Learning Exchange

Apr 6: Understanding the Pesticide Registration Process Dr. Jason Ferrell, Professor and Director, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, Pesticide Information Office, University of Florida - IFAS

Mar 30: Invasive Aquatic Control Methods Benjamin Sperry, PhD, Research Biologist, US Army Engineer Research & Development Center

Mar 23: Tread Lightly!

Mar 23: Understanding USACE – ERDCs Aquatic Invasive Research Program Opportunities Christine VanZomeren, Ph.D. Associate Technical Director for Civil Works Environmental Engineering and Sciences (ERDC), Jennifer Seiter-Moser, Ph.D. Technical Director for Civil Works Environmental Engineering and Sciences (ERDC); and Jeremy Crossland, Acting Program Manager for Aquatic Plant Control and Aquatic Nuisance Species Research Programs (ERDC)

Mar 10: NRM: Understand FTA Programs

Mar 4: Volunteer Program: Evaluations, Recognition, Awards, NRM Assessment

Feb 24: Volunteer Program: Supervision, Orientation, Training, Incidental Expenses and Reimbursements

Feb 24: NRM Spatial Data Collection and Management Ben Silvernail

Feb 17: Interpretive Program Basics Roseana Burick

Feb 16: Volunteer Program: In-Processing and Paperwork Heather Burke

Feb 14: USACE Volunteer COVID-19 Vaccination/Attestation Guidance for Civil Works Activities

Feb 10: Harmful Algal Bloom indicator estimation in small inland waterbodies: The ArcGIS Pro water quality toolbox and HAB Explorer online web application Moly Reif, Christina Saltus, Richard Johansen, Erich emery

Feb 8: Volunteer Program: Job Design, Recruitment, and Selection Heather Burke

Jan 31: Volunteer Program Introduction Heather Burke

Jan 26: HAB Explorer Web Application Molly Rief, ERDC

2021

Dec 15: Progress Towards Eradication of Salt Cedar in Florida Jessica Spencer, Invasive Species Management Branch, Jacksonville District

Nov 23: USACE-USDA APHIS MOA

Oct 22: Partnerships Module in NRM-Assessment

Sep 29: Invasice Species Leadership Team (ISLT)

Sep 8: Excellence in Partnerships and Volunteer Award Webinar

Aug 31: The Use of USACE Reservoirs as Stop-over Sites for the Aransas-Wood Buffalo Population of Whooping Crane Jacob Jung, Richard Fischer

Aug 18: Handshake Program Funding Heath Kruger, Phil Manhart

Jul 28: FY22 Handshake application webinar

Jul 21: From Intake to Tap

Jul 14: Harmful Algae Management

Jul 9: FLTP Road Surface Condition Rating Training

Jul 8: FLTP Based Road Identification for OCA

Jul 7: Comprehensive Strategies to Protect Drinking Water from Harmful Algal Blooms

Jun 30: NRM Chief’s Update to the Field

Jun 30: Comprehensive Strategies to Protect Drinking Water from Harmful Algal Blooms

Jun 28: Volunteer.gov Refresher Training

Jun 23: HAB Impacts to Drinking Water and Current Management Outlook

Jun 8: Policy Guidance for Civil Works Housing REMIS Coding

Apr 30: Volunteer Program

Apr 22: Implementing SF 299 Jeremy Crossland

Apr 8: Water Safety Update

Mar 25: Remote Sensing Training

Mar 10: CD3 Terrestrial Invasive Check-In, Check-Out Web Hub Mark Apfelbacher, CD3 Systems

Feb 25: COVID-19 Implementing EO 13991 Training

Feb 23: Innovations Team Products and Prototypes Webinar Series: USACE Jr. Ranger App

Feb 18: Innovations Team Products and Prototypes Webinar Series: USACE Hunting Maps App

Feb 17: SCA National Cooperative Agreement webinar – February 2021

Feb 4: Civilian Inmate Labor Program webinar

Jan 26: Corps Foundation

Jan 21: Union Sportsmens Alliance

Jan 12: Workamper webinar

2020

Dec 8: Phenology, preliminary starch allocation, and management of Cuban bulrush Dr. Ryan Wersal and Ms. Madeline Kjellesvig, Minnesota State University, Mankato and Dr. Grey Turnage, Mississippi State University Geosystems Research Institute.

