Agenda for the 2023 Annual Meeting
8:00 – 8:30 am | Registration, coffee, and refreshments
8:30 – 8:45 am | Welcome
8:45 – 9:45 am | State of the State Roundtable by Taxa, part 1 (20 minutes each incl. Q&A)
* Agricultural Pests-David Handley, University of Maine Cooperative Ext.
* Forest Pests – Colleen Teerling, Maine DACF – MFS
* Aquatic Plants – Denise Blanchette or John McPhedran, Maine DEP
9:45 – 10:15 am | Spotted Wing Drosophila Biocontrol Research Update, Ben Johnson, University of Maine
10:15 – 10:45 am | Browntail Moth Research Update, Devin Rowe, University of Maine
10:45 – 11:00 am | AM Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Invasive species Messaging and Framing: A Discussion – Facilitated by Nancy Olmstead (TNC), Catherine Spolarich, (DACF-MNAP) Rebecca Jacobs (Knox-Lincoln SWCD)
12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch buffet (provided)
1:00 – 2:30 pm | State of the State Roundtable by Taxa, part 2 (20 minutes each, incl. Q&A)
* Freshwater Invasive Fish – Jason Seiders, Maine IF&W
* Terrestrial Plants – Catherine Spolarich & Gary Fish, Maine DACF – MNAP
* Marine Invasive Species – Jeremy Miller, Wells Reserve
* Terrestrial Vertebrates – Robin Dyer, USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services (30 mins)
2:30 – 3:00 pm | Northeast Study on Using eDNA as an Early Detection Tool for Invasive Mollusks – Denise Blanchette, Maine DEP & Alison Watts, University of New Hampshire
3:00 – 3:15 pm | PM Break
3:15 – 3:45 pm | Black Swallowwort Biocontrol Research Update, Hillary Peterson, Maine DACF
3:45 – 4:15 pm | Should Maine Consider a More Comprehensive Approach to Invasive Species Management? Review of the Recent Survey and Capstone Paper, Gary Fish, Maine DACF
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm | Wrap-Up, MISN announcements-goals, upcoming meetings, online forum, etc.
4:30 pm | Adjourn