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How To Start A Project Whitehall Project Teachers:
Todd Breitenfeldt And Mike Battaiola
Subject of Talk: Overview of Whitehall
Project Strategies to start Replicable Other Similar Programs Benefits
Projects Do Not Appear Out Of No Where!
Overview of Whitehall/WHE Start Small, K.I.S!
knapweed insectary
Bio-agent collection
Bio-agent release/augmentation
Release site location, monitoring & mapping
Land owner relations – are GREAT!
Public collection days – are FUN!
Education: teachers & landowners
Start Small, K.I.S.! Pick 2-3 weeds, 5-6 bio-agents of focus
Choose area of focus, plan budget
Locate teachers/groups in it for the long term
One person in charge
Be patient, plan for expansion.
Be Patient!
Yearly Cycle-Winter: Talk to students about job next summer, plan of work, MWCA Annual Meeting, present grants
-Spring: Hire students, order needed supplies, begin articles
-Late Spring: Train students, clean up insectaries, transplant replacement plants, plan release site monitoring schedule
-Early Summer: finish insectaries, call all land owners, begin monitoring at correct times for bio-agents, begin field collections
-Summer: Maintain insectaries, continue monitoring, collections, hold public collection days, plan for future funding/write grants
-Mid/Late Summer: Make sure insectary flashing/netting is secure, begin Cyphocleonus collections, update records
-Early Fall: students collect weevils -Fall: winterize equipment and insectaries, turn in grants…..sit back and smile at a job well done!
Too Many Cooks…
Insectary mass rear knapweed insects:
Produce: 1000-3000 Cyphocleonus achates weevils and ~500-1,600 Agapeta zoegana moths each year
Insectary gardens on school grounds = great ed. opportunity students collect, help maintain + tours
Quite labor intensive – school, crews
Our problem: we are out of pullable knapweed in So. Jefferson Co.!
Whitehall Insectary Views:
Other Insectaries:
Bio-Agent Collection: Different method for each bio-agent “know the label!”
Sweep nets, hand pick, vac., accelerator, aspirator or pump
Contact all landowners w/ bio-release sites: educate & monitor
GPS map and monitor bio-release sites
Hold public bio-agent collection (net) days.
Pay Attention to the weather and timing of insect populations
Collection Views:
Bio-Agent Release/Augmentation: Plan release sites
Release at proper time and in good habitat
Augment ‘till well established.
Release Site Location, Mapping & Monitoring
Land Owners Relations -Are GREAT!!!
Each year call every land owner and ask them what they want us to do: nothing, monitor, redistribute, augment and/or public collection day
Great way to educate about IPM! Land Owners come to expect this service Good PR for County, School and all weed fighters Find and utilize useful bursts of insects!
Public Collection Days – Are FUN!!
Land owners have “ownership”
Great education opportunity
PR Value!
Education: Teachers educating students about weeds
Whitehall Project Summer Classes
Noxious Weed Curriculum
Educate local land owners