Nov 12: Invasive Watermilfoil Management Dr. Ryan Thum, Montana State University and Dr. Ryan Wersal, Minnesota State University Mankato

Nov 4: Flowering Rush: Phenology, Genetic Variability, and Management Dr. John Madsen, USDA-ARS; Dr. Bradley T. Sartain, ERDC-EL; Dr. Nate Harms, ERDC-EL

Oct 28: Concepts And Strategies For Emergent Plant Management Dr. Stephen Enloe, University of Florida Center For Aquatic and Invasive Plants

Oct 21: Giant Salvinia and Other Floating Weeds Dr. Christopher Mudge, ERDC Environmental Laboratory; Julie Nachtrieb, ERDC Environmental Laboratory; and Dr. Rodrigo Diaz, Department of Entomology, LSU

Oct 14: Management of Harmful Algal Blooms Dr. Ken Wagner, WRS Inc., and Dr. John H. Rodgers, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Clemson University

Oct 7: Monoecious hydrilla biology, management, and stakeholder engagement Dr. Rob Richardson, North Carolina State University and Dr. Brett Hartis, Duke Energy

Sep 9: Excellence in Partnerships and Volunteer of the Year Award

Aug 25: Presenting Virtually

Aug 19: FY21 Handshake Funding Program Heath Kruger

Aug 18: ENS National Initiatives Ben Silvernail, IWR

Aug 11: How to Build an Effective Virtual Interpretive Program

Jul 15: Ranger Safety Survey 2019 Results

Jul 15: UF's New Weed Science Certificate Dr. Candice Prince, UF/IFAS

Jul 15: Identification and Management of Invasive Grasses Dr. Candice Prince, UF/IFAS

Jul 8: Herbicide Residues in Lake Sediments: Understanding Herbicide Fate Dr. Jason Ferrell, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida, IFAS

Jul 1: Triclopyr Shift to Trycera Dr. Stephen Enloe, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida, IFAS

Jun 24: Wild Pigs on USACE Projects: Management Challenges, Research Opportunities and Lessons Learned Dr. Nathan Beane, ERDC Environmental Laboratory; Eric Lemons, MVS; Stacy Dunkin, SWT; and Brandon Randig, SWF

Jun 24: Park Ranger Safety During the Current Operational Environment

Jun 17: Mechanical Harvesting: Large-Scale Field Trials Dr. James Leary, UF/IFAS

Jun 17: Aquatic Weed Control: Myths and Misconceptions Dr. Benjamin Sperry, UF/IFAS

Jun 10: Aquatic Plant Management: The Florida Perspective Dr. Benjamin Sperry, UF/IFAS

Jun 10: New Aquatic Herbicide Treatment for Hydrilla: Efficacy of an Operational Treatment in Florida Dr. James Leary, UF/IFAS

Jun 4: REC Operational Condition Assessment

Apr 28: Back Country Horsemen of America

Apr 7: Emerald Ash Borer Impacts to USACE Dr. Nathan Beane, Ms. Tara Whitsel, and Ms. Courtney Chambers, ERDC Environmental Laboratory

Feb 20: SCA National Cooperative Agreement Work Order Procedures

Jan 9: Union Sportsmen's Alliance

2019

Sep 11: CD3 Waterless Cleaning Systems: Invasive Species Public Prevention Infrastructure Mark Apfelbacher, CD3 Systems

Sep 10: How To Prepare a Winning Handshake Application Heath Kruger

Sep 4: Incorporating Human Behavior into Ecological Models of Invasive Species Cara Carrillo, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory

Aug 28: A New Invasive Algae in Hawaii: Avrainvillea erecta Kevin Foster, USACE New England District

Aug 28: Facilities and Capabilities of the ERDC's LAERF (Lewisville Aquatic Ecosystem Research Facility), Lewisville, TX Lynde Dodd, CERP, Research Biologist

Aug 7: Glyphosate - A Research Round Up Dr. Joe W. Willis, ANR Horticulture Agent, LSU AgCenter

Jul 10: Hurricane and Storm Flooding: a vector for moving invasive and introduced aquatic species Dr. Wesley Daniel, USGS

Jun 12: Arc Collector: A Revolutionary Tool for Field Data Collection Jessica Spencer, Invasive Species Biologist, SAJ, Doug Swanson, GIS Professional, NWP

Jun 4: How to Naturally Manage our Resources through Collaboration and Public Participation

Apr 4: Volunteer Program Tennille Hammonds, SWD PAC team representative

Apr 2: Friends of Reservoirs Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership Jeff Boxrucker

