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Winter 2023-2024
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Vol. 31 No. 3
-Species highlight: Perennial veldt grass
-Ribbonweed in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
-2023 Cal-IPC Symposium highlights
-Training farmworkers for stewardship
-Herbicide calibration training
-Honoring John H. Anderson
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Summer 2023
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Vol. 31 No. 2
-The Ecological Workforce Initiative
-Weeds on the move
-Conservation corps training
-Santa Cruz County’s conservation investment
-2023 Cal-IPC Symposium
-Recovery on the islands of the Californias
-Marin County healthy soils pilot program
-SERCAL conference and CNGA Field Day
-Make a will month
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Spring 2023
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Vol. 31 No. 1 -Spotting rare weeds -Grassroots Ecology internships -Aquatic weeds in the Delta -Shining geranium -2023 Cal-IPC Symposium -Bay Area EDRR targets -Oregon’s Interagency Noxious Weed Symposium -Cal-IPC Video Library |
Winter 2022/2023
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Vol. 30 No. 3 -Yellow starthistle biocontrol: rosette weevil -Protecting access to the full IPM toolbox -Weed alerts 2022 -Northern California Mini-Symposium -2022 Cal-IPC Symposium highlights -Marin Audubon and invasive sea lavender -Lassen National Forest |
Summer 2022
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Vol. 30 No. 2 -Pungent invader: Garlic mustard -Goat grazing for habitat restoration -Southern California Mini-Symposium -2022 Cal-IPC Symposium -Invasive plant risk assessments -Inclusive internships at UC Riverside reserves -Ecologically sensitive vegetation management -Central Coast rare plants |
Spring 2022
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Vol. 30 No. 1 -False yellowhead in San Francisco -Inventory updates -Newport Bay Conservancy diversity initiatives -2022 Cal-IPC Symposium -State policy updates -Students and emerging professionals -Regional invasive plant prioritization -Defending nature with Denise Louie |
Winter 2021/2022
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Vol. 29 No. 3 -In Memory: Ken Moore -Weed Alerts 2021 -Tool review: Green Shoots -2021 Symposium highlights -Carl Anthony and environmental justice -Biocontrol of Dalmation toadflax |
Summer 2021 | Vol. 29 No. 2 -Oblong spurge along the Mokelumne River Watershed -Partnerships increase access to stewardship careers -WeedCUT: New online decision support tool -Cal-IPC 30th Anniversary Symposium 2021 -Thirty years of Cal-IPC -Species spotlight: Arum italicum -Caulerpa prolifera: A new invasive algae -Potential tree-of-heaven control agent |
Spring 2021 |
Vol. 29 No. 1 -Landscape-scale gorse control -Insect apocalypse and non-native plants -Mentorship makes a difference -Cal-IPC 30th Anniversary Symposium 2021 -BMPs for non-chemical weed control -EPA biological evaluation of glyphosate -California Landscape Stewardship Network -CNPS Santa Clara Valley Chapter |
Winter 2020/2021 |
Vol. 28 No. 3 -Arundo wasp established in Central Valley -Weeds in our National Parks -Inclusion in conservation -2020 Cal-IPC Symposium -Symposium talk sampler -Solar panels and Saharan mustard |
