Plants out of Place The newsletter of the INVASIVE PLANTS ASSOCIATION OF WISCONSIN Issue 34, November 2011 IPAW Board of Directors Regulated Invasive Plants – Weeding the Nursery Trade Jerry Doll, President by Mindy Wilkinson, Invasive Species Coordinator WDNR UW-Extension, Weed Scientist, Emeritus 7386 Clover Hill Dr., Waunakee, WI 53597 (608) 836-8809;
[email protected] Plants aren’t just what I do for my job. I like plants. I visit botanical gardens, I discuss my own garden over the fence with my neighbors, I worry that I haven’t Mark Feider, Vice-President Milwaukee Audubon Society pulled out and replaced the Lonicera x bella in my front yard and I stop in at nurs- 2125 W. Brantwood Ave., Glendale, WI 53209 (414) 228-7425;
[email protected] eries to see what’s new. Amy Staffen, Secretary Department of Natural Resources If you do this as well, you may occasionally find a species that’s regulated under 3813 Euclid Avenue, Madison, WI 53711 Wisconsin’s Invasive Species Rule offered for sale. With any new regulation like (608) 238-0450;
[email protected] the Invasive Species Rule (NR 40) it takes a while for the word to get out, and Thomas Boos, Treasurer Department of Natural Resources education is the current focus. P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921 (608) 266-9276;
[email protected] Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources staff, including Kelly Kearns, Court- Willis Brown, Michler and Brown, LLC 2601 Gregory St., Madison, WI 53711 ney LeClair, Tom Boos, Chrystal Schreck, myself, and many others, has been (608) 278-9308;
[email protected] providing workshops on the Invasive Species Rule to state agency staff and part- Greg Bunker ners to get the word out about the list of plants that are now regulated invasive Stockbridge-Munsee Community P.O.