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December 

e-Newsletter

From the staff and board at EKISC, we wish you all a very merry Christmas and happy holiday season.

Upcoming Events

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ISCBC’s 15th Annual Public Forum & AGM "INVASIVES 2020" - takes place Feb 11 - 13, 2020 at the Pacific Gateway Hotel in Richmond, BC.

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The third annual Innovations in Invasive Species Management Conference Training to be held in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

December 10th ā€“ 12th, 2019 at the Coeur d’Alene Resort.  

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If you are heading to the Innovations Conference, don't forget to check out EKISC's presentation on using art-based activities to teach communities about the impacts of invasive plants. 

 

 

EKISC's 2019 Agriculture Learning Symposium on Invasive Weed Management happened on November 21st. We had a wide variety of interesting and engaging speakers and exhibitors from the RDEK and beyond. 

 

Thanks again to our speakers:

Kelly Cooley

Tim Ross

Cailey Chase

Rachael Roussin

Mike Malmberg

Juliet Craig

Jamie Davies

 

and to our exhibitors:

Kootenay Conservation Program

Living Lakes

BC Sheep Separation Program

Tipi Mountain Native Plants

AgSafe BC

Kootenay & Boundary Farm Advisors

 

and to our sponsors & donors:

Grassland & Rangeland Enhancement Program

Bayer Crop Science

Tipi Mountain Native Plants

Interior Seed & Fertilizer

 

and to our volunteers:

Mary-Louise Polzin

Lee Holm

We're excited!

Stay tuned to our upcoming e-Newsletters, website, and social feeds to see what courses EKISC will be offering in the new year - including a pesticide applicator course in February. 

Got an event you think we should know about? Contact jessie@ekisc.com to get it in our next e-Newsletter

Christmas Gift and Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Your Invasive-Plant-Hating Friends and Family

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Give them a nourishing homemade skin salve made with love form Purcell Organics and that will help calm, heal, and regenerate damaged or sensitized skin that is in need of a little extra TLC. 

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Rest assured that your friends are not planting invasive "wildflowers" on their property when you give them this seed package.

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What we're reading:

What in Tar(weed)nation?! An Example of Working With Nature to ā€œBeatā€ Weeds

What in Tar(weed)nation?! Part 2 – The Nature of Your Enemy and the Nature of Nature

Human adaptation to invasive species: A conceptual framework based on a case study metasynthesis

Societal Understanding of Biodiversity is Key to Conservation

Invasive Grasses May Worsen Wildfires, Study Suggests

Cold, Glorious Cold: How Cold Snaps Play a Role in Managing Invasive Species

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