Summer 2020 | Vol. 28 No. 2 -Land management and COVID-19 -Knotweed in Marin County -Cape-ivy galling fly biocontrol -2020 Cal-IPC Symposium -CDFW generates new ACE layer -Forest Service and County Ag -Why I joined the Cal-IPC EDI Working Group |
Spring 2020 | Vol. 28 No. 1 -Managing stinkwort -Control with a spray drone -Protecting Sierra meadows -Discussing IPM with Bakke and Trumbo -2020 Cal-IPC Symposium -PlantRight 2.0 -Conservation Legacy Ancestral Lands |
Winter 2019-2020 | Vol. 27 No. 3 -Urospermum picroides on the move -The cost of inaction -State funding to local projects -New planning guide -2019 Cal-IPC Symposium in photos -Herbicide effects on soil -Indigenous land management |
Summer 2019 | Vol. 27 No. 2 -Tracking progress in Orange County -Seed banking with California Plant Rescue -Holi in the parks -2019 Cal-IPC Symposium -Mapping in the Santa Ana River Watershed -Harvesting invasive species in Africa -20th Anniversary Central Coast Invasive Weed Symposium |
Spring 2019 | Vol. 27 No. 1 -Wildfire helps Arundo control at Hansen Dam basin -Stinknet expands in southern California -Conservation Corps and Cal-IPC partnership -2019 Cal-IPC Symposium -Lessons learned from a 12-year eradication program -Spotted lanternfly and tree-of-heaven -Why Cal-IPC is in my will |
Winter 2018-2019 | Vol. 26 No. 3 -Invasive species management in Lake Tahoe -Training youth stewards with GGNPC -2018 Symposium in photos -Remembering Nelroy Jackson and Jo Kitz -Municipal compost and wildland weeds -Restoring zombie ecosystems |
Summer 2018 | Vol. 26 No. 2 -Flax-leaf broom on Catalina Island -Eradicating tamarisk from the Sisquoc River watershed -Fostering diversity in land management -Mapping giant reed across the Central Valley -2018 Cal-IPC Symposium -Weed management on CDFW lands -Invasive nutria threaten California wetlands |
Spring 2018 | Vol. 26 No. 1 -Controlling invasive sea lavender -Comprehensive island restoration in Mexico -Stop the spread of weeds and soil pathogens -Managed relocation under a changing climate -2018 Cal-IPC Symposium -Snapshots from the field |
Winter 2017/2018 | Vol. 25 No. 3 -PlantRight Update -2017 Cal-IPC Symposium in photos -Symposium tool sampler -Remembering Don Mayall -California forest pest update -2017 Central Coast Invasive Weed Symposium –Romulea rosea |
Summer/Fall 2017 | Vol. 25 No. 2 -Renewed Inventory -Postcards on Global Efforts -Joe DiTomaso Retires –Phytophthora Threat -Runners Support Cal-IPC -2017 Cal-IPC Symposium –Rubus praecox |
Spring 2017 | Vol. 25 No. 1 -2017 Symposium -First Cape-ivy biocontrol released -Tamarisk biocontrol in California -Volutaria control in the desert -Cleaning your boots -Experiment to gauge water use of yellow starthistle |
Fall 2016 | Vol. 24 No. 3 -Invasive sea lavender -Marin’s OneTam -Watersnakes -Shiny geranium -Eradicating knotweeds -Book review -Goggles and gloves |
Summer 2016
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Vol. 24 No. 2 -Testing oxalis control -Celebrating park stewards -Soil bacteria vs. invasive grasses -New threat to forests -WMAs: Who needs ’em? -Symposium coming up |
Spring 2016 | Vol. 24 No. 1 -Protecting Sierra meadows -25 years of Cal-IPC -Managing Sahara mustard -National EDRR framework -Cal-IPC wins IPM award -Protecting San Diego wetlands -Identifying emerging weeds |
Fall 2015 | Vol. 23 No. 3 -EDRR in Bay Area National Parks -Does glyphosate cause cancer? -Do No Harm -Puncturevine attacks! -Scotch broom mite to the rescue -EMAPi in Hawaii |
