One of the many advantages of being part of DRAAWP is the multiple occasions to meet and work with people from a variety of backgrounds. There have been many opportunities to interact with a variety of disciplines, from satellite imaging and economics to water chemistry and weed control.
In the job listing for my position, weed identification and management were never explicitly mentioned. Natural resource efforts in the listing only mentioned water, forage, soils and the wide array of issues relating to rangeland ecosystem services.
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT POSITION: Assistant Professor of Weed Science LOCATION: Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University CLOSING DATE: April 15, 2018 or until position is filled APPOINTMENT: 9-month tenure track RESPONSIBILITIES: The Department of Plant, Soil and Mic...
The USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weed Project (DRAAWP) is reporting progress in reducing aquatic weed coverage in the Delta through the development and use of new control technologies and models, while reducing control costs for stakeholders.
Last Thursday (March 15, 2018), the Western Governors' Association released its first ever list of the top 50 invasive species (25 terrestrial, 25 aquatic) important in the western US. This list includes a number of plant, animal, insects, and pathogens.
