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Board of Directors President: John Brubaker

Board of Directors President: John Brubaker Vice President: Pat Layton, Department Head, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson Treasurer/Membership: Colette Degarady, The Nature Conservancy Secretary: Alex Gregg, National Park Service Members-at-Large:

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Board of Directors President: John Brubaker

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  1. Board of Directors • President: John Brubaker • Vice President: Pat Layton, Department Head, College of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson • Treasurer/Membership: Colette Degarady, The Nature Conservancy • Secretary: Alex Gregg, National Park Service • Members-at-Large: • Sudie Daves - Biologist, NRCS • Helen Legree Floyd –Nursery Industry • Travis Rogers - Dow AgroSciences • Brett Moule, SCDNR • David Bourgeois, Mead Westvaco • Bill Hulslander, National Park Service • Laurie Reid, SC Forestry Commission • Robin Mackie, USFS Diverse assemblage of board members representing different partners in the state.

  2. SC EPPC Committees • Early Detection Rapid Response • Education/Outreach and Web Site Updates • Invasive Plant Mapping Data Coordination • Chinese Privet Control Task Force • Kudzu Control Task Force • SC Invasive Species Plant List

  3. Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) • Warning system • Interagency coordination • Rapid assessment • Rapid response • USDA website • http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/toolkit/detection.shtml

  4. Cogongrass • Worst Invasive Plant in Southeast • Federally Noxious Weed • SC Statewide Cogongrass survey, May 15-18 • Sponsored by SC-EPPC • http://www.clemson.edu/for/cogon_home.html • More than 100 volunteers search across the state

  5. SC Invasive Data Coordinator • Contract position using pooled partner funds • Will assemble and organize invasive plant data across the state • Will train agency staff on entering data into EDDMapS

  6. Invasive species list • List found on SC EPPC website and within brochure • Organized by severity, region, type of plant • Recently updated

  7. Kudzu Coalition (non-chemical)

  8. Betsy Brabson • Coordinator, SC BV Task Force • t: 843-546-9531 • f: 843-436-0273 • http://www.beachvitex.org/ Downloadable brochure

  9. SC EPPC to host SE-EPPC Symposium 2009! • May 13-15 • Georgetown, South Carolina • Great coastal location, near Charleston and Myrtle Beach • A number of invasive species in various habitats available for in-field training sessions

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