[EVENT] 4th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration, Providence, RI, October 11-15, 2008.

1 Jul 2008 14:56:43 GMT

[EVENT] Pathways to Success 2008 Conference: Increasing Human Capacity for Global Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Estes Park, CO, September 28-October 3, 2008.

1 Jul 2008 14:56:27 GMT

[IN FOCUS] Texas AgriLife Extension Service PDF report spotlights sources of increased atmospheric nitrogen deposition and impacts on native species and ecosystem balance.

2 May 2008 18:20:30 GMT

[IN FOCUS] CSREES awards $4.6 million to 13 universities and research labs to develop strategies for management, control, and elimination of weedy and invasive species.

2 May 2008 18:18:54 GMT

USDA Awards More Than $4 Million in Weedy and Invasive Species Grants

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2008 - Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer announced today that USDA is awarding $4.6 million to 13 universities and research labs to develop ecologically and economically rational strategies for management, control and elimination of weedy and invasive species, which cause more than $100 billion is losses each year.

The awards are administered by USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) through the National Research Initiative (NRI) Biology of Weedy and Invasive Species in Agroecosystems competitive grants program. This grant program has awarded more than $20 million in grants over the past five years.

This year, projects support integrated and basic research projects, equipment purchases, conference symposia and network development. Funded projects include research at Pennsylvania State University to establish and demonstrate effective biological control of the Canada thistle. Research at Oregon State University will develop and implement ecologically-based cropping systems that suppress summer annual weed populations in vegetable row crops. University of Wisconsin researchers will work to predict invasion of exotic species and their impact on tree regeneration and native plant diversity in Wisconsin lowland forests.

The fiscal year 2007 grants were awarded to:

Recipient	State	Grant Amount
University of Arkansas	AR	$45,000
Chapman University	CA	$124,955
USDA Forest Service - Rocky Mountain Research Station	CO	$389,179
University of Florida	FL	$387,327
University of Illinois	IL	$124,655
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center	MD	$287,509
USDA Agricultural Research Service	MD	$10,000
Mississippi State University	MS	$100,300
New Mexico State University	NM	$223,351
Miami University	OH	$376,940
Ohio State University	OH	$499,959
Oregon State University	OR	$487,344
Pennsylvania State University	PA	$500,000
Pennsylvania State University	PA	$324,495
University of Tennessee	TN	$10,000
Utah State University	UT	$382,896
University of Wisconsin	WI	$326,100

CSREES' NRI program is the largest peer-reviewed, competitive grants program at USDA. NRI supports research, extension and education grants that address key problems of national, regional and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of agriculture.

Through federal funding and leadership for research, education and extension programs, CSREES focuses on investing in science and solving critical issues impacting people's daily lives and the nation's future. For more information, visit www.csrees.usda.gov.

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[EVENT] 4th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration, Providence, RI, October 11-15, 2008.

[EVENT] Pathways to Success 2008 Conference: Increasing Human Capacity for Global Human-Wildlife Coexistence, Estes Park, CO, September 28-October 3, 2008.

[IN FOCUS] Texas AgriLife Extension Service PDF report spotlights sources of increased atmospheric nitrogen deposition and impacts on native species and ecosystem balance.

[IN FOCUS] CSREES awards $4.6 million to 13 universities and research labs to develop strategies for management, control, and elimination of weedy and invasive species.

USDA Awards More Than $4 Million in Weedy and Invasive Species Grants