Meeting the Challenge: Preventing, Detecting, and Controlling Invasive Plants
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Session A: Controlling Invasive Plants NHS Hall Moderated by Tim Harrington Session C: Prediction, Early Detection, and Mapping Douglas Classroom Moderated by Alison Halpern 3:20-3:40 "Garden Loosestrife: a history in King County, WA and the latest control methods" Ben Peterson, King County Noxious Weed Control Program "Volunteers Make a Difference in an Early Detection Rapid Response Citizen Science Program" Julie Combs, PNW Invasive Plant Council
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تاریخ انتشار 2014