Meeting Organized by the
Oklahoma Invasive Plant Council
Officers
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Amy Buthod, President
Oklahoma Biological Survey, Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory
Robert Bebb Herbarium
The University of Oklahoma
amybuthod@ou.edu
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Laura Goodman, President-Elect
Natural Resource Ecology and Management
Oklahoma State University
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Karen Hickman, Treasurer
Environmental Science Program, Director
Oklahoma State University
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Jerí Irby, Secretary
RETREET Manager
Keep America Beautiful
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At Large Board Members
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Class of 2023-2024
Jodie Crose, Corteva Agriscience
Brandon Gibson, Tribal Alliance for Pollinators
Chris Hise, The Nature Conservancy
Steven Smith, Noble Research Institute
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Class of 2022-2023
Dennis Martin, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture,Oklahoma State University
Marla Peek, Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Jay Pruett, Conservation Consultant
Elaine Gainer, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
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Conference Committee Chair
Priscilla Crawford, Oklahoma Biological Survey
Oklahoma Invasive Species Conference
2023
Friday, December 1, 2023
Lake Arcadia Conservation Education Center, Edmond, OK (map)
Conference Schedule
9:00 Check-in
9:30 Welcome and OkIPC Activities since 2020
Karen Hickman - Director, Environmental Science Program, OSU
10:00 NRCS's Role in Addressing Invasive Species
Steve Glasgow - State Resource Conservationist, NRCS
10:30 Break
10:45 Invasives in Right-of-Ways
Vonceil Harmon - Natural Resource Specialist, Oklahoma Biological Survey
11:15 Color Oklahoma
Dennis Martin - Professor & Turfgrass Extension/Research Specialist, OSU
11:40 Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense) and the Invasive Sorghum Aphid (Melanaphis sorghi)
Haley Butler - Graduate Student, Department of Entomology, OSU
12:00 Taco Bar Lunch
1:30 Amphibian Infectious Disease Presence in Oklahoma
Jessa Watters - Collection Manager, Sam Noble Museum, OU
2:00 Invasive Carp
Kristen Sardina - Fisheries Biologist, USFWS Tishomingo
2:30 Feral Hogs
Scott Alls - State Director, Wildlife Services
3:00 Break
3:30 Oklahoma Invasive Plant Council Business & Member Meeting