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Volume 47, No. 4January, 2020

As I write, we are drawing to a close of what has been avery eventful year. I hope y’all have weathered it welland that you are taking some time to decompress andcelebrate the holidays with family and friends.Ourmeeting plans for the 60thAnnualWSSAmeeting

in Maui, Hawaii are coming together. The meeting willbe held March 2–5, 2020 at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa. Bill Curran,our program chair, is working on a great program that will run the gamut ofextension, research, and education activities in weed science. Dr. Curran is work-ing closely with Eric Gustafson, our Executive Secretary, to finalize activities andevents. They have numerous events and tours available to enjoy the island, andwe look forward to what Maui has to offer. Symposia are going to be plentifulonce again this year, and the topics include:

• 2020 vision for Hawaiian Invasive Plant Management• The role of intelligent machines in weed management• Genomics of weedy and invasive species – 2025 and Beyond• The ecological and biodiversity impact of invasive grass species and theirmanagement

• Toxicology and weed scienceQuite a few changes in the society have recently occurred or will take place in

the next few months. After a stellar tenure as our Director of Publications, SarahWard will be rotating off in 2020 and Chris Willenborg will be taking the reinsof this very important position. Dr. Willenborg brings a good deal of relevantexperience to this role as he has been both an Associate Editor and later the Edi-tor of the Canadian Journal of Plant Science. A big thanks to Sarah for her greatleadership as our Director of Publications and we look forward to working withChris. John Lindquist will be filling the upcoming opening for our Constitutionand Operating Procedures Chair. Many thanks to Mark Benards for steering thisposition so well the past several years. Jim Kells has begun his work as NIFAFellow. Jim has made a good number of contacts despite the big hurdle in 2019

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Interactive Management Incorporated (IMI)Eric Gustafson, Executive Secretary12110 N. Pecos St., Suite #220Westminster, CO 80234(720) [email protected]

Cambridge University PressAndrea Giannini, Publishing Editor(212) [email protected]

WSSA ContactsWSSA NEWSLETTERVOL. 47, NO. 4 JANUARY, 2020

Published quarterly by the WeedScience Society of America. Subscrip-tion included in the annual dues paidby members of the Society. Addresscorrespondence and information to:

Carl Libbey225 S. 10th St.Mount Vernon, WA [email protected]

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WSSAFUTURE MEETINGSITES AND DATES

March 2–5, 202060th Annual Meeting WSSA73rd Annual Meeting WSWSHyatt Regency Resort and SpaMaui, HawaiiBill Curran, Chair [email protected] Ransom, Chair [email protected]

of the government shutdown. Jill Schroeder has stepped in as our new CAST rep-resentative as Dallas Peterson has rotated off. Our Science Policy Committeechanged leadership this past February and Janis McFarland has done an excellentjob chairing that important committee. We also welcome our newly electedmem-bers who will be joining the WSSA Board after the business meeting during ourannual meeting. Congratulations to Stanley Culpepper who has been elected VicePresident and Lynn Sosnoskie as the new Member-at-Large.Several societies or associations have reached out to us recently and asked for

input concerning some of their weed related issues. The American Seed TradeAssociation (ASTA) has asked for representation from the WSSA in their Nox-ious Weed Seed Group. A big thank you to Carroll Moseley and Dawn Refsellfor volunteering to represent the WSSA on ASTA’s Noxious Weed Seed commit-tee. The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO) has alsoasked for folks from the WSSA to participate in their annual meeting.Last year, our Finance Committee Chair and Treasurer, Phil Banks, reported

that WSSA is in sound fiscal shape and is well positioned for continued successto accomplish its mission. Phil has done some excellent work in concert with ourexecutive secretary, Eric Gustafson, to put our organization in a strong financialposition for the future. I have been truly inspired by all that the society member-ship continues to do through their sense of volunteerism. As president, I havebeen able to witness firsthand the type of commitment that many of you continueto provide. In particular, theWSSABoard of Directors has had an active year andyou folks have been great to work with. Once again, our Executive Director ofScience Policy, Lee Van Wychen, has had a tremendous responsibility this pastyear with all of the activities attached to his role and the ever-changing politicallandscape. Our past president, Scott Senseman, has been very busy as Past Pres-ident. He did an awesome job getting some very talented folks from our societyto volunteer for many of the openings in the society this past year. Thanks, Scott,for your friendship and service. It has truly been an honor and a privilege to serveas the President of theWSSAthis past year. I will soon be passing the gavel to ourPresident-Elect, Bill Curran, who has been a tireless advocate for weed scienceand I am certain that he will lead us in the most positive and productive ways in2020. I look forward to seeing you at our annual meeting in Maui and I wish youa healthy and successful New Year!

