"To conserve and protect Arizona's natural resources by providing a state-level organization that emphasizes an integrated management approach to address invasive or pest plants."

The Southwest Vegetation Management Association was organized in 1997 to increase awareness about invasive vegetation and foster cooperation between vegetation managers.

Announcement

The 11th Annual SWVMA Conference November 18-20, 2008 (Tuesday to Thursday) will be at Flagstaff, AZ webcam (take a peek)

Next Board Meeting: TBA

to the Weed Managers of the Year
Marilyn Hanson & Jerry Miller

Wednesday (*.pdf format)

Hoski Schaafsma -Prehistoric Anothropogenic Changes in AZ Landscape (7,111 kb)
Mitchel White - Historic Changes in the Arizona Landscapes: Subalpine & Montane grasslands, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, from 1913 to 1998 (5,935 kb)
Mike Crimmins - Contemporary Changes in AZ's Climate (2,985 kb)
John Brock -Report from the 2007 NIWA Week in DC (1,031 kb)
WMA Breakout

Thursday - Two Separate Sessions

Sweet Resin Bush Session
SRB Control Method, SRB Management Table (16 kb, 24 kb)
Ed Holloway, NRCS - Frye Mesa Sweet Resinbush (5,726 kb)
Bruce Munda - Sweet Resinbush control on the Santa Rita Experimental Range (2,336 kb)
Patti Fenner - Sweet Resinbush on the Tonto National Forest (4,751 kb)

Practical Session

Jerry Miller - Invasive Weed Management in Scottsdale's McDowell Sonoran Preserve (1,395 kb)
Carianne Funicelli - Rillito River Ecological Restoration Project (3,856 kb)

Practical Session

Andrew Greess - Hands-on technical session on herbicide spray equipment maintenance (394 kb)
Chuck Barclay - ADOT herbicide spray truck (1,591 kb)
Alix Rogstad - Managing invasive species while increasing community volunteerism in Arizona
Travis Bean - Creating a community coalition to address an invasive plant issue (5,110 kb)
Ed Northam & Vince Aguiar - Results of herbicide treatments of local Camelthorn & Kudzu
Dewey Murray - Biocontrol Projects in Arizona (6,520 kb)
Mary Hershdorfer - Tucson Plant Materials Center Activities (1,878 kb)
Rod Stanger - Logan Simpson Design - Incorporation of weed control specs in new highway construction contracts
John Cantlon - Herbicide resistance (371 kb)
Ed Northam & Vince Aguiar - Milestone cut-stump/basal treatment on African Sumac, Mexican Palo Verde & Mesquite
Mitch McClaran - Santa Rita herbicide trials with Bufflegrass (4,372 kb)

Invasive Non-Native Plants That Threaten Wildlands in Arizona
A Categorized List Developed by the Arizona Wildlands Invasive Plant Working Group Culmination of a statewide project sponsored by SWVMA.

Links to Invasive Plant Resources
Useful web sites for invasive plant research (agencies, organizations, herbaria, etc.)

Membership Form

SWVMA Articles of Association

SWVMA By-Laws

SWVMA Newsletters