2024 CIPWG Invasive Plant Symposium

Theme: Real Talk - Making an Impact in Invasive Plant Management

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

UConn Student Union, 2110 Hillside Rd, Storrs, CT 06268

CT Invasive Plant Working Group 12th Biennial Symposium flier. October 29, 2024, UConn Student Union, Storrs, CT. cipwg.uconn.edu

Resources from the 2024 CIPWG Symposium

Les Mehrhoff Award Winner: Tom Zetterstrom

Tom Zetterstrom has driven Sharon Land Trust’s ongoing restoration of a 15 acre preserve section. "Tom’s relentless advocacy for rescuing trees and besieged landscapes from the ravages of invasives arises from more than fifty years of environmental activism," states his nomination letter. Learn more about Tom through the Republican-American Article, the Lakeville Journal Article, and Jessie Mehrhoff Peters' Video Introduction.

We extend our gratitude to Jim Moore, DEEP sawyer at the state sawmill, Portland CT, who designed and created the plaque for the Les Mehrhoff award. The plaque was created from native CT grown wood (black cherry). The Portland sawmill is the only remaining sawmill owned by the State of Connecticut.

Frank Belknap presents the Les Mehrhoff award to Tom Zetterstrom
Frank Belknap presented the Les Mehrhoff award to Tom Zetterstrom at the 2024 CIPWG Symposium.

Program Handouts and Information:

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Pesticide Applicator Recertification Credits:

Category: ALL (except 7) /Credit Hrs: 4.5

Continuing Education Units (CEU) Credits: List of available CEUs for 2024

Symposium Agenda

A photo of Les Mehrhoff
Les Mehrhoff

Questions? Contact Alyssa Siegel-Miles, Alyssa.Siegel-Miles@uconn.edu

 

Resources from the 2022 CIPWG Symposium: 

inaturalist app video
iNaturalist instructions webinar.

Mile-a-Minute: Lessons Learned from Long-term Work in South Litchfield County, CT - Kathleen Nelson, Mad Gardeners

Invasive Plant Management at Home - Kathy Connolly, Landscape Designer

Propagating From Seed Resources (Links and Book Recommendations) - Jim Sirch, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Seeds: Resources to Help You Locate, Purchase & Collect - Anne Rowlands, Connecticut Gardener Magazine

 

INVASIVE PLANT IDENTIFICATION RESOURCES:

CIPWG Photo Notebook

Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) Identification (Bilingual)

Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) Identification (Bilingual)

Mile-a-Minute (Persicaria perfoliata) Identification (Bilingual)

Water Chestnut (Trapa Natans) Identification (Bilingual)

Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) Identification (Bilingual)

 

INVASIVE PLANT ID & MANAGEMENT (some include Native Alternatives)

CIPWG Invasive Plant Management CALENDAR

CIPWG's Meet the Plants Web Page

Elimination of Ailanthus (Picone 2024)

Invasive Plants in Your Backyard - 2020 Expanded Edition (CT R. Coastal Cons. Dist. Inc.)

Weed Control Methods Handbook, The Nature Conservancy

CT Council on Environmental Quality: Invasives 2022 Report (updated 04-29-2022)

Do Not Sell list, with native alternatives (not all native to New England) - from RISCC Management Challenge

UConn's Native Plant and Sustainable Landscaping Guide

CIPWG Alternative Plant Resources

CIPWG Native Alternative Perennial Plant List

 

MORE ABOUT THE CONNECTICUT INVASIVE PLANT WORKING GROUP (CIPWG)

Meet the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group

CIPWG History