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Sixth Montana Plant Conservation Conference February 9 and 10, 2010 • University of Montana, Missoula Proceedings Sixth Montana Plant Conservation Conference February 9 and 10, 2010 • University of Montana, Missoula Natural Resources Conservation Service Proceedings Sixth Montana Plant Conservation Conference February 9-10, 2010 University of Montana, Missoula The Sixth Montana Plant Conservation Conference will be devoted to acquiring new tools for protecting natural resources and managing threats to biological diversity. The morning of the first day will be an introduction to three on-line plant database resources followed by hands-on instructional workshops (be sure to bring your laptop with wireless card if you have one). That afternoon there will be a symposium on the pros and cons of using herbicide to manage weeds in wildlands followed by a panel/audience discussion. The second day of the conference will consist of two workshops. Botanists and resource managers will review the Montana Natural Heritage Program Species of Concern (SOC) list, providing new information on distribution and threats and suggestions for rank changes. That afternoon will be a meeting of the Important Plant Areas (IPA) Committee and others who wish to attend will work to develop vegetation-based IPA criteria and evaluate at least one IPA nomination. The mission of the Montana Native Plant Society is to preserve, conserve, and study the native plants and plant communities of Montana, and to educate the public about the value of our native flora. The Mission of the Montana Natural Heritage Program is to be Montana’s source for reliable, objective information and expertise to support stewardship of our native species and habitats, emphasizing those of conservation concern. Helping People Help the Land. The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, Natural Resources Conservation Service and improve our natural resources and environment. The University of Montana-Missoula pursues academic excellence as indicated by the quality of curriculum and instruction, student performance, and faculty professional accomplishments. The University accomplishes this mission, in part, by providing unique educational experiences through the integration of the liberal arts, graduate study, and professional training with international and interdisciplinary emphases. Cover Illustration of Mertensia ciliata by Rich Adams. Sixth Montana Plant Conservation Conference • February 9-10, 2010 • Missoula, Montana Schedule Tuesday, February 9 2:50-3:10 Plateau herbicide and re-seeding after a wildfire on Mt Sentinel. Marilyn Marler, 8:30-9:30 Registration Division of Biological Sciences, University Montana On-line Databases for Plant Conservation of Montana; Cara Nelson and Elizabeth Moderator: Peter Lesica Division of Biological Sciences, Crone, University of Montana College University of Montana of Forestry; and Heather Whiteley, Environmental Studies Department, 9:30-9:50 Let Your Fingers Do the Botanizing: the University of Montana. University of Montana On-line Database. 3:10-3:30 Why are nontarget effects of herbicides Zia Maumenee and Peter Lesica, Division of so hard to understand? ? Elizabeth Crone, Biological Sciences, University of Montana College of Forestry, University of Montana 9:50-10:10 Accessing and Using Montana Natural 3:30-4:45 Panel and Audience Discussion. Heritage Program Web Services for Plant Panel members: Elizabeth Crone, Andy Information. Allan Cox, Montana Natural Kulla (Lolo National Forest), Yvette Ortega, Heritage Program Peter Rice, Matt Rinella 10:10-10:30 INVADERS Database System for Initiation of 4:45-5:00 Discussion summary. Steve Sutherland Early Detection and Rapid Response to New Invaders. Peter M. Rice and Eldon Umphrey Wednesday, February 10 Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana and Jane Mangold, Montana State 8:30-12:00 Workshop: Threats and Ranks of Montana’s University Extension Service Plant Species of Concern. Moderator: Scott 10:30-10:45 Break Mincemoyer, Montana Natural Heritage Program 10:45-12:30 Hands-on database training. BRING YOUR LAPTOP with WIRELESS! We will break We will review all the SOC species, into three rooms (one for each database), and updating the threats, threat category, presenters will train you to use their database and state Heritage ranks. Botanists one-on-one. and managers accomplish this task by contributing new information for species 12:30-1:30 Lunch on your own. There are more than a they manage. Please review the SOC dozen places to eat within ten minutes of the list before you come http://mtnhp.org/ University Center (see p. 8). SpeciesOfConcern/?AorP=p. This is important work because this list directs When Should We Use Herbicide to Manage Wildlands? conservation actions by both agencies and