Mar 25: FY20 Handshake Program Heath Kruger

Jan 22: How Districts can access Third-Party Neutral Facilitation Services: USACE's new MOA with U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution Brian Manwaring and Stephanie Kavanaugh of the Udall Foundation

2018

Oct 12: 2018 Excellence in Partnerships and Volunteer of the Year Award webinar, Oct 2018

Sep 12: Glyphosate: The World's Most Controversial Herbicide Dr. Jason Ferrell from the University of Florida

Aug 10: FY19 Handshake Partnership Program Heath Kruger

Aug 8: Environmental DNA and Invasive Aquatic Species: 9 Years In Richard Lance

Aug 7: Crowdsourcing with Web Maps to support Collaboration & Public Engagement Anne Baker, CPCX; Alex Hoxie, LRC; and Andrea Carson, LRP

Jul 17: USACE Park Ranger Community of Practice Advisory Board Update

Jun 26: USACE's Most Innovative Cases of Environmental Collaboration & Conflict Resolution in 2017 Anne Baker, CPCX; Kristina May, NAB; Kaitlyn Carriere, MVN; Kimberly Townsend, HQUSACE; Allison Monroe, SAM

Jun 7: Regionalization Effort Update Jeff Krause, Michael Trimble, Andrea Farmer

May 15: Shoreline Management Software Demo and Discussion Jeremy Crossland

May 15: WRDA 2016- Challenge Cost Sharing Cooperative Management Agreements

Apr 25: ProcellaCOR: Game-changing technology for aquatic plant management Dr. Mark Heilman, SePRO and Dr. Kurt Getsinger, ERDC Environmental Laboratory

Mar 14: Understanding the Recent Phragmites Die-Offs in Louisiana Dr. Ian Knight and Dr. Rodrigo Diaz from LSU

Mar 8: Kids in Parks: Designing Self-guided Trails that Get Kids in Parks

Feb 22: Inventory, Monitoring, and Research Efforts for NRM on DoD Installations and USACE Project Lands Mike Guilfoyle, Kevin Philley

Feb 20: Big Scary Public Meetings Shannon Bauer, MVS; Kelly Janes, NWP; and Anastasiya Hernandez, NAB

2017

Dec 12: Strategic Engagement: Tools & Technique Melanie Ellis, SWD, Brandon Brummett, LRL and Angela Freyermuth, MVR

Dec 6: Whooping Cranes in the Central Flyway - Relevance for Military and Civil Works Projects During Migratory Stopover Aaron Pearse (USGS) and Wade Harrell (USFWS)

Nov 7: Cross Cultural Communication Seth Cohen, IWR, Amanda Andraschko, POA

Nov 7: ENS Assistance Options Jeremy Crossland

Nov 7: Adventure Scientist, Nina Hadley Nina Hadley

Oct 11: Curation Regionalization Effort Andrea Farmer, Michael Trimble

Oct 4: Your Data - How It's Being Used and Why It's Important Ginny Dickerson

Sep 28: Overcoming Disciplinary Silos: Barriers and Strategies Rachel Grandpre

Sep 20: Growing Season Prescribed Burning: A practitioners perspective on invasive species control with summer prescribed fire Ryan Williams, Park Manager, Kanopolis Lake, NWK

Sep 7: EDDMapS Chuck Bargeron, Jon S. Lane

Aug 17: NRM Community Forum Bonnie Bryson, Lori Brewster and Kevin Ewbank

Aug 1: How To Prepare a Winning Handshake Application (FY18) Heath Kruger

Jul 18: 2016 Park Ranger Safety Survey Results Park Ranger CoP Advisory Board

Jul 18: Invasive Species Webinar on Using Border Collie Dogs for Nuisance Bird Control Dena Dickerson, ERDC

Jul 12: Hosting Effective Virtual and In-Person Meetings Erica Richardson, Ellen Lyons

Jun 21: UAS Application and Policy Victor Wilhelm, Jacksonville District

May 31: Park Ranger Community of Practice Advisory Board Scott Tichy, Morgan Barnes and Michelle Frobose

May 2: Best Practices & Lessons Learned: MSC Innovative Cases of Environmental Collaboration & Conflict Resolution Maria T. Lantz, Institute for Water Resources

Apr 11: An Update of Harmful Algal Bloom Impacts to USACE Operations and Operation Control Measures to Address HAB Impacts Tony Clyde, Brook Herman

Mar 7: Applying Social Science Findings and Visualization Tools to Communicate Risk Heidi Stiller

