(l to r) Kelly Uhing- Colorado State Weed Coordinator, Slade Franklin- Wyoming State Weed Coordinator, and Jennifer Vollmer- BASF Environmental Resource Specialist, stop for a photo outside the White House in April on their way to a meeting on Capitol Hill. They have done a great deal of work and have been very active in trying to secure appropriations for the Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act.
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From L to R- Rob Hedberg, USDA, Les Mehrhoff, Invasive Plant Atlas of New England (IPANE) and Steve Dewey, Utah State University & WSSA-EPA Liaison chat after breakfast in the Secretary’s Dining Room at USDA.
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WSSA Treasurer Dr. David Gealy presents the findings of the CAST issue paper 'Implications of Gene Flow in the Scale-up and Commercial Use of Biotechnology-derived Crops: Economic and Policy Considerations' to Congressional Staff at the House Rayburn Office Building in Washington DC.
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Funny Invasive Weeds? WSSA member Dr. Jennifer Vollmer receives the Joint IWAC-FICMNEW Achievement Award durning NIWAW 9. Dr. Vollmer is an Environmental Resource Specialist with BASF Corporation who has toiled in the area of management of invasive weeds. She currently serves on the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) and has served on the Board of Directors of the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Foundation, Aquatic Plant Management Society, and Center for Invasive Plant Management.
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L to R: CAST Executive V.P. John Bonner, WSSA members Jacob Barney and Joe DiTomaso, and American Society of Agronomy members Wally Wilhelm and Steven Fales pause for a photo op on the terrace outside of the House Agriculture Committee after the presentation of two CAST issue papers to over 70 Capitol Hill Staffers.
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WSSA members Lee Van Wychen and Mike Owen pause for a photo op with Sen. Herb Kohl (WI), Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, along with other participants from the CoFARM-BESC Congressional Visits Day. (Front row, l to r) Sarah Evans (ASA-CSSA-SSSA); Sen. Herb Kohl; Sarah Wright (AIBS). (Back row, l to r) Lee Van Wychen (WSSA), Mike Owen (WSSA), Maynard Hogberg (FASS).
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WSSA Member Mike Owen from Iowa State discusses agricultural research funding with Sen. Tom Harkin (IA), Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, at a Congressional Reception at the U.S. Capitol hosted in part by the Coalition on Funding Agricultural Research Missions (CoFARM).
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