-September 2
San Diego
www.icais.org

The Wildlife Society – Western Section
Conference
January 26-29
Visalia
joomla.wildlife.org/Western
Society for Range Management &
Weed Science Society of America
February 7-10
Denver, CO
www.rangelands.org/denver2010

March and beyond
Western Society of Weed Science
March 8-11
Waikoloa, HI
www.wsweedscience.org
Invasive Weed Awareness Day at the
Capitol
March 10
Sacramento
www.cal-ipc.org

Cal-IPC 2010 Symposium
October 13-16
Ventura
www.cal-ipc.org/symposia

Readings and Resources, cont’d
Invasive mussel videos
The Idaho Department of Agriculture
has produced an online video to educate
boaters and other lake users on quagga and
zebra mussels and to describe the state’s
boat inspection program. www.youtube.
com/watch?v=J4EVAy8adMk (or search for
“invasive mussels” on YouTube.)
Invasive animal video
Defenders of Wildlife has created a short
video showing Burmese pythons as a way
to encourage legislation to regulate the live
animal trade and prevent more invasions.
www.defenders.org/invasion

Quotable
“Community is everything. This event was not about me doing something extraordinary. It was about an

ever-expanding community of people rallying around one of their own in order to accomplish something
extraordinary.”
– Cal-IPC Board Member Cheryl McCormick, writing on her blog after running 100 miles on August
27 (see page 3).

“Invasive foreign pests and diseases are scarring landscapes in neighborhoods, city parks, ski slopes and hiking
trails, and killing the trees that bring us maple syrup, fine furniture and Major League Baseball bats.”
– Faith Campbell, The Nature Conservancy, in TNC’s press release supporting updated Q-37
regulations for importing ornamental plants (see page 2).
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