Mar 1: Invasive Species Traveling Trunk John Pribilla, Park Ranger, New England District, Cape Cod Canal

Feb 1: Helping Scared and Angry People Get Information They Needed During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Ann Weaver

2016

Dec 12: National Wildlife Federation Mayor's Monarch Pledge

Nov 16: Running a Charette is Like .. Lynn Greer, Hunter Merritt

Oct 25: National Cooperative Agreement with Student Conservation Association

Oct 19: A comparison of historic water quality data and Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) events at Barren River and Dale Hollow Lakes Jeb Eberly, ERDC

Oct 18: Mediation is a Process, Not an Event John Bickerman

Sep 21: 'The Rule of Holes' and Other Survival Tips for the Risk Communication Jungle Dwayne Ford

Aug 26: Introduction to the Corps NRM Partnership Program (Webinar for OPM CoP) - August 2016 Heather Burke

Aug 24: Tracking Invasive Species Distributions using EDDMapS Chuck Bargeron, UGA

Aug 23: Gnarliest Collaboration Challenge Launch and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Case Study Kevin Bluhm (USACE), Frank Sturges (BLM)

Aug 22: WRRDA 2014, Sec 1047 (d) Volunteer Program Update Heather Burke

Aug 22: How To Prepare a Winning Handshake Application (FY17) Heath Kruger

Aug 1: OMBIL FY 16 Partnerships Data Entry

Jul 26: Utilization of Unmmaned Aerial Systems (UAS) for Vegetation Mapping and Restoration Jon Morton, USACE

Jun 15: Difficult Conversations Andrea Carson and Cynthia Wood of the Institute for Water Resources

Jun 8: Modeling the Dispersal of Invasive Zebra Mussels in the St. Croix River Watershed (MN & WI) Dr. Todd Swannack, ERDC-EL

May 25: U.S Army Corps of Engineers Partnerships with the Military

May 18: Federal Highways Administration- Federal Lands Access Program Funding Lewis Grimm, Federal Highway Administration

May 13: How To Prepare a Winning Handshake Application Allen Gwinn

May 10: Recreation on the NRM Gateway Lori Brewster and Bonnie Bryson

Apr 13: Operation of Electric Dispersal Barriers Under Various Environmental Condition Dr. Jack Killgore, ERDC, Dr. Mike Holliman, Research Biologist, Fish Research & Development, and Dr. Mike Holliman, Fish Research & Development LLC

Apr 6: Impacts and Hydraulic Containment of Asian Carp Dr. Jan Hoover, ERDC

Mar 11: American Hiking Society - National Trails Day Wesley Trimble, American Hiking Society

Mar 9: Volunteer Program Titus Hardiman

Feb 29: Kids in Parks TRACK Trails

Feb 17: NRM Gateway 101 Bonnie Bryson, Lori Brewster, and Angie Huebner

Feb 8: National Park Trust

Jan 28: Conflict and Resolution Styles Assessment Julie Marcy, Andrea Carson, and Cynthia Wood

Jan 20: The Corps' Role in the National Pollinator Strategy Jeff Krause, IWR

Jan 13: NRM Gateway Content Subject Matter Experts Bonnie Bryson, Lori Brewster, and Angie Huebner

2015

Nov 18: Preliminary Results of Field Sampling and Monitoring of Herbicide Managed Giant Salvinia Christopher R. Mudge, ERDC

Oct 21: Horicon Marsh Planning Assistance to States Conceptual Modeling Workshop Charles Theiling, Wendy Frohlich, and Megan McGuire

Oct 14: Stalking an Expanding Disease - New Locations and Species At Risk from Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy (AVM) Dr. Susan Wilde, UGA

Oct 5: Yonder app

Sep 23: Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Conservation Kirsten Leong, PhD, NPS, Human Dimensions Program Manger, Samantha Gibbs, DVM PhD, USFWS, Wildlife Veterinarian

Sep 22: The Corps Network

Sep 16: Using Phenological Events of Flowering Rush to Improve Chemical Control Strategies Dr. Kurt Getsinger, ERDC, Dr. John Madsen

Sep 2: IMBA (International Mountain Biking Association) Part II

Aug 25: Vehicle Metering Best Practices Volpe

Aug 24: OMBIL Update - Guidance for Roads and Parking

Aug 19: Climate Change: an Opportunity for Civil-Military Collaboration Ms. Swathi Veeravalli, Ms. Angela Rhodes