Moderator: Steve Sutherland, USDA Forest Service NGOs. 12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own 1:30-1:50 Spotted Knapweed Control Effort Imperils 1:00-3:30 Workshop: Montana’s Important Plant Native Plants. Matt Rinella, USDA Areas. Moderators: Karen Shelly and Peter Agricultural Research Service, Fort Keogh, Lesica, University of Montana Miles City Peter will review the criteria and nomination 1:50-2:10 Non-Target Plant Species Response to form developed for species-based IPAs last Broad-leaf Herbicide Treatments. Peter Rice, year. After that the IPA Committee will Division of Biological Sciences, University of review at least one nomination. This could Montana result in the designation of Montana’s first 2:10-2:30 Efficacy of a Common Herbicide Treatment Important Plant Area. Karen will lead a for Mitigating Impacts of Knapweed Invasion. discussion on developing protocols and Yvette K. Ortega and Dean E. Pearson, Rocky criteria for designating IPAs based on plant Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest communities. Service, Missoula 2:30-2:50 Break 1 Sixth Montana Plant Conservation Conference • February 9-10, 2010 • Missoula, Montana Abstracts Let Your Fingers Do the Botanizing: the University of the University of Montana in partnership with the Montana Montana On-line Database State Library. My talk will begin with a brief overview Zia Maumenee and Peter Lesica, Division of Biological of the information and services the MTNHP offers. The Sciences, University of Montana overview will by followed by introductory descriptions of three on-lines services the MTNHP offers: 1) the Montana The herbarium database project, funded by the National Field Guide, 2) the Montana Species of Concern On-line Science Foundation (NSF), is a conglomeration of label data Report, and 3) Predicted Suitable Habitat Models for from approximately 70,000 Montana specimens into one Selected Montana Plant Species. These on-line services may searchable database. This database, housed in the Division be accessed at http://mtnhp.org. The following workshop of Biological Sciences at the University of Montana, will allow participants to access these on-line services with features a SQL Server back end and a Specify Software assistance from MTNHP staff. front end. Specify was and is continuously being developed by bioinformatics experts at the University of Kansas with an NSF grant. It is meant to be appropriate for all manner INVADERS Database System for Early Detection and of biological museums. Numerous students and staff have Rapid Response to New Invaders come together to develop the data entry forms, enter these Peter Rice & Eldon Umphrey, University of Montana and specimens into the database, and develop a website to make Jane Mangold, Montana State University the database available to the World Wide Web. The website’s The INVADERS Database system at http://invader.dbs. searchable fields include taxonomy, habitat, county, collector, umt.edu/ provides comprehensive historic documentation and locality (http://herbarium.dbs.umt.edu/database/Default. of exotic plant invasions of the five Pacific Northwest aspx). The database has already paid off for many areas of States (MT, WY, ID, OR, WA). The total number of exotic research. Field biologists have used the website to locate and native plant names in the system is 9,133; including study sites or find out when a particular species will be in synonyms, varieties, and subspecies. There are currently flower or fruit. Historians have used the database to track 124,565 distribution records. The temporal span of these the paths of Montana botanists or discover who collected distribution data is 1875 through 2009. Outputs to user plants in a particular area of interest. Agency botanists use initiated queries include tabular summaries, graphs, and the website to determine the commonness and threats to maps representing county level resolution of invasive plant species of concern. Biogeographers get help determining spread over time and space in the five state region. The the distribution of species in Montana. After four years, the online system has provisions for user accounts to enter NSF grant ends in February. We envision that data from new their new reports of exotic plants and instantly update the acquisitions will continue to be entered. The University of database and include the new data in output maps and Washington is waiting to hear the fate of their proposal to graphs. Users can also request email notification of new combine herbarium databases from Washington, Oregon, weed reports for any species or geographic areas of interest. Idaho and Montana into one large Northwest database. Montana State University, University of Montana, and the Montana Department of Agriculture are cooperating to Accessing
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