Noxious Weeds and Plant Monitoring Team Members with American Conservation Experience in Roseburg, Oregon
Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences with Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO
PhD Graduate Assistantship with University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR
Conservation Interns and Fellows with Montana Conservation Corps in Montana and Surrounding States
Postdoctoral Scholar in Remote Sensing of Biotic Stress with University of California Riverside in Riverside, CA
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Famed Texas Photographer and Weed Science Technologies Highlight 2024 Weed Science Society of America/Southern Weed Science Society Meeting
WESTMINISTER, COLORADO—December 18, 2023. Wyman Meinzer—state photographer of Texas—is set to give those attending the joint 2024 Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and Southern Weed Science Society (SWSS) meeting a fascinating glimpse of the Lone Star State. Meinzer will … more »
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Northeastern Weed Science Society annual meeting to feature communication, harvest weed seed control sessions
WESTMINSTER, Colorado – December18, 2023 – Did you ever wonder what an entomologist, a policy analyst, a soil scientist, and an actor might have in common? No, that’s not the lead-in to a joke. Instead, it’s all part of a … more »
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Famed Texas Photographer and Weed Science Technologies Highlight 2024 Weed Science Society of America/Southern Weed Science Society Meeting
WESTMINISTER, COLORADO—December 18, 2023. Wyman Meinzer—state photographer of Texas—is set to give those attending the joint 2024 Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and Southern Weed Science Society (SWSS) meeting a fascinating glimpse of the Lone Star State. Click Here to read the full Press Release!
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The silver bullet that wasn’t: Glyphosate’s declining weed control over 25 years
December 5, 2023 Ι Lauren Quinn With over-reliance on a single chemical solution, weed growth can go unchecked. It has been a quarter century since corn and soybeans were engineered to withstand the withering mists of the herbicide glyphosate. Initially … more »
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Why No-Spray Buffer Zones Help Ease Environmental Concerns in Invasive Tree Management
WESTMINISTER, Colorado. November 10, 2023— Invasive conifers are to New Zealand ecosystems what waterhemp is to U.S. soybean farmers. Trees such as lodgewood pine are weeds that quickly outcompete local flora. This has led New Zealand to launch The National Wilding Conifer Management Programme to manage … more »
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Students Sharpen Skills in National Weed Science Contest
WESTMINISTER, Colorado, October 30, 2023 – Can you identify a weed species in any growth stage? Or, know all aspects of sprayer calibration, such as required spray volume? This summer, students were tested on such weed science skills and more … more »
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Weed Science Societies Provide Comments to Improve EPA’s Herbicide Strategy for Endangered Species Mitigations
The Weed Science Societies suggest nine additional ways to mitigate the impact of herbicides on listed species due to spray drift, which includes decreased buffers for ultra-coarse droplets, additional types of vegetation to intercept spray droplets and grower education. We also suggest six additional ways to mitigate herbicide runoff and erosion, which also includes grower education, more specific terminology for agricultural vs specialty crops as well as assigning more compensatory mitigation points for fields with subsurface drainage or cover crop practices. Most importantly, the Weed Science Societies want to stress that grower education will be the most effective way to implement EPA’s Herbicide Strategy. We recommend a minimum of a 3-5 year phase-in period for the herbicide strategy ESA mitigation practices, which corresponds to the 3-5 year interval that pesticide applicators must be recertified. more »
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WSSA Comments on EPA’s Vulnerable Species Pilot Project for Endangered Species
On August 6, 2023, the WSSA submitted comments ( link here ) on the U.S. EPA’s proposed Vulnerable Listed Species Pilot Project: Proposed Mitigations, Implementation Plan, and Possible Expansion. The WSSA is requesting the agency consider the many benefits of developing WSSA-EPA … more »
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Federal Agency Perspectives and Funding Opportunities for Weed and Invasive Plant Research Symposium
Abstract Weeds and invasive plants know no borders and have collectively impacted many ecosystems worldwide, including croplands, forests, grasslands, rangelands, wetlands, and riparian areas. Losses continue to mount, affecting yield and productivity, species diversity, and ecosystem services, with both short- … more »
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Weed Science School 2023
Weed Science School 2023 September 19-21, 2023 Bowley Plant Science Teaching Facility UC Davis Bowley Plant Science Teaching Facility 1200 Extension Center Drive, Davis, CA The Weed Science School is an intensive 2-1/2 day course focusing on the mode and mechanism of herbicide activity in plants and … more »
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