Summer 2015 | Vol. 23 No. 2 -Protecting military lands -Calflora’s Weed Manager -CDFA add noxious weeds -2015 Symposium in San Diego -Simplified restoration permitting -Weedspotting Down Under |
Winter 2015 | Vol. 23 No. 1 -European beachgrass removal at Point Reyes -Cross-border collaboration in the State of Jefferson -Delta collaboration -Report from Tamarisk Beetle Workshop -Arundo on the Salinas River -EDRR reports from around the state |
Fall 2014 | Vol. 22 No. 3 -Survey of volunteer groups -PlantRight progress -Chinese pistache spreading -Symposium in photos -Updates from Sacramento |
Summer 2014 | Vol. 22 No. 2 -Removing hanging sedge -WHIPPET prioritization tool -Bluegum eucalyptus revision -WMA funding advocacy -Working “climate smart” |
Winter 2014 | Vol. 22 No. 1 -Ecosystem services and weed budget cuts -A western perspective on eastern weed work -Biocontrol agents in California -Medusahead and barbed goatgrass -Goatsrue found in California -New restoration database |
Fall 2013 | Vol. 21 No. 3 -Controlling mayweed helps terns -Successful Spanish broom control -Staying “on label” in tidal waters -PlantRight rolls out nursery program -Tracking eradication progress -Grazing as a management tool |
Spring 2013 | Vol. 21 No. 2 -Taking to the air -2013 Symposium at Lake Arrowhead -Central Sierra eradication project -New online Inventory -Student Chapter at Santa Rosa Plateau -Mendocino stops stinkwort |
Winter 2013 | Vol. 20 No. 4 and Vol. 21 No. 1 -Special concerns near aquatic habitats -Symposium photos! -Victorian box spreading -New videos and BMP Manual -Spongeplant treatment to begin |
Summer 2012 | Vol. 20 No. 3 -Bentgrass clogs wetlands -Symposium in Sonoma County -New management guidebook -Got NPDES permits? |
Spring 2012 | Vol. 20 No. 2 (1.5 MB) -The butterfly effect -An ounce of prevention -Stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens) -2012 Symposium information –Jepson Manual taxonomy changes |
Winter 2012 | Vol. 20 No. 1 (1.2 MB) -Cal-IPC mapping -Interview with Ann Howald -Preventing the spread of cheatgrass -Environmental education & invasives -Cal-IPC Student Chapter activities |
Fall 2011 | Vol. 19 No. 3 (1.9 MB) -Perennial pepperweed decision guide -Long-term broom management -2011 Symposium in photos -Invasive plants in nurseries -Interview with Mike Kelly |
Summer 2011 | Vol. 19 No. 2 (1.6 MB) -Invasive plants in the Sierra Nevada -Interview with the Archbalds -Pesticide risk comparision -20th Annual Symposium -Cape-Ivy biocontrols update |
Spring 2011 | Vol. 19 No. 1 (1.9 MB) -South American spongeplant -John Randall, Cal-IPC’s first president –Arundo maps and impacts report -20th Annual Symposium -Hybrid Spartina Forum |
Winter 2011 | Vol. 18 No. 4 (1.8 MB) -WHIPPET prioritization tool -Interview with Carla Bossard -Invasive Euphorbias -Small smutgrass |
Fall 2010 | Vol. 18 No. 3 (1.6 MB) -Map the Spread! -2010 Symposium in photos -Call for Capeweeds (Arctotheca) -Perennial pepperweed control -California Native Plant Week |
Summer 2010 | Vol. 18 No. 2 (1.7 MB) -Preventing weed spread in National Parks -Nevada County Broom Bash -Understanding aquatic pesticide permits -Arresting arundo |
Spring 2010 |
Vol. 18 No. 1 (1 MB) -Is arundo really a water hog? -A customized weed worker toolbelt -Join us in Ventura! -Updates on advocacy |
Fall 2009 |
