Apendix B

Invasive Species Databases:
Gap Identification and Use Strategies

Final Workshop Program

November 12–13, 1998, Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, NV
Continental, Royal, and Grand Saloon Suites, 2nd Floor, East Tower

Thursday, November 12


8:30 am Registration

Electronic Communications Coordinator: Harvey Berenberg, Forest Health Program

9:00 am On-Line Demonstrations. Four on-line stations with PCs and color monitors and a fifth color monitor for use with laptops will be available for use in demonstrating databases. Anyone wishing to demonstrate databases is encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity. A number of individuals will be available to assist those wishing to demonstrate databases. These individuals will also be knowledgeable of databases that they will be prepared to demonstrate. The demonstration station coordinators include:

Peter Bodker, Treescapes
Ken Lakin, APHIS
Joe O’Brien, FS
Sharon Shin, USGS
Ron Stinner, NCSU

Session Co-Chairs: Denny Fenn, USGS, DOI, and Chuck Schwalbe, APHIS, USDA

1:00 pm Introductory Remarks—Denny Fenn

The Global Invasive Species Programmme — Jeff Waage, CABI Bioscience, United Kingdom
United States Invasive Species Programs and Plans — Gordon Brown, SEC, DOI

1:45 pm Database Panel

Terrestrial Vertebrates
Bill Gregg, USGS, DOI, Moderator
Bruce G. Peterjohn, USGS, DOI

James Quinn, UC, Davis
Jeff Walden, Virginia Tech

2:45 pm Break

Session Chair: Anne Vidaver, University of Nebraska

3:00 pm Database Panel

Animal and Plant Diseases
Sue Tolin, Virginia Tech, Moderator
Jerry Freier, APHIS
Robert McLean, USGS, DOI
Norman Schaad, ARS, USDA
4:00 pm Plant Pests and Other Arthropods Ann Bartuska, FS, USDA, Moderator
Nancy Lorimer, FS, USDA
K. C. Kim, Pennsylvania State University
Rebecca Bech, APHIS, USDA
Ken Lakin, APHIS, USDA

5:30 pm Reception; On-Line Demonstrations, continued

7:00 pm Adjourn

Friday, November 13

 7:00 am Continental Breakfast Session Chair: John Randall, TNC

8:00 am Database Panel

Marine and Aquatic Organisms
Dean Wilkinson, NMFS, NOAA, DOC, Moderator
Pam Fuller, USGS, DOI
Gregory Ruiz, Smithsonian Institution

8:45 am Development and Use of Multiple Purpose State- and Tribal-Level Databases

Chris Pague, TNC Moderator
Ed Dewalt, Illinois Natural History Survey
Gene Cross, NCDA&CS
Phillip Thomas, University of Hawaii
Carol Spurrier, BLM, DOI
Kelly Toy, The Tulalip Tribes
Barry Meyers-Rice, TNC, Raporteur

10:00 am Break

Session Co-Chairs: Chuck Schwalbe, APHIS, USDA, and Gordon Brown, SEC, DOI

10:15 am Cross-Cutting Issues Panel

Gordon Brown, SEC, DOI, Moderator
Ron Stinner, North Carolina State University
Ted Case, UC, SD and UC, SB
Gary Waggoner, USGS, DOI
Greg Ruiz, Smithsonian Institution, Raporteur

11:15 am Needs and Opportunities—Dan Simberloff, University of Tennessee

11:55 am Closing Comments—Chuck Schwalbe

12:00 n Adjourn