PAST EVENTS
Horsefly Salmon Festival
Labour Day weekend, 5-7 September 2009
CCCIPC had a display on invasive plants at the festival in Horsefly.
See www.horseflyriver.ca for more details
South Cariboo/Interlakes Field Tour
6 August 2009.
35 people representing agriculture/ranching, gardeners, small acreage landowners, and local and provincial government attended a field tour that bordered the Cariboo and Thompson-Nicola Regional Districts. Issues and sites explored included road maintenance, recreation, horticulture and garden escapes, and agricultural and range management. Many thanks to Ruth and Jim Robinson and Janet Thony for arranging the field tour.
CCCIPC Annual General Meeting and Field Tour - North Cariboo
Wed. 10 June 2009.
45 people attended the North Cariboo Field Tour on 10 June 2009. Participants came from the utility, mining, forest, road maintenance and agriculture sectors, woodlot licensees, federal, provincial and local governments, first nations, non-profit organizations and others. The objective of the field tour was to look at impacts of invasive plants on the agriculture sector, innovative agricultural techniques to manage invasive plants, and how other activities (gravel, recreation, gardening, others) provide a vector for the movement of invasive plants. The annual general meeting was held after lunch. Thanks to BC Agriculture Council, Agriculture Environment Partnership Initiative for sponsoring the day.
International "Invasive Plant Research in BC: Current Projects and Future Trends" forum
October 29 to 30, 2008.
The Invasive Plant Council of BC held a forum in Richmond in October 2008. Speakers and participants discussed (1) research that is currently under way in BC and the Pacific Northwest (PNW); (2) research that is required to inform successful invasive plant management in BC and the PNW; and (3) next steps for invasive plant research in BC. See the forum summary [PDF, 2MB] .
Invasive Alien Plant Program module 2 training
Tuesday 13 January 2009 in Williams Lake
There are five seats remaining. IAPP is the provincial database for managing information on invasive plants. Module 2 is targeted towards invasive plant managers: agencies, organizations, companies and contractors; it consists of Module 1 coupled with a more detailed overview and hands-on operation of the IAPP Application (field data collection and entry; generating extracts, maps, and reports). If you want to register for this free training, contact info@cccipc.ca
Roads and Weeds workshop
23 Oct 2008, Williams Lake.
Over 20 Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure staff, road maintenance contractors from Interior Roads Ltd., HMC Services Inc., road foremen from West Fraser Mills Ltd., Cariboo Regional District and CCCIPC board members attended this workshop on best management practices for roadside maintenance and weed management. The workshop was prepared and delivered by Environmental Dynamics Inc. for MOTI and the Invasive Plant Council of BC, as one of ten workshops delivered around BC in fall 2008.
Field tour: Bella Coola Valley
9 June 2008
A species identification training session, and subsequent field tour was attended by 20 landowners, residents, government agency representatives, business people and agriculture sector representatives. Infestations of St. John's wort, various species of knotweed, Himalayan balsam, blueweed, Canada thistle, bull thistle, oxeye daisy, knapweeds and invasive yellow hawkweeds were seen, and management strategies discussed.
Field tour: Tatlayoko Valley
9 July 2008
The Nature Conservancy of Canada hosted 30 participants from the CCCIPC and local residents for a field tour of their property, and the Tatlayoko Valley. Infestations of dalmatian toadflax, Canada thistle, spotted and diffuse knapweed, oxeye daisy and scentless chamomile were seen, with the purpose of raising awareness of identification, management techniques, and disposal methods.
Annual general meeting and South Cariboo field tour
24 July 2008.
Approximately 45 people attended the South Cariboo field tour and annual general meeting. Dr. Linda Wilson, provincial Invasive Plant Management Program Manager, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is widely respected as a hawkweed specialist, and discussed invasive hawkweed identification (there are 500 species worldwide), ecology, and management. Orange hawkweed and invasive yellow hawkweeds have infested much of the eastern Cariboo, and are spreading rapidly west throughout the region. Herb Carter, Graham Allison and Wendy Hamblin discussed the hands-on management of knapweed and other species that the 108 Greenbelt Commission is undertaking in the Walker Valley, and how they are engaging residents to get involved. Other infestations that were seen and discussed included hoary alyssum, sulphur cinquefoil, Canada thistle, bull thistle, and baby's breath.
Links: information and resources on invasive plants
