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2010 Weed Hall of Fame Mike Ottley – BLM Burley Field Office Mike
worked with the Cassia County Weed Program for several years and presently
works with the BLM weed crew. His hard work and dedication has helped get
the BLM program up and running smoothly. Mike has taken on a lot of
mapping duties over for both BLM and Cassia County Weed Dept. Through his
efforts they have been able to map and inventory all of the weeds known in
Cassia County on both public and private lands. He has also organized a
pictorial documentation of most of the larger infestation sites. Mike is
dedicated to educate the public about noxious weeds.
He recently volunteered his time to teach GIS/GPS to a local Ag
classroom and has participated in many fairs and classroom presentations.
Mike helped plan and organize a very successful “National Public Land
Days.” Tim Prather – University of Idaho Tim Prather, through patient emphasis, has accomplished something that could be considered fairly impossible. He has been able to get ground pounding weed warriors to think about vectors of weed spread, susceptibility of landscapes, and to embrace available technology. When thinking about the typical weed warrior, one can understand this great challenge as many of us can be considered technologically challenged and fairly focused on techniques for killing the weeds we see, not thinking about where we will find the new one. Although the technology may still be Greek to most of us, Tim has shown us how to think about weed inventory in a new way. How does the weed seed travel? What is the likelihood the weed is adapted to the site? How likely is it that the weed will spread and how fast? All this can be explained through computer models, but Tim does the hard work and can show us the map of where we should look first. In addition to inventory, Tim is focused on research involving new weed threats coming our way and is a great resource for control methods of weeds we may be encountering. Janet Valle – USFS, Regions 1 & 4 Janet has been an active advocate for Idaho’s Noxious Weed Programs both within Idaho and at the national level. In her capacity as pesticide coordinator for Regions 1 and 4 of the U.S. Forest Service, she has successfully sought federal funds for the Idaho State Department of Agriculture’s (ISDA) noxious weed cost share program. She has promoted Idaho’s Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) approach to dealing with noxious and invasive weeds to neighboring states. She has continued to be successful in procuring limited federal dollars by focusing on the innovative and incredibly successful weed management efforts of Idaho’s CWMAs. Denny Williams – Clearwater County Weed Superintendent Denny has been involved in weed control since 1964, and has been the Weed Control Superintendent for Clearwater County for 12 years. He participated in the planning and formation of the first weed management area in Idaho, the Clearwater Basin Cooperative Weed Management Area, and still serves on its steering committee. His participation in the CBCWMA also includes pioneering the creation of two local Weed Coalitions, which involve over two hundred small private land owners and 5,000 acres in Clearwater County. The coalitions conduct annual weed control operations as partners of the CBCWMA. Denny established five annual weed training and education programs in Clearwater County. These include an applicator licensing and testing class; two Bio-Control Workshops; a Weed Identification Class; and a Weed Clinic in February, now with over 100 participants. Denny plans and prepares an outstanding weed educational program for the Clearwater County Fair each year, and he is an active supporter of the ISDA Weed Free Forage and Straw Program. Denny also is a member of the Palouse CWMA Steering Committee, and was the IAWCS Weed Superintendent of the Year in 2006.
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