SICIM Annual Partners Meeting

Join us for the next SICIM Annual Partners Meeting on March 17 at 9am (EST). This is a free and virtual event, and registration is required (see link below). Join us to hear about SICIM's accomplishments in 2021, updates on the Indiana Invasives Initiative, and to hear from two amazing speakers.

The theme for this year is "Bugs and Fungi: A New Invasive and Native Solution". We will have two speakers: Elizabeth Barnes, Purdue University, will discuss the spotted lanternfly, and Lauren Pile Knapp, US Forest Service, will discuss research on controlling invasive Tree of Heaven with a native fungus.

AGENDA

9:00     Welcome and SICIM 2021 Accomplishments & Awards - Will Drews

9:30     Business Meeting – Finance report, Nominations - Will Drews

9:45     III (Indiana Invasives Initiative) update – Dawn Slack

10:05   Break

10:10   Spotted Lanternfly: Indiana’s Newest Invasive Pest – Dr. Elizabeth Barnes, Purdue University, Department of Entomology

10:30   Controlling invasive Ailanthus trees With a Native Fungus – Dr. Lauren Pile Knapp, Northern Research Station, U.S. Forest Service

11:10   Wrap-Up and Adjourn - Stephanie Schuck, CISMA grant winners announced!