EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT :: Knocking Out Noxious Weeds on Rangelands Workshop Series

Oct 9, 2016

Knocking Out Noxious Weeds on Rangelands Workshop Series
Knocking Out Noxious Weeds on Rangelands

11/9/2016 • Woodland, CA
11/16/2016 • Salinas, CA
11/17/2016 • Fresno, CA
12/13/2016 • Eureka, CA
12/14/2016 • Susanville, CA

http://www.knockoutweeds.com/

The direct annual cost to monitor and control invasive plants in California is $82 million, and the indirect economic impacts are even larger. Join the fight to reduce noxious weeds and get trained at the 2016 Workshop Series!

  • Highlights of cost-effective approaches that maximize success
  • Showcase of effective strategies to manage invasive species--plants and wildlife
  • Featuring reduced-risk practices while promoting biodiversity
  • Discussions of economic losses caused by invasive species on rangelands--forage value and livestock toxicity
  • Weed identification: Bring a weed or plant sample and have it identified by experts

SPEAKERS:

  • Joe DiTomaso, UC Davis Professor and UC Cooperative Extension Non-crop Weed Specialist
  • Ken Tate, UC Davis Professor and UC Cooperative Extension Rangeland Watershed Sciences Specialist
  • Morgan Doran, UC Cooperative Extension Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor
  • Marcia Booth, Senior Analytical Chemist, California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, UC Davis
  • Guy Kyser, UC Davis Weed Science Specialist
  • Elise Gornish, UC Cooperative Extension Restoration Ecology Specialist 
  • and more...

COST: $15 (includes materials, lunch and refreshments)

For additional details and to register visit www.KnockOutWeeds.com.