Early Detec on Rapid Response

B.C. Invasive Plants Early Detec+on Rapid Response 2014 Review Presented by Becky Brown Invasive Plant Specialist – Provincial EDRR Coordinator B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource OperaFons January 20, 2015 OVERVIEW • 
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B.C. Invasive Species EDRR Plan Species Status Update Provincial Containment Species B.C. AquaFc Sampling Protocol Treatment Availability Extension Challenges & SoluFons EDRR CANDIDATE PLANT SPECIES •  Terrestrial and aqua:c plants known to be invasive and damaging and not known to occur in BC or present in limited amounts. SPECIES STATUS UPDATE • 
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46 EDRR candidate plant species Risk assessments: 21 draWed; 10 in progress 14 species under acFve management 6 species removed from EDRR process EDRR Candidate Species Removed from EDRR Process, Nov 2014. Bighead knapweed Garlic mustard Flowering rush Giant mannagrass Garden yellow loosestrife Ricefield/Bog bulrush h\p://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/invasive-­‐species/edrr.htm PROVINCIAL CONTAINMENT SPECIES Flowering rush •  Extent surveys •  Containment lines •  Stakeholder meeFngs •  Provincial containment program •  Treatment opFons developing Upper Hatzic Slough Hatzic Lake Fraser River Chilqua Slough Lower Hatzic Slough B.C. AQUATIC SAMPLING PROTOCOL •  AquaFc plant protocol tested •  AquaFc survey record •  Invasive species protocol winter 2015! TREATMENT AVAILABILITY •  Federal Emergency RegistraFons •  Provincial PesFcide Use Permits •  Special AuthorizaFons •  Timing Trials •  Land Use Access YELLOW NUTSEDGE h\p://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/invasive-­‐species/edrr.htm SPARTINA EXTENSION •  Website content under development •  EDRR candidate species •  Info pages •  Species alerts •  DistribuFon and status updates •  Risk assessments •  EDRR program reports •  EDRR Boot Camp (Jan 22, 2014) h\p://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/invasive-­‐species/edrr.htm CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS Challenges Delayed reports & voucher submissions Solu:ons Extension MisIDs & data entry errors IAPP EDRR alerts iPad field forms Access to effecFve treatments Special permits & research trials Resistance to treatments Working on it… h\p://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/invasive-­‐species/edrr.htm CONCLUSION • 
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B.C. Invasive Species EDRR Plan Species Status Update Provincial Containment Species B.C. AquaFc Sampling Protocol •  Treatment Availability •  Extension •  Challenges & SoluFons h\p://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/invasive-­‐species/edrr.htm THANK YOU! Becky Brown, P.Ag. Invasive Plant Specialist – Provincial EDRR Coordinator B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource OperaFons Becky.N.Brown@gov.bc.ca 250-­‐751-­‐7177 h\p://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/invasive-­‐species/edrr.htm