Vol. 17 No. 3 (2.3 MB) -State forms Invasive Species Council -News from the 2009 Symposium -Chico horticulture students help local park -A new invasive raspberry? -Invasive plant conference in South Africa |
Winter 2010 | Vol. 17 No. 4 (1.4 MB) -Watch out for these Red Alert weeds -Early detection protocol from NPS -California Field Botanist Association -The “green economy” and invasive species |
Summer 2009 | Vol. 17 No. 2 (1.8 MB) -Getting a handle on creeping water primrose -Custom van improves herbicide mixing -Student Chapter expands -Bay Area Early Detection Network kicks off -100-mile Run for the Wildlands |
Spring 2009 | Vol. 17 No. 1 (1.6 MB) -Ergonomics for weed workers -The state bond funding freeze and weed work -The cost of weeds to California -Symposium 2009 -Greetings from the Low Desert WMA -Fish and Game works on invasives |
Winter 2009 | Vol. 16 No. 4 (1.4 MB) -High-priority research needs for weeds -Stopping yellow starthistle in the Sierras -News from the Student Chapter -Volunteers along San Francisco Bay -2009 Field Course Schedule |
Fall 2008 | Vol. 16 No. 3 (1.8 MB) -Risk assessment for California weeds -Weed workers return to Chico -Alerts on new weeds -Student Paper and Poster contest winners |
Summer 2008 | Vol. 16 No. 2 (1.8 MB) -Chinese tallow: The next invader? -Symposium returns to Chico -Australian weed expert visits California -Assessing aquatic pathways |
Spring 2008 | Vol. 16 No. 1 (1.5 MB) -Bend-and-spray for arundo control -Funding for the future -Evaluating herbicide treatment of wild fig -Get ready for the 2008 Symposium! -How you can impact policy |
Winter 2008 | Vol. 15 No. 4 (1.0 MB) -Biocontrol 101 –Phragmites in California -Weed Alert! Carrichtera annua -Cal-IPC student chapter forms at UCR -Shredding water hyacinth |
Fall 2007 | Vol. 15 No. 3 (2.8 MB) -Ravennagrass -Symposium in San Diego -International weed conference in Australia -Human dimension of weed work -Weed funding outside the box |
Spring/Summer 2007 |
Vol. 15 No. 1/2 (2.0 MB) -Surveying palms in San Diego County -Cal-IPC walks the halls of power -Weeds and wildlife -Inventory revisions |
Winter 2007 |
Vol. 14 No. 4 (1.0 MB) -Shasta County citizens take on weeds -Dirty data methods for weed managers -New “dip-and-clip” technique -Predicting where weeds will spread |
Fall 2006 |
Vol. 14 No. 3 (3.7 MB) -Buffelgrass: A threat to California’s desert -15th Annual Cal-IPC Symposium report -Does arundo produce seed in California? -Speakers’ Bureau ready for prime time -2007 Cal-IPC field courses |
Summer 2006 |
Vol. 14 No. 2 -Weed Alert – Japanese dodder -Nursery group signs Codes of Conduct -2006 Symposium in Sonoma County -Weed Management Area funding renewed |
Spring 2006 |
Vol. 14 No. 1 -Legislation to renew WMA funding -A new treatment for Arundo -Does glyphosate harm amphibians? -Scientists’ recommendations on ornamentals |
Winter 2006 |
Vol. 13 No. 4 -Weed alerts! -Cordgrass and clapper rails -CDFA proposes “H” noxious weed rating -CCC tackles Russian River arundo -Invasive brochure in Spanish |
Fall 2005 |
Vol. 13 No. 3 -Invasive species in National Parks -Reports from events around California -2005 Symposium biggest ever -2nd annual photo contest winners |
Summer 2005 |
Vol. 13 No. 2 -Nursery partnership -High schoolers tackle carnation spurge -Sesbania control on Dry Creek -Weed research at UC Riverside -2005 Symposium information |
Spring 2005 |
