Mississippi State Universitys Invasive Species Program: Relation to ISFSNIISS

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Mississippi State Universitys Invasive Species
ProgramRelation to ISFS/NIISS

• John D. Madsen
• GeoResources Institute
• Mississippi State University
• www.gri.msstate.edu

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Sponsors

• USGS BRD
• NBII
• NASA
• USDA NRCS
• MS DAC
• MS FWPD (pending)
• Regional and County Govt
• Private industry

Dr. John Byrd of MSU discusses controlling
cogongrass at the 2004 Invasive Species Tour
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Mississippi State University Investigators

• Richard Brown, Entomology Plant Pathology
• Lori Bruce, Electrical Computer Engineering
• John Byrd, GeoResources Institute and Plant
  Soil Sciences
• Eric Dibble, Wildlife Fisheries
• Gary Ervin, Biological Sciences
• James Fowler, Electrical Computer Engineering
• John Madsen, GeoResources Institute and Plant
  Soil Sciences
• David Shaw, GeoResources Institute and Plant
  Soil Sciences

James H. Miller Chinese Privet
(www.invasives.org)
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Agency Collaborators

• Collaborators
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• US Army Corps of Engineers
• US Department of Agriculture Agricultural
  Research Service
• US Geological Survey, Biological Resources
  Discipline
• Individuals
• Jacoby Carter, USGS NWRC
• Kurt Getsinger, USACE (ERDC) Vicksburg, MS
• James Grace, USGS NWRC
• Annie Simpson, USGS-NBII
• David Spencer, USDA-ARS, Davis, CA
• Tom Stohlgren, USGS
• Randy Westbrooks, USGS

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General Components

• Research
• Management-oriented efforts on invasive aquatic
  and terrestrial plants and invasive invertebrates
• Extension and Outreach
• Rapid dissemination of information in a
  web-based format
• Regional Coordination
• State and Mid-South Invasive Species Alliances

Unk-European frog-bit
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ISFS Process
Data Input Remote Sensing Directed Surveys P/A
Input
Models GARP SEM GIS models Spatially-explicit
models Life history models
Predictions and Output Publications Outreach Web
Implement-ation Mgmt research Demonstra-tions Exte
nsion and outreach Regional coordination
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Data Inputs

• Remote sensing
• Directed Survey
• P/A by volunteers
• Resource Managers
• Master Gardeners
• Other studies

Giant salvinia in a private pond, Leaf Co., MS
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Remote Sensing

• Seasonal reflectance of invasive and native plant
  species
• Spectral, spatial and temporal interpretation of
  satellite imagery (L. Bruce)
• Fixed wing and UAV

Kudzu delineation from classified fix-wing
hyperspectral data (L. Bruce)
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Development of Hyperspectral-Multitemporal
Feature Extraction Techniques
Waterhyacinth
Juncus
L. Bruce
8 dates between 8th April and 1st September
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Ground Data

• Directed Surveys
• Locations of cactus and cactus moth in the
  southeast
• Invasive aquatic and terrestrial plants
• Presence/Absence
• Resource managers
• Volunteers
• Master Gardeners
• Locations of cactus and cactus moth

Chris May of Grand Bay NERR deploying a cactus
moth pheromone trap
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Plant Population Assessment John Madsen, John
Byrd, Randy Westbrooks

• Evaluate field based quantification methods
  versus remote sensing methods
•  Provide recommendations to resource managers on
  assessing invasive plant problems.
•  Assist in developing an EDRR assessment method,
  and test on roundleaf toothcup, tropical
  spiderwort, and other species.

Rotala rotundifolia, Source USGS Florida
Science Center, NAS Website
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Data Input
Data input from Web Database and IPAQs
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Models

• GARP for cactus locations (G. Ervin)
• SEM for invasive plants (G. Ervin with Jim Grace,
  NWRC)
• Enhancement of NWRC spatially-explicit model (J.
  Fowler with Jacoby carter of NWRC)
• Others

Empire phase IV is a 1038 processor computing
cluster (My cluster is bigger than your cluster)
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Predictions -- Products

• Peer-reviewed literature
• Outreach and extension products
• Web page and web products
• Workshops and short courses
• Tours and interaction

MS Master Gardeners learn about cactus moth
issues at their 2005 annual training program
www.gri.msstate.edu
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Implementation

• Management research
• Evaluations
• Demonstrations
• Extension and outreach
• Recommendations
• Regional coordination
• MISA, MSISA

Cody Gray treats a tank of parrotfeather and
Eurasian watermilfoil as part of an evaluation
of the herbicide Stingray
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Regional Coordination

• Mississippi Invasive Species Alliance (Shaw,
  Byrd, Madsen)
• Mid-South Invasive Species Alliance AL, AR, LA,
  MS, TN (Shaw, Byrd, Madsen)
• ISA approach Three-tiered
• Technical Steering Committee
• Executive Council
• Advisory Council

From the John Byrd Archives We still control
plants the old fashioned way in Mississippi
(Caterpillar Corp. photo)
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Mississippi Invasive Species Alliance David Shaw,
John Byrd, John Madsen

• Develop a coordinating body for invasive plant
  issues for the State of Mississippi.
•  Through Extension Service activities above,
  develop workshops on identification and
  management of invasive plant species.
•  Coordinate efforts of both professionals and
  volunteers in management efforts

R. Michael Stewart Hydrilla in Lake
Guntersville, AL
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Mid-South Invasive Species Alliance David Shaw,
John Byrd, John Madsen

• Organize a preliminary meeting for a
  coordinating body for invasive plant issues for
  the region.
•  Through Extension Service activities above,
  develop workshops on identification and
  management of invasive plant species available to
  the region.
•  Coordinate efforts of both professionals and
  volunteers in management efforts once states have
  joined.

Madsen Waterchestnut rosette from New York
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Conclusion

• Management goal is maintenance of low invasive
  plant population with diverse native plant
  community at most economical cost

Before management of invasive plant
After management of invasive plant
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Contact
Dr. John D. Madsen Mississippi State
University GeoResources Institute Box
9652 Mississippi State, MS 39762-9652 Ph
662-325-2428 Fax [phone] E-mail
jmadsen_at_gri.msstate.edu www.gri.msstate.edu