Past Meetings and Events
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OIPC Invasive Plant
Workshop on April 3, 2008
OIPC and the Medina
County Park District hosted a successful invasive plant workshop on
Thursday, April 3rd at Wolf Creek Environmental Center.
The workshop included both a day session and an evening session (see
photos), both of
which were attended by about 30 different people. The day session
included refreshments, box lunches, 4 speakers, invasive plant
specimens, and demonstrations of control techniques. Box lunches were
provided by the Ohio Prairie Nursery and Townsend Chemical from the Wolf
Creek Deli. The evening session included 2 speakers and invasive
plant specimens. |
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Natural Area Conference Joint Session OIPC and MIPN hosted a special session on regional plant invasions at the Natural Areas Conference in Cleveland on October 10. The special session featured six presentations:
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May 2, 2007 Control Technique Workshop at Champaign County Community Center in Urbana
attracted many attendees. The agenda is still available. |
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March 21, 2007
Invasive
Plant Workshop at Ironton, Ohio was a success! There were 73 people who attended the three sessions of the Good Plants Gone Bad workshop. There were also some invasive species activities with some children participants in the evening! More information about the CWMA will be posted shortly for those who are interested. See the agenda here. |
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Ohio Invasive Plants Council Annual Meeting
The annual OIPC meeting for 2007 was
held February 21 from 10am-4pm at Highbanks Nature Center, Lewis
Center, Ohio. This meeting's
agenda included speakers on invasive species,
updates on OIPC activities, and the election of 4 new Board Members.
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OIPC elected four Board Members for a 3-year term beginning February 2007Four board members were recently elected for 4 positions that represent different regions of the state as well as state and Federal government (land-managing agencies), the green industry, and local government (such as county metroparks). A description of the board member position is available online. We had 7 nominated candidates and the vote took place at the Feb. 21 annual meeting. |
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The 2007 OIPC Conference on "Continuing Partnerships
for Invasive Plant Management" was a success!
For more information about the research conference, go to the 2007 Ohio Invasive Plant Research Conference Announcement. Contact information for each of the speakers is also listed there. |
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The September 2006 "Good Plants Gone Bad" OIPC workshop was a great success!
OIPC’s September workshop, “Good Plants Gone Bad” at Highbanks Metropark in Columbus was well attended and successful. The day-long workshop was designed to provide basic information on invasive plants and general control techniques for Master Gardeners, garden club members, land managers, and homeowners. Approximately 90 people attended. |