Ministry of Forests and Range

Invasive Alien Plant Program (IAPP) Application Training

Module 2 field exercise in Alexis Creek

Workshops and Regional Plant Identification sessions

The Ministry of Forests and Range, in partnership with the Invasive Plant Council of BC and Regional Weed Committees around the province, offers free one-day workshops that are designed to provide participants with key identifying characteristics of local invasive plant species, as well as an overview of the IAPP application.

The workshop includes a considerable hands-on component that delivers practical experience in the use of the application - from gathering data in the field to entering this data, running extracts and reports and displaying information, both in the Data Entry and the Map Display modules.

Module 2 classroom session in Quesnel With the release of IAPP version 1.6 some exciting new changes and added features have been introduced to both the IAPP Date Entry module as well as the Map Display module.

Because of these enhancements it is strongly suggested that all current IAPP users, as well as prospective new users, organize or attend an IAPP version 1.6 training session in their area prior to starting data entry in 2009.

IAPP Application Training in your Area

In 2008 training was delivered around the province in dozens of locations - from Fort Nelson to Victoria to Cranbrook. Free IAPP training workshops will continue to be delivered on request throughout 2009. To qualify for a free workshop, we ask that a minimum of 10 participants are registered; in order to receive quality training with adequate attention for everyone, these sessions are limited to a maximum of 20 participants.

Please click here to view the content of IAPP modules 1, 2 and 3. [pdf, 91 Kb, posted Feb. 9, 2009].

Before applying for an IAPP Workshop, please view the IAPP Training Protocol. [pdf, 61 Kb, posted Feb. 9, 2009]

If you wish to organize or attend an IAPP training session, contact the IPC, your local Weed Committee (see links below), or email the MFR trainer directly to enquire about available times in your area.

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Confirmed IAPP Training dates and locations for 2009:

Module 2 and 3 - IAPP Workshop schedule for 2009
January 13, 2009 Williams Lake Regional District office (Module 2)
January 14, 2009 Williams Lake Regional District office (Module 3)
April 6/7, 2009 Smithers NWIPC AGM (Contractor Training)
April 28, 2009 Central Saanich 7380 Pat Bay Hwy. (Module 2)
Contact: Pam Wesley, 250-857-2472
April 29, 2009 Campbell River MFR District office (Module 2)
Contact: Pam Wesley, 250-857-2472
May 5, 2009 Delta 4500 Clarence Taylor Cr. (Module 2)
Contact: Tasha Murray, info@gvipc.ca
May 6, 2009 Chilliwack FVRD office (Module 2)
Contact: Stacey Barker (FVRD office)
May 7, 2009 Squamish MFR District office (Module 2)
Contact: Andrea Lyall, 604-898-2134
May 12, 2009 Kamloops 546 St. Paul St - Cariboo room (Modules 2 and 3)
Contact: Coleen Stevens, 250-828-4085
May 13, 2009 Penticton Okanagan College - Room C02, 583 Duncan Ave. West (Module 2)
Contact: Lisa Scott, sosips@shaw.ca
May 25, 2009 Valemount (Module 2)
May 26, 2009 Prince George (Module 2)
May 27, 2009 Burns Lake (Module 2)
May 28, 2009 Smithers (Module 2)
May 29, 2009 Terrace (Module 2)
Contact: Andrea Eastham, info@nwipc.org
June 2 and 3, 2009 Fort St. John Front Counter BC office (Module 2)
370 - 10003 110th Avenue
June 4, 2009 Dawson Creek PRRD office (Module 2)
June 5, 2009 Dawson Creek PRRD office (contractor training)
Contacts for these Northeast BC sessions:
Sonja Leverkus, 250-774-5518
Stephanie Haight, 250-784-1270
If your office, company, or organization would like to put on an IAPP workshop in 2009 you may contact the IPC, or your regional Weed Committee.

The IAPP Training Materials

Marsh Plume Thistle; picture by Percy Folkard
  • The complete training manual for IAPP version 1.6 may be downloaded here.
    [pdf, 3.1 Mb, posted Feb. 9, 2009].
  • The Plant Identification presentations, delivered by the MFR Invasive Plant Specialist for each of 4 zones in BC, are listed below and can be viewed in Flash format. If you don't have the Flash player installed on your computer, it may be downloaded free of charge at this Flash Player download site.
    Click on the name of each zone to view its plant identification presentation in a new browser window:
    1. Vancouver Island and Coast
    2. Central Interior
    3. Southern Border
    4. Northern BC

Links to Regional Weed Committees:

Boundary Weed Management Committee - BWMC
Cariboo Chilcotin Coast Invasive Plant Committee - CCCIPC
Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee - CKIPC
Coastal Invasive Plant Committee - CIPC
East Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee - EKIPC
Greater Vancouver Invasive Plant Council - GVIPC
North-East Invasive Plant Committee - NEIPC
North-West Invasive Plant Council - NWIPC
Southern Interior Weed Management Committee - SIWMC
South Okanagan Similkameen Invasive Plant Society - SOSIPS