Aug 12: The American Chestnut Foundation Tom Saielli

Aug 6: OMBIL Partnerships Training FY15

Jul 22: USACE Aquatic Invasive Species R&D Programs Dr. Linda Nelson, ERDC

Jul 16: International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) Part I Aimee Ross

Jul 15: Student Conservation Association- Part II Laura Herrin

Jul 7: Student Conservation Association- Part I Laura Herrin

Jun 25: Natural Areas Association Lisa Smith

Jun 22: National Environmental Education Foundation/NPLD Anna Wadhams

Jun 19: Kids in Parks TRACK Trails Jason Urroz

Jun 10: Volunteer Management Modules 8-12 (Performance Reviews, Performance Problems, Recognition)

Jun 9: Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership Jeff Roxrucker

May 26: Environmental Stewards Joey Ruehrwein

May 22: Military Partnerships

May 18: Conservation Legacy

May 18: Adventurers & Scientists for Conservation Gregg Treinish

May 15: CAST Foundation

May 8: How To Prepare a Winning Handshake Application Allen Gwinn

May 6: Invasive Species - Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) plus Zebra and Quagga Mussels Tim Toplisek, HQUSACE, Brandon Mobley, USACE and Dr. John Madsen, UC Davis

Apr 22: Asian Longhorned Beetle Dr. Phillip Baldauf, USDA APHIS

Apr 21: Duskytail Darter Endangered Species Act Consultation Chip Hall, LRN

Apr 21: National Park Trust Heather Burke

Apr 8: Collaborative Decision Analysis for Stakeholder Agency Engagement in Resource Management Dr. Mandy Michalsen, Supervisory Civil Engineer ERDC Environmental Lab, Dr. Matt Wood, Research Psychologist, ERDC Environmental Lab

Apr 2: Volunteer Management Modules 4-7 (Motivation, Supervision, Training/Orientation, Delegating)

Feb 4: Oklahoma Instream Flows Advisory Group Bryan K. Taylor, Anna Childers, and John Rehring

Feb 2: Volunteer Management Modules 1-3 (Position Descriptions, Recruitment, Interviewing

Jan 28: Introduction to the NRM Partnership Program Titus Hardiman

Jan 21: Invasive Species and Natural Disasters Jon Lane, USACE

2014

Oct 8: Invasive Species Management Community of Practice Program Management Plan (PgMP) Tim Toplisek, HQUSACE

Aug 20: White-Nose Syndrome in Bats Dr. Eric Britzke, ERDC

Jun 18: Biological Control - Alligatorweed & Flea Beetle Annual Collection Angie Huebner, USACE

Jun 12: Introduction to the Corps Partnership Program

Jun 11: Virtual Collaboration Action Plan (VCAP) Cynthia Fowler, Environmental Manager, San Francisco District, Jason Gibson, Nevada-Utah Regulatory Chief, Sacramento District

May 29: Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Series: External Communication and Media Nate Herring, USACE, Sponsored by the ERDC Water Operations Technical Support, Aquatic Plant Control Research, and Aquatic Nuisance Species Research programs

May 29: Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Series: Evolution and Development of the LRD Response Strategy Erich Emery and Jade Young, USACE, Sponsored by the ERDC Water Operations Technical Support, Aquatic Plant Control Research, and Aquatic Nuisance Species Research programs

May 28: Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Series: National Perspectives on the HAB Issue Jennifer Graham, USGS, Sponsored by the ERDC Water Operations Technical Support, Aquatic Plant Control Research, and Aquatic Nuisance Species Research programs

May 28: Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) Series: Golden Algae, an emerging threat Reynaldo Patino, USGS, Sponsored by the ERDC Water Operations Technical Support, Aquatic Plant Control Research, and Aquatic Nuisance Species Research programs

May 7: Graphic Facilitation: Starter Kit for Better Meetings and Better Solutions Eileen Takata, Watershed Program Manager, Los Angeles District

Apr 29: Handshake Program

Apr 24: Military Partnerships

Mar 19: Selecting the Right Aquatic Herbicide Dr. Mike Netherland, ERDC

Mar 11: Volunteer Program

Feb 26: Facilitating Multi Agency Meetings or How to be the Secretary of State Therese O'Rourke Bradford

Feb 11: 2014 National Recreation Program Assessment Tool

Aug 21: Getting the Word Out: NPLD Communications Tools

Jul 24: Social Media and NPLD

2013

Dec 12: NRM Gateway Partnership Pages

Dec 11: Biocontrol for Invasive Species Dr. Al Cofrancesco, ERDC