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Katie Grzesiak

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  1. Luckily, there's not THAT MUCH bamboo statewide, but unfortunately that means not many of us have much experience with it. I'd say that guide from Clemson is pretty accurate (dig what you can, DON'T COMPOST, use herbicides), from what I know of bamboo issues, but perhaps @Phyllis Higman or @Drew Rayner have some other ideas, since we have the bamboo in West Michigan that we all saw at the field trip? Good luck, share what you learn!
  2. ISN is working on a grant proposal to create a strategic plan for bringing our ground-breaking Go Beyond Beauty program state-wide, and we need input from businesses! We're currently working on getting the Michigan Nursery & Landscaper Association to come to the table, but it would be useful to have businesses from throughout the state interested. Could you help us out by suggesting some? Unsurprisingly, we have northwest lower Michigan covered, and I know of Van Atta's, Howe's, and Andy T's in mid-Michigan that I will be contacting. Where else should I go? Thanks in advance!
  3. They're not going to like this, but it's because it doesn't harm the economy (though arguments could be made), the environment (any more than any other corn monoculture, anyway), or human health (no, really, it doesn't). Really, it's not a very useful question that's just guaranteed to start an argument with no satisfactory conclusion.
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  5. Top & bottom of leaf with flower and 8.5 x 11" notebook for scale Photo courtesy Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network

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  9. Host Drew Rayner showing attendees a hemlock woolly adelgid infestation. Photo courtesy Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network

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  10. Sigrid Resh of KISMA checking out Ottawa County's invasive-munching goats. Photo courtesy Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network

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  11. The flower was SO TINY we added a small red circle to point it out. Photo courtesy Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network

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  12. Note discoloration and general ill-health appearance due to HWA infestation Photo courtesy Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network

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  20. Leaf close-up of Chinese yam. Photo courtesy Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network

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  21. Host Drew Rayner shows attendees hemlock woolly adelgid at the 2017 Invasives ID Workshop. Photo courtesy Northwest Michigan Invasive Species Network

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  22. Hi Sam, ISN usually just uses the Japanese knotweed ones. All the treatment is the same, and the ID isn't so different that most Regular Joes/Josephines would get confused. That said, we're working to develop outreach materials that address both to be more accurate. They'll still focus on Japanese knotweed, since that's the one that's illegal, and just kind of group in giant knotweed (because its offspring when hybridized with Japanese is illegal!). I'll keep you posted.
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