Montana Weed Control Association Annual Convention, 2006
Back to Basics and Beyond
January 10-12th, 2006
Great Falls, MT
Dan Williams (on right) accepting the Agency Weed Fighter Of The Year Award from Carla (center) and Todd. MWCA Annual Meeting, 1/11/2006.
| Awards: -Outstanding Industry Award: Jim Gordon -Weed Fighters United: Birney Landowner Group -Outstanding Weed Board Member: Collen Gustafson -Outstanding Youth Award: Danielle Erickson Maleaya Lee -Agency Weed Fighter: Dan Williams (DOT) -2004 MWCA Scholarship Recipients: -Weed Stopper Award: -Outstanding Weed District: Ravalli County -Outstanding MWCA Members and Their Contributions: -Weed Fighter of the Year: Wayne & Rosella Meredith -2004 Noteworthy Retirees: -Barb Mullin Life Time Achievement Award: John Day & Jerry Weber -Monumental Screwup Award: |
Vendors: |
Fun! Hanging Out Around The Booth The Drive Home |
“Back to Basics and Beyond”
January 10 – 12, 2006
Great Falls Heritage Inn
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
8 a.m. – 11p.m. Noxious Weed Trust Fund Council Meeting-American Room
11 – 12 noon Combined council meeting – American Room
12 noon – 1 p.m. Lunch provided by DOA for members of councils
1 – 3 p.m. Weed Seed Free Forage Council Meeting – American Room
3 p.m. Vendor set up – Convention Area
3 – 5 p.m. MWCA Board of Directors Meeting- Canadian Room
5 p.m. Area council meetings: Western Area (Clark Room ), SW Area (Lewis Room ), NE Area (Room 200 ), SE Area (Alberta Room), SC Area(Montana Room ), Triangle Area (Rm 201)
6 p.m. Early registration begins – Room 108
7 p.m. Vendor Happy Hour – Convention Area
MWCA Ed committee mtg – Room 200
Wednesday, January 11,
2006
General
Session (International Rooms)
auction set up on vendors tables
8
a.m –
9:00 a.m.
Welcome from MWCA
President- Bob Gilbert
Welcome from
Governor Schweitzer
MDA briefing
– Director Nancy K. Peterson
Lance Olson
– Cascade County Commissioner
MT
Summit/Gov Advisory Committee update – Dave Schulz
9:00
– 9:30
a.m.
MT Sheep Institute update
– Rodney Kott
9:30
– 10
a.m.
Break
Workshop B 9 – 12 noon Sheep Institute Workshop I (Clark Room)
10
a.m. –
12 noon breakouts:
|
TIME |
Basics of Building WMAs –
Mod Mike M. Canadian
Room |
Monitoring & Site Evaluation- Mod
Tonda – Britain Room |
Education Mod – Marijka- American Room |
|
10:00 |
Madison Watershed WMA – John Simmons |
Transects with
Sweets-Marler |
Bio-control and the
public schools - Breitenfeldt |
|
10:20 |
Blackfoot Challenge WMA –
Jason/Stone |
Why and How to Monitor
with Little Time & Money - Cook |
Insectaries & the UM
ECOS Program - Wessner |
|
10:40 |
Big Hole WMA –
Garrison/Kambich |
Monitoring Sheep Grazing-
Moore |
Zero Spread Campaign
update – Valadez |
|
11:00 |
Weed Prevention Areas –
Kim Goodwin |
Bio-signs for the Layman
– Sing & Schat |
Western Weed Awareness
Summit- Clark |
|
11:20 |
Wildland Stewardship of
the Mission Mountains & Bob Marshall- Dupuis |
Weed Spread Model - Korb |
Using Game Show Format to
Make Weed Education stick – Brence |
|
11:40 |
5 State Salt Cedar
Coalition – Duncan |
NWTF Grant Monitoring
Expectations - Johnson |
K-12 kNOw weeds curriculum -
Millar |
1
p.m. Silent auction bidding begins (Missouri
room), voting begins (Convention Area)
|
Time |
New Products &
Technology – Mod- Steve S. American Room |
|
1:00 |
Dow Agro –
Saunders Milestone: The Perfect
Herbicide |
|
1:20 |
DuPont – Gallagher Product update + review of SU quality commitment vs generics |
|
1:40 |
UAP Timberland – Gordon Product updates |
|
2:00 |
Greenfield Industries –
Spika |
|
2:20 |
Red Hen Systems-Noxious
Weed Containment - OrHai |
|
2:40 |
ESRI
- Bryant Ralston & Rebecca Seago-Coyle |
|
3:00 |
Wilbur Ellis Co- Anderson Information on Portfolio
& Vengence Plus |
|
3:20 |
Data loggers - Thomas GPS & Mapping
technologies |
|
3:40 |
|
Workshop
C 1 – 4 p.m.
Horse &
Pasture Management (Lewis Rm)
Workshop
D 1 – 4 p.m.
Sheep Institute
Workshop II (Clark Rm)
1
– 4 p.m.
Break out sessions continue
|
TIME |
Weed Law – Mod
Dave Burch Canadian Room |
Stewardship &
Restoration- Mod Jim O. Britain
Room |
|
1:00 |
Overview of the weed Law
– Burch |
What is Restoration-
Pokorny & Jacobs |
|
1:30 |
MACO’s viewpoint- Schulz |
Native Rangeland &
Fire- Simons |
|
2:00 |
Noxious Weed designation
& Criteria - Moon |
From plants to song
birds: evaluating efficacy of herbicide – Ortega & Pearson |
|
2:30 |
Subdivision laws - Shults |
Stewardship of lands
under invasion - Jacobs |
|
3:00 |
Q & A Panel |
Healthy Native Rangeland
Plant Communities - Gale |
|
3:30 |
Q & A Panel |
Challenges of Managing
Habitat at NinePipes WMA -Grant |
Voting closes
7
p.m.
Awards Ceremony- Hawaiian Luau (Convention Area)
Thursday, January 12, 2006
General
Session (International Rooms)
7
p.m.
50/50 drawing begins- hosted by
SW Area Council
the membership. Margie/finances, Area Reps briefly speak, election results, silent auction results, bylaw changes. . .
8:30
– 12:00
general session to continue in International Rooms
|
Time |
|
|
8:30 – 9:15 |
Session I - Agency Round
Robin- Moderator – Scott Bockness Presenters – Ghekiere,
Olivarez & Johnson |
|
9:15 – 10 a.m. |
Q & A Panel discussion |
|
10 – 10:30 |
Break |
|
10:30 – 12 noon |
Session II - MT Growth
Development and Weed Management Issues:
speakers Marks, Johnson, Ostwald & Lang Q
& A panel discussion to follow Moderator – Marilyn
Marler |
10:30
Vendor break down
12
noon Annual Convention adjourns – lunch on
your
own
2
p.m.
MWCA Executive Committee post –
meeting – (Room 108)
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