Larry SteckelPresident, WSSA

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2020 Annual MeetingBill Curran, [email protected]

I will step down as WSSA Director of Publications inMarch 2020. During my 6 years in this position therehave been many changes, most notably the transfer ofWeed Science,Weed Technology and IPSM to CambridgeUniversity Press. This greatly improved WSSA’s pub-lishing income, and allowed transition of the journals toonline-only with more frequent issues and new layoutswith unlimited color. I also worked with Cambridge topreserve all published WSSA journal articles datingback to 1951 as a searchable high-resolution onlinearchive. Other events of the past 6 years include pub-lication of a new edition of the Herbicide Handbook;the welcome return of Tracy Candelaria as journalsManaging Editor; appointment of Toni DiTommaso asEditor-in-Chief of IPSM; and Carl Libbey taking over asWSSA Newsletter Editor. Throughout this period ofchange, William Vencill and Jason Norsworthy have con-tinued their sterling work as Editors-in-Chief of WeedScience and Weed Technology.Serving as WSSA Director of Publications at a time

when the publishing landscape is undergoing rapidevolution is often demanding but never dull. I am de-lighted to announce that the new Director of Publica-tions will be Christian Willenborg of the University ofSaskatchewan. Chris is a weed scientist with consid-erable publishing and professional society experience,including serving as Editor-in-Chief of the CanadianJournal of Plant Science and as board member andresearch director for the Canadian Weed ScienceSociety. I will be working with Chris over the next fewmonths to ensure a smooth transition, and I know thatfuture WSSA publishing activities will be in capablehands.

Sarah WardDirector of Publications

WSSA PUBLICATIONS NEWS

After decades of efforts, herbicide resistance is stilla major challenge facing U.S. agriculture. The WeedScience Society of America created the HerbicideResistance Education Committee in 2010 to addressthe need for more herbicide resistance education.Through two national summits, training modules, andmost recently seven regional listening sessions, thecommittee has been a tremendous resource for infor-mation on how to address this complex, “wicked” prob-lem. However, resistance continues to spread and growand we seem to be, at times, losing the battle.Past WSSA symposia explored in depth the nature of

resistance problems. Now, the critical questions are:what can be done and what is being done about it?The committee is placing more emphasis on catalyz-ing resilient community formation to achieve sustain-able weed management. This involves providingresources, guidance, and support to help individualcommunities navigate their unique socio-economiccomplexities toward this goal.Several localized community efforts to deal with

herbicide resistance, all quite different, have alreadybegun. At the 2020 annual meetings in Maui, Hawaiiwe will be conducting a workshop “Building a Com-munity to Battle the Wicked Problem of HerbicideResistance” that will highlight progress in thesecommunity programs and will spur thought on futureundertakings. Format will be an active dialog on whathas worked and what has not, and we will be seekingworkshop parti-cipant interaction throughout. Exampleswill be given from weed science efforts in several partsof the country, as well as successful entomologyprograms from which we can learn.This workshop will be held at the end of the confer-

ence, on Thursday, March 5th in the afternoon from1:00–3:00. Thus, when you make your travel plans, besure and include participation in this workshop in yourplanning!

David R. ShawHerbicide Resistance EducationCommittee, Chair

[email protected]

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WASHINGTONREPORTWASHINGTONREPORT by LeeVan Wychen, Director of Science PolicyWEED SCIENCE SOCIETYCOMMENT ON EPA’S INTERIMPROCESS FOR EVALUATINGPOTENTIAL SYNERGISTICEFFECTS OF PESTICIDES DURINGTHE REGISTRATION PROCESSSince 2015, EPAhas used an interim

process to evaluate the potential syn-ergistic effects of 24 new active ingre-dient registrations due to patent officeclaims by registrants. None of thesereviews have ultimately impacted anexisting EPA ecological risk assess-ment. The results from the analysis ofthe first 24 active ingredients reflectsthat there is a low probability thatclaims asserting greater than additive(GTA) effects will impact ecologicalrisk assessments for pesticide activeingredients. Therefore, the Nationaland Regional Weed Science Societiessupport EPA’s plans to evaluate the re-sults of the interim process, and once asufficient number of reviews are com-pleted, to decide whether continuingthe process has utility in evaluatingecological risk associated with prod-uct use. If the outcome of EPA’s futureevaluation demonstrates that theinterim process does not have utilityin evaluating ecological risk associ-ated with product use, our societiesagree that EPA and registrants shouldnot exhaust additional time and re-sources in this endeavor and suspendevaluations. The National and Re-gional Weed Science Society com-ments are available here.

