Invasive Alien Plant Program (IAPP)- Application Training
The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO), in partnership with the Invasive Species Council of BC and Regional Weed Committees around the province, will continue to offer free, one-day workshops that will focus on:
- correctly gathering data in the field,
- correctly entering data for various activity record types,
- returning the desired information to you by running the right extracts,
- gaining optimum benefit from using Map Display
If a plant identification section is desired, and someone is available locally to provide this, that can also be included into the agenda.
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IAPP Application Training in your Area
Since 2008, training has been delivered in dozens of locations around the procince. Free IAPP training workshops will continue to be delivered on request, in cooperation with the ISCBC and local weed committees. To qualify for a free workshop, a minimum of 10 participants must be registered; in order to receive quality training with adequate attention for everyone, these sessions are limited to a maximum of 20 participants.
For 2012, our IAPP training modules are being revised in order to deliver a more hands-on experience for participants.
If you wish to organize or attend an IAPP training session, contact the ISC, your local Weed Committee (see links below), or email the MFLNRO trainer directly to enquire about available times in your area.
IAPP Training dates and locations for 2012:
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Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop, and a GPS unit if possible.
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Date and Time
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Location
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Contact
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May 15, noon 4:00pm
Contractor Training
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Peace River Regional District Office, 1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek BC
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Elaine Armagost, 250-784-3227, Elaine.Armagost@prrd.bc.ca
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May 16, 9:00am-4:00pm
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Peace River Regional District Office, 1981 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek BC (Lower Meeting Room)
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Elaine Armagost, 250-784-3227, Elaine.Armagost@prrd.bc.ca
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May 23, 9:00am-4:30pm
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Location TBA.
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Jeanne Hughes, 604-615-WEED (9333), fvipc@shaw.ca
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The IAPP Training Materials
IAPP Training materials were revised and updated in August of 2011, and are listed here for viewing or download:
- The in-class slide presentation - EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET STARTED. A large document, but it contains lots of information!
(96 slides - pdf document, 14.5MB)
- Structure of the IAPP data entry module, the techie and non-techie version
(2 pages - pdf document, 2.2MB)
- Benefits of a relational database versus spreadsheets, and how to enter Site, Survey and Treatment data into IAPP!
(4 pages - pdf document, 516KB)
- Visual representation of data entry flow
(1 page - pdf document, 260KB)
- Introduction to the UTM coordinate system
(2 pages - pdf document, 644KB)
- Quick guide to estimating areas in Ha.
(1 page - pdf document, 13KB)
- Some of the more commonly used IAPP codes
(3 pages - pdf document, 292KB)
- The complete IAPP plant list in Excel sheet format so you can sort as desired. All 202 plants listed as of January 2012, with columns for Genus Code, Species Code, Latin name, Common name, and Map Label.
(Excel 2003 spreadsheet, 14KB)
- Map label legend, the list of 2-letter codes used in Map Display
(5 pages, pdf document, 31KB)
- Visual overview of the 4 containment lines in IAPP. Includes location UTMs and zoom levels for easy location of the Marsh plume thistle, Field scabious, Common tansy, and Blueweed containment lines in IAPP as of 2011.
(6 pages - pdf document, 1MB)
- Describing ecosystems in the field. The publication from which the distribution and density codes were adopted.
(231 pages - pdf document, 13MB)
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
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