Whitehall Project
Summer Class 2008
THE
WHITEHALL PROJECT: Biological Control of Weeds 2008
3-day +2 SUMMER CLASS
“A
Replicable Weed Fighting Strategy”
1 Credit or Teacher
Recertification Credits
U of M Western Out Reach
July 7-9 +10-11 Optional Insect
Collection Extension
Whitehall High School, Whitehall, MT
59759
Between Butte & Bozeman on I-90
A class about noxious weeds in
Montana, weed education and how to create a weed education and
biological weed control program at your school.
Includes: Optional 2-day extension
to collect many noxious weed eating insects for you to take home!
Come home with a Program, the
knowledge and the weed eating insects so you and your students can be
part of the solution to noxious weeds!
Instructors: Whitehall Teachers Todd
Breitenfeldt and Mike Battaiola.
Mission Statement: 1) To have
noxious
weed education in every school in Montana and the State standards, 2)
to have a knapweed insectary in every Montana County with a sizable
knapweed infestation, and 3) to have programs in every Montana County
that can find and utilize significant “bursts” of biocontrol agents as
they occur.
E-mail:
tbreit@whitehallmt.org
Funding Provided By: Montana DOT,
Montana Noxious Weed Trust Fund, BLM, & Jefferson Co
The class includes
how to:
1) Create a knapweed insectary.
2) Rear/collect/release bio-control
agents.
3) GPS/GIS map/monitor and digital
photograph release sites.
4) Use noxious weed curriculum.
5) Make web pages using Netscape.
6) Grant writing, creating a summer
biological weed control program.
7) Collection of several species of
leafy spurge, knapweed (and perhaps toadflax) eating insects to take
home.
8) Optional 2-day extension to
collect leafy spurge eating flea beetles and other weed eating insects
9) The first ten teachers to sign up
will receive mileage, meals and room costs.
What to bring:
A vehicle that can drive on dirt
roads (to drive to collection sites), work gloves and boots (to pull
and transplant knapweed into an insectary), field and all weather
clothing (because we will be out DOING all these strategies, not just
talking about them), and a large cooler (to take home your haul of weed
eating insects!).
Motels:
Chief Motel 287-3921, Rice Motel 287-3895, Super 8 287-5588 or
800-800-8000,
Whitetail Creek Motel and RV Park 287-5315. Class is Free.
Credit info. call UM Western:
1-866-799-9140. Credit = $115.00
You are welcome to camp on the school
grounds or in the area if you wish.
Summer
Class collecting Larinus and Agapeta, knapweed eating insects -
near Lewis & Clark Caverns.
Class Outline:
Day I, Mon. July,
7th
Continental Breakfast: 7:30-8 AM
I. Introduction: the weed
problem
(1h, 8-9 AM)
A. Why are weeds?
1. Noxious weeds, Weed ID
2. Solutions
B. Review of
Whitehall Project.
II. Greenhouse rearing-how to (1h,
9-10AM).
III. Insectary rearing- how to
(3.5h, 10-noon - lunch
- 1-2:30 PM)
A. Goals and
objectives
B. Insect life
cycles.
IV. Collect/redistribution
(2.5h, 2:30-5pm)
A. Goals and
objectives
B. Example insect
life cycles
C. Insect field
collection.
Bar-B-Q Followed By Weed Movies
Day 2, Tue. July 8th
Continental Breakfast: 7:30-8 AM
(1h, 8-9 AM)
A. Aspirate and
count insects for release
B. Prepare insects
for transport, shipping
V. Release site
monitoring (1h, 9-10 AM)
A. Importance of
mapping
B. Photo
records/site information/GPS
C. Monitoring video.
VI. Make release
(2h, 11-noon)
A. Go to sites and release insects
1. GPS/Photograph
2. Record site data/map
-Lunch in field-
(1-4 PM)
B. Collect
bioagents for home release
VII. Mapping (1h,
4-5 PM)
A. Review ArcView
1. Map new release site
2. Bring your own release site GPS waypoints if you have them!
Bar-B-Q
Day 3, Wed. July 9th
Continental Breakfast: 7:30-8 AM
VIII. mtwow.org web site
introduction (2h 8-10 AM)
A. Detailed introduction to web site
B. Teacher noxious weed curriculum.
C. How to write a web page
D. Write a web page for the mtwow.org
site with a photo you took yesterday.
IX. Grant writing (2h, 10-noon)
A. The Whitehall Project
funding/grants
B. Noxious Weed Trust Fund format
C. Other sources of funding
D. Write your own grant!
Lunch on own: Drive home or
prep. for extension
E. Head home or stay to 5PM to
continue working on grant + general discussion
F. If taking for credit: email or mail
in completed grant as final project.
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Optional 2-day Extension:
Days 4 & 5, Wed. & Thur. July
10-11th
X. Collect leafy spurge flea
beetles (potentially 0.5-1.5 million!) in the Lewistown area (an over
night trip) or a variety of insects for several noxious weeds locally
(depending on availability).
A. Take home many
insects to release in your county & start your own program.
You should have insects for spotted knapweed, diffuse knapweed, leafy
spurge and perhaps Dalmatian and yellow toadflax.
Registration
Form:
Participant Name(s)_____________________________________________________
Mailing Address & Phone
#_______________________________________________
E-mail & Other Contact
Information_________________________________________
___For Credit.
___Not For Credit.
___Continuing Ed.
I heard about this class
from_______________________________________________
Class is free. If taking for one credit = $115.00. You may
register at the start of the class.
You may also take the class for Montana Teacher Continuing Ed. credits.
Bio. 491
Mail
to:
Whitehall Project,
Whitehall
Schools
P.O. Box 1109
Whitehall, MT 59759
School phone: 406-287-3862 Fax: 406-287-5508.
Todd Breitenfeldt: 406-287-5403
Other Noxious Weed
Information:
I. A second
3-day class (also taught by teachers Todd Breitenfeldt and Mike
Battaiola) will be held in Elko, NV with no insect collection
extension.
Titled: Bugs With An
Attitude
Date: June
26-28th, 2008
Contact: Linda
Ries: 1-801-625-5254, E-mail: laries@fs.fed.us
One Credit: U
of M Western Out Reach
Teachers from
several
western states will attend so this class will be more general in scope
with less emphasis on just Montana weeds/insects.
II. A third 3-day class (also taught
by teachers Todd Breitenfeldt and Mike
Battaiola) will be held in Coeur d'Alene, ID with no insect collection
extension.
Date:
July 22-24, 2008
SHILO INN
702 West Appleway,
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815
Contact:
Carol Randall [crandall@fs.fed.us]
One Credit: U
of M Western Out Reach
Teachers from
several
western states will attend so this class will be more general in scope
with less emphasis on just Montana weeds/insects.
III. A noxious
weed curriculum is being developed in/for Montana.
You have the
opportunity to be involved in this process and/or perhaps “test drive”
the curriculum in your classroom!
Contact: Elaine
Caton and Lisa Mills
Email: update
soon.
For more
information or to be added to the knoweeds contact list.
IV. Introduction to the What's
In Your World noxious weed kit.
Contact: Carla Hoops: choopes@montana.edu
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