Vol. 13 No. 1 -Which weeds dominate southern California riparian systems? -Tools: basal bark treatment, broom lopping results -Japanese knotweed Red Alert! -Oakland discusses herbicides |
Fall 2004/Winter 2005 |
Vol. 12 Nos. 3-4 -Pampas grass and jubata grass -Waipuna not? Steaming your weeds -One man’s fight against broom -2004 Symposium photos |
Summer 2004 |
Volume 12 No. 2 – Ventura: a little arundo – Santa Cruz Island Restoration – New yellow starthistle biocontrol – Survey of college weed programs – Eucalyptus impacts workshop |
Spring 2004 |
Volume 12 No. 1 – The A-rated North – New Tools: Flaming – Bladder senna in Chico – California Conservation Corps |
Winter 2003 |
Volume 11 No. 4 – Beetles! New Tamarix biocontrol – The cost of weeds – Alert: Brachypodium sylvaticum – Weeds on Capitol Hill |
Fall 2003 |
Volume 11 No. 3 – Hybrid Invasion: Spartina in SF Bay – Revising the Cal-IPC List – 2003 Symposium photos – Reports from Oregon and Hawaii |
Summer 2003 |
Volume 11 No. 2 – The hunt for red sesbania – Symposium 2003: Tahoe! – Wildland weeds climb the Sierra – Pampasgrass ads |
Spring 2003 |
Volume 11 No. 1 (1.2 MB) – Weed warning from downunder! – Not just in the garden anymore: Oxalis pes-caprae – Wal-Mart dumps pampas grass – Teaching teachers about weeds |
Winter 2002 |
Volume 10 number 4 (1.2 MB) – Testing natural-based herbicides for roadside control – Remote sensing of Arundo –Hypericum canariense update |
Fall 2002 |
Volume 10 number 3 (528 KB) -Viewing invasive species removal in a whole-ecosystem context -Weed-free forage -Wildland weed news -Symposium 2002 |
Spring/Summer 2002 |
Volume 10 number 1/2 (3.2 MB) – Predicting Plant Invasion with Modeling – Lassen County WMA Wins Award – Legislative Updates – Weeds in the News |
Fall 2001/Winter 2002 |
Volume 9 Number 3/4 (1.2 MB) – Symposiums & Transitions – 2001 Red Alerts – Hypericum Alert – Keep It in the Garden – Cape Ivy G |
Spring 2001 |
Volume 9 Number 2 (1.2 MB) – Workshop on Ecology and Mgmt. of Invasive Plants in SW Deserts – Initial Broom Initiative – Sierra Club Tamarisk Bash – Viable Seed Production by Cape Ivy – More on Italian Thistle – Yellow Star Thistle Video – Educational Materials |
Winter 2001 |
Volume 9 Number 1 (3.5 MB) – Cape ivy biocontrol – Asparagus asparagoides – Noxious weed listing |
Fall 2000 |
Volume 8 Number 4 (5.6 MB) – Salvinia molesta – Noxious seaweed in Southern California – Foreign exploration of Arundo donax |
Spring/Summer 2000 |
Volume 8 Number 2-3 (1.9 MB) – What next for CalEPPC? – New wildland weed field manual – Collecting and submitting plants for i.d. – Drilling Ailanthus – BLM uses heavy equipment – $5 million for WMAs |
Winter 2000 |
Volume 8 Number 1 (5.9 MB) – Florida growers and invasive plants – Exotic vs. native grasses as wildlife habitat – Parentucellia viscosa invades wetlands – Federally listed species vs. mustard |
Summer/Fall 1999 |
Volume 7 Number 3&4 (742 KB) – Ecology and Management of Alien Annual Plants in the California Desert – Where the Wild Weeds Are: The Value of a Rapid Assessment of Invasive Weeds – Cooperative Weed Management Areas – The Role of Herbicides in Preserving Biodiversity |
Spring 1999 |
Volume 7 Number 2 (603 KB) – Roundup of Arundo Projects Reveals Commitment, Strategic Weakness – Lassen County’s First Weed Week – Richmond Weed Abatement Ordinance |
Winter 1999 |
Volume 7 Number 1 – Nitrate Immobilization and the Mycorrhizal Network – 1999 Cal-IPC Symposium – Biocontrol of Saltcedar Update – Combating Biological Pollution |
