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ERS Conference Center

Invasive Species Management: 2007 PREISM Workshop Agenda

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Preliminary Agenda

Thursday, October 18, 2007

8:00 am - 9:00 am

Registration and Refreshments

9:00 am - 9:30 am

Welcome to the Workshop—Walt Armbruster, Farm Foundation

Review of Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management—Janet Perry, ERS

9:30 am - 10:10 am

Keynote Speech: Biological Invasions and Public Policy—David M. Lodge, University of Notre Dame

10:10 am - 10:30 am

Break

 

Research Presentations I

10:30 am - Noon

A Risk-Based Approach to Managing the Intentional Introduction of Non-Native SpeciesJim Opaluch, University of Rhode Island

Invasive Species in Space and Time: How What We Don't Know Matters—Brooks A. Kaiser, Gettysburg College

Modeling of Avian Influenza Mitigation Policies within the Poultry Sector: Backyard Operations—Levan Elbakidze, Texas A & M University

Moderator: Sabrina Lovell, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Discussant: Donna J. Lee, ENTRIX Consultants, Inc.

Noon - 12:30 pm

Lunch (provided on site)

12:30 pm - 1:10 pm

Luncheon Speech: Invasive Species and Environmental Harm—Mark Sagoff, University of Maryland

1:10 pm - 1:20 pm

Break

 

Research Presentations II

1:20 pm - 3:10 pm

Evaluating the Economic Costs and Benefits of Slowing the Spread of the Emerald Ash Borer in Ohio and Michigan—Jon Bossenbroek, University of Toledo

Insect Derivatives: Managing Invasive Species Risk with Financial Instruments—Timothy Richards, Arizona State University

Optimal Strategies for Detecting Invasive Pests in a Forest Landscape—Frances Homans, University of Minnesota

Economic Effects of Mitigating Apple Maggot Spread—Thomas Wahl, Washington State University

Moderator: Linda Langner, Forest Service, USDA
Discussant: Carol McAusland, University of Maryland

3:10 pm - 3:30 pm

Break

 

Research Presentations III

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Developing a Landscape-Level Decision Support System for Invasive Weed Species Management—Woodam Chung, University of Montana

Determinants and Welfare Implications of Noxious Weed Regulations—Munisamy Gopinath, Oregon State University

A Decision Model for Controlling Buffelgrass—George Frisvold, University of Arizona

Moderator: Marisa Zansler, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
Discussant: Tom Holmes, Forest Service, USDA

Friday, October 19, 2007

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Refreshments

 

Research Presentations IV

8:30 am - 10:20 am

Managing Invasive Species Risks: A Case Study of Mad Cow/Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease—Joe Aldy, Resources for the Future

Bioeconomics of Managing Multi-Host Diseases—Chris Wolf, Michigan State University

Value of Animal Traceability Systems in Managing Contagious Animal Diseases—Dustin Pendell, Colorado State University

Impacts of Invasive Species on International Livestock Trade—Thomas L. Marsh and Evgeniy Perevodchikov, Washington State University

Moderator: Michele Marra, North Carolina State University
Discussant: David R. Just, Cornell University

10:20 am - 10:35 am

Break

10:35 am - Noon

Wrap-Up

Emerging Issues in Invasive Species Management—Matt Royer, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA

Workshop RapporteurDavid Orden, International Food Policy Research Institute and Virginia Tech

 

 

For more information, contact: Robert Dismukes

Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov

Updated date: September 21, 2007