TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

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  • (current training is listed in the Event Calendar)

  • The Statewide Noxious Weed Awareness and Education Campaign Task Force identified the existing
    Integrated Weed Management Training Opportunities
    ADD YOUR OPPORTUNITY by contacting choopes@montana.edu

  • WEED COORDINATOR TRAINING
    CREW TRAINING
    log onto http://www.mtweed.org for schedule and location

  • COMMISSIONERS AND WEED BOARD TRAINING
    contact your local county weed coordinator listed at www.mtweed.org

  • Bureau of Land Management
    WEED CERTIFICATION CLASS
    contact your local BLM office

  • 2005 Weed Awareness
    IMPACTS WEED IDENTIFICATION
    SPEAKING OUT AGAINST NOXIOUS WEEDS
    power point presentations available choopes@montana.edu

  • Roger Sheley's
    IWM CERTIFICATION TRAINING
    (Level One and Two, Years One, Two, Three)
    contact Kim Goodwin at kgoodwin@montana.edu

  • REALTOR TRAINING
    contact David Martin at damartin@state.mt.us or
    Becky Kingston at bkington@3rivers.net

  • CONTINUING EDUCATION
    contact your local MSU Extension Office

  • PESTICIDE LICENSE TRAINING
    Montana Department of Agriculture, MSU Extension Service

  • FOREST SERVICE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS
    www.fs.fed.us/r1/gallatin/?page=education

  • GREATER YELLOWSTONE COORDINATING COUNCIL
    PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS

    LEAVE NO WEEDS
    contact Andy Kula at 329-3962 or

  • REVEGETATION
    contact Monica Pokorny at 763-4109

  • GRAZING
     David Martin at the Montana Department of Natural Resources
    and Conservation 444-4253 or damartin@mt.gov

  • FIRES AND WEEDS
    contact Kim Goodwin at kgoodwin@montana.edu or
    the Center for Invasive Plant Management at 994-6853 and
    email cipm@montana.edu or http://www.weedcenter.org

  • ON SITE RESEARCH
    contact Montana State University
    Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences 406-994-4605

  • BASIC PLANT ECOLOGY
    Montana State University - contact Kathy Zabinski at cathyz@montana.edu

  • TOURS- contact your local weed professionals

  • TIPS FOR MANAGING WEEDS ON SMALL ACREAGES
    (available late fall 2005)
    contact David Martin at 444-4253 or damartin@mt.gov

  • Range Days
    contact your local Science Education representatives for dates and locations

  • 4-H
    contact phone 994-3501

  • CONSERVATION DISTRICT WEED DAYS
    contact your local Conservation District for dates and locations

  • LANDOWNER WORKSHOPS
    sponsored by counties - contact your local County Weed Coordinator

  • MONTANA WEED CONTROL ASSOCIATION
    ANNUAL CONFERENCE
    contact Becky  Kington at bkington@3rivers.net or
    Margie Edsall at madweed@3rivers.net or 843-5594

  • NOXIOUS WEED TRUST FUND
    TOURS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS
    contact Dave Burch at 444-1340 or dburch@mt.gov

  • JAM TO L AMB
    weed management experience (by invitation and reservation)
    contact Pachy Burns at 932-4518 or 932-4150

  • ANGLERS AND WEEDS
    contact International Fly Fishing Federation at 222-9369
    or cmarosek@yahoo.com

  • FOREST SERVICE WILDFLOWER WEED WALKS
    contact your local Forest Service office

  • WESTERN SOCIETY OF WEED SCIENCE ANNUAL MEETING
    contact www.wsweedscience.org/Meeting/meeting.asp

  • CHEMICAL COMPANIES EDUCATION AND UPDATES
    contact your local chemical representatives

  • TOWN PUMP CAR WASHES LITERATURE RACKS
    noxious weed literature in racks at car wash sites or Town Pump corporate office 497-6700

  • NOXIOUS WEED SEED FREE FORAGE
    EDUCATION PROGRAM
    contact Tonda Moon at 444-7819 or tmoon@mt.gov

  • MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
    Integrated Weed Management Training for construction crew
    and maintenance staff
    contact Dan Williams at 444-7604 or dawilliams@mt.gov
    BMP Packet: Mowing guidelines, sterilization, weed control,
    revegetation, erosion control
    Funding: for weed districts monitoring for three year period of time

  • ADOPT-A-TRAIL PROJECT
    contact your local horseman groups or
    Montana Conservation Corps representative

  • LEWIS AND CLARK
    NOXIOUS WEED EDUCATION PLACEMATS
    weed identification - choopes@montana.edu

  • Public Service Announcements for
    HUNTERS, SPORTSMEN, OFF-HIGHWAY RECREATIONISTS
    www.weedawreness.org
    National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council
    Montana Trail Vehicle Riders Association

  • EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS
    support, encourage use of, and promote new ones - call 944-3273

  • CAR WASH PROJECTS
    contact Headwaters RC&D at 782-7333

  • BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF RANGELAND WEEDS
    contact Oregon State University Press

  • SUBDIVISION HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION
    PRESENTATIONS
    contact your local County Weed Coordinator

  • GUIDELINES FOR UTILITY COMPANIES
    contact Scott Bernhardt - Northwestern Energy

  • WEED FREE GRAVEL PITS LEGISLATION
     AND IMPLEMENTATION
    contact John Moodry at 497-6460 and weeds@co.silverbow.mt.us or
    http://www.mtweed.org

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