Fall 1998 |
Volume 6 Number 4 (1.2 MB) – Results of Cal-IPC Questionnaire – CalWeed Database – Invasive New Zealand Weeds – Symposium on Invasive Weeds |
Summer 1998 |
Volume 6 Number 3 (589 KB) – Distribution of Salsola soda in S.F. Bay – Starr Ranch Sanctuary Artichoke Conference – Extension Toxocology Network |
Spring 1998 |
Volume 6 Number 2 (612 KB) – Some Tips on Herbicide Tx of Cape Ivy – Invasive Weeds Pose Major Threat to American Landscape – Legendary Stewardship Award |
Winter 1998 |
Volume 6 Number 1 (719 KB) – Fort Ord Readies Troops for War-On-Weeds – Cal-IPC Symposium ’97 Synopsis – Pampas Grass Research |
Fall 1997 |
Volume 5 Number 4 (647 KB) – Battling the Kudzu of the West – The Weed From Hell Finds a Buyer – A New Invasive Mustard in California – The Bradley Method |
Summer 1997 |
Volume 5 Number 3 (718 KB) – Killing the Beast – A New Threat to California Pines – A Working Paper on Ailanthus |
Spring 1997 |
Volume 5 Number 2 (765 KB) – Pampasgrass RFP – Natural Areas Conference in Portland – Rx for Applying Herbicides to Tamarisk |
Winter 1997 |
Volume 5 Number 1 (549 KB) – Lessons from the Front – Cal-IPC Symposium ’97 in Bay Area – Everlasting Sleeper – Team Arundo del Norte |
Summer/Fall 1996 |
Volume 4 Number 3 (499 KB) – A French Broom Control – 1996 Cal-IPC Election Results – Salt Cedar Management Workshop – Ehrharta erecta: Attack in the Making |
Spring 1996 |
Volume 4 Number 2 (4.0 MB) – Another Ehrharta? – Exotic plant bibliography – Parentucellia viscosa |
Winter 1996 |
Volume 4 Number 1 (4.7 MB) – Agroforestry and biodiversity – Using fire on yellow starthistle – Highways as dispersal corridors – French broom seedbank depletion |
Fall 1995 |
Volume 3 Number 4 (6.2 MB) – Ailanthus altissima biology and history – 1995 Symposium abstracts – Partners in weed management – Asilomar Accord |
Summer 1995 |
Volume 3 Number 3 (1.3 MB) – Wildlife and weeds – Weed alert! – Biological control |
Spring 1995 |
Volume 3 Number 2 (2.0 MB) – Carpobrotus edulis – Working with volunteers – Marin County policy |
Winter 1995 |
Volume 3 Number 1 (1 MB) – Lepidium latifolium – Yellow bush lupine – Lupine removal with heavy equipment – Musings of a seed sack reader – Effects of Arundo on water resources |
Fall 1994 |
Volume 2 Number 4 – 1994 Symposium abstracts – Regulatory “must-do” for herbicide applications – Exotic pest plants of greatest ecological concern |
Summer 1994 |
Volume 2 Number 3 (4.6 MB) – Perennial pepperweed – Charactistics of noxious weeds – Slow-motion explosion – Tamarisk in Baja California – Preventing pampasgrass |
Spring 1994 |
Volume 2 Number 2 (499 KB) – Pampas eradication program, part 2 – Controlling Cortaderia by hand with volunteers – Exotic removal programs around the state |
Winter 1994 |
Volume 2 Number 1 (499 KB) – New EPPCs forming – Ecology and management of wild artichoke – Controlling French broom – German ivy engulfs riparian forests |
Fall 1993 |
Volume 1 Number 4 (5.0 MB) – 1993 Symposium – Pampas grass eradication program – Draft weed list |
Summer 1993 |
Volume 1 Number 3 (499 KB) – Control of exotic plants by herbaceous understory – Working groups |
Spring 1993 |
Volume 1 Number 2 (4.3 MB) – Story of Team Arundo – Working group reports |
Winter 1993 |
Volume 1 Number 1 (5.7 MB) – Background of CalEPPC – Weed alerts – Tamarisk invades desert riparian zones |