MT Biocontrol Steering Committee Meeting

Montana Biocontrol Coordination Project Steering Committee

2021 Spring Meeting

April 13, 2021

Agenda

8 AM – 12 PM

Topics

• Steering Committee Business – review of charter, executive committee schedule, & nominations for steering committee chair, vice-chair – Kenny Keever, BLM & Biocontrol Steering Committee Chair
• MT Biocontrol Coordination Project 2020 Summary & Plans for 2021 – Melissa Maggio, MTBCP
• Leafy Spurge Research Project Update – Natalie West, USDA-ARS & Biocontrol Steering Committee Executive member
• Focused Round Robin – Kenny Keever, BLM & Biocontrol Steering Committee Chair
• We would like to hold focused round robin discussions at our meetings. The meeting prior to the round robin, we will identify a question that the steering committee members think would be beneficial to have a focused discussion related to.  We will also identify appropriate panelists to invite for the topic.
• We will identify our discussion topic and appropriate panelists for the Fall 2021 meeting
• APHIS 526 Permitting Updates – the latest on the 330 regulation “no-permit required” list – Carol Randall, USDA-FS
• Virtual Tour of iBiocontrol – Carol Randall, USDA-FS
• Biocontrol Data Sharing – Natalie West, USDA-ARS & Biocontrol Steering Committee Executive member
• Other Business