WSSA COMMENTS ONPARAQUATThe WSSA provided comments on

the value and uniqueness of paraquatfor weed management. We stronglysupport further education and aware-

ness activities both on the label andthrough training. Read the full com-ment on ‘Registration review; Avail-ability: Paraquat Dichloride DraftHuman Health and Ecological RiskAssessments’.

CONGRESS REACHES FY 2020BUDGET DEALAfter months of delay, Congress

passed a much-anticipated deal tofund the government through the endof FY 2020, which runs through Sep-tember 30, 2020. The $1.4 trillion pack-age of discretionary spending bills,which was divided up into two“minibuses,” was finally deliveredjust before the holiday break aftermonths of rigorous debate. The firstminibus (H.R. 1865) included eight ofthe twelve appropriations bills, allcovering domestic policy. The secondminibus (H.R. 1158) was a four billpackage focused on national security.The first minibus includes funding forthe U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) and the Food and Drug Ad-ministration (FDA).

2015 WOTUS RULE REPEALEDOn September 12, EPAAdministra-

tor Andrew Wheeler and AssistantSecretary of the Army for Civil WorksR. D. James announced the repeal ofthe Obama administration’s CleanWater Rule, better known as theWaters of the United States rule, orWOTUS. The 2015 rule has never fullytaken effect because there have beenmultiple court challenges. The repealformally restores the previous regula-tory regime nationwide until theTrump administration releases its ownrule to deal with the issue of conflict-ing SupremeCourt rulings onWOTUS.

In December 2018, EPA and theArmy Corp proposed a new definitionthat would clearly define where fed-eral jurisdiction begins and ends in ac-cordance with the Clean Water Actand Supreme Court precedent. After apublic comment period this spring,the proposed new WOTUS defini-tions are expected to be finalized thiswinter.

USDA-NIFA APPOINTS SIXNATIONAL SCIENCE LIAISONSThe USDA National Institute of

Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) pro-gram portfolio and contact with theirstakeholders, partners, and collabora-tors in Washington, DC will continue,uninterrupted with the creation of sixNational Science Liaisons (NSLs).These six NSLs have already beenselected and will support NIFA’snational research, education, and ex-tension portfolio; advance NIFA pro-grams; and serve as expert resources.They are:• Mathieu (Mat) Ngouajio, Ph.D. –plant production and protection,organic farming

• Eric Norland, Ph.D. – naturalresources and environment• Bradley K. Rein P.E. – sustainableagricultural systems, technology,economics and social sciences

• Caroline E. Crocoll, Ph.D., CFCS –human sciences and 4H

• Mark Mirando, Ph.D. – animalhealth and production

• Mervalin Morant, Ph.D. – foodsafety, nutrition and minorityserving institutions

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WEED BINGO NOW AVAILABLEFOR PURCHASE!WEED BINGO is a fun game that

blends a bit of science with interestingand unusual facts about some of NorthAmerica’s most common and trouble-someweeds. Each of the 42 weed cardsincluded in the game includes thecommon and scientific name of aweed, a photo and a brief description.WEED BINGO would make a great

holiday gift! The games are a fun edu-cational tool that will help raise aware-

ness about weeds and invasive plantsin managed and natural ecosystems.WEED BINGO is produced by the

Weed Science Society ofAmerica, withsupport from the Aquatic Plant Man-agement Society, North Central WeedScience Society, Northeastern WeedScience Society, Southern Weed Sci-ence Society and Western Society ofWeed Science. Each game is $14.95 + $5shipping and handling for domesticshipping.

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I M P O R TA N T C O N TA C T S

PRESIDENTLarry SteckelUniversity of [email protected]

PRESIDENT-ELECTBill CurranPennsylvania State