The 4-County Cooperative Weed Management Area is excited to announce the 14th annual Pull Together!
This year’s event will be held as a webinar, so you will be able to attend from the comfort of your own home or office. Join us to learn more about the status of emerald ash borer in Oregon, OSU Extension’s new Solve Pest Problems resource, harvesting weeds to make art, and a few exciting projects our member organizations have been working on. You won’t want to miss it!
Attendees will earn 2 pesticide recertification credits from ODA and WSDA.
If you missed the event, a recording is available:
Pull Together Recording
Poster artwork and comics were illustrated by the talented Jon Wagner of East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District.
Event agenda
Wednesday, January 18th 2022 | 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST
8:30am Welcome & Introductions
Aaron Shaw (Tualatin SWCD)
8:35am Word from WIN
Presentation Slides | Courtney Gattuso (Western Invasives Network) | weeds@cascadepacific.org
8:45am 4-County CWMA Data Standardization Template
Presentation Slides | Demonstration Video
Tyler Pedersen (Tualatin SWCD) | tyler.pedersen@tualatinswcd.org
Eli Staggs (Tualatin SWCD) | eli.staggs@tualatinswcd.org
9:15am 4-County CWMA Committee Updates
Steering Committee: Aaron Shaw (Tualatin SWCD)
Education & Outreach Committee: Mitch Bixby (Portland BES)
Mapping & Data Committee: Tyler Pedersen (Tualatin SWCD)
Technical & Scientific Committee: Michelle Delepine (West Multnomah SWCD)
9:30am Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) in Oregon Updates
Presentation Slides | State of Emerald Ash Borer in Oregon – Alex Gorman (OSU Extension) | alexander.gorman@oregonstate.edu
Presentation Slides | Emerald Ash Borer Management – Mariah Davis (USDA – APHIS) | mariah.davis@usda.gov
10:00am New Plant Species Review
Presentation Slides | Mitch Bixby (Portland BES) | mitch.bixby@portlandoregon.gov
10:15am Break
10:30am Alienweeds — The Invasive Plant Harvest
Presentation Slides | Patterson Clark | pattclark@gmail.com
11:00am Solve Pest Problems
Presentation Slides | Weston Miller (OSU Extension) | weston.miller@oregonstate.edu
11:35am Solve Pest Problems: A new pest management resource for the PNW
Presentation Slides | Portland Garlic Mustard Partners: A Decade in Review – Michelle Delepine (West Multnomah SWCD) | michelle@wmswcd.org
Presentation Slides | Hogweed in Portland – Mitch Bixby (Portland BES) | mitch.bixby@portlandoregon.gov
Presentation Slides | Weedy Tree Removal for Fuel Reduction and Land Resilience in Lake Oswego – Jack Halsey (Oswego Lake Watershed Council) | jack@oswegowatershed.org
12:20pm Closing Comments & Comics
Aaron Shaw (Tualatin SWCD)
Jon Wagner (East Multnomah SWCD)
Questions? Email Mitch Bixby at mitch.bixby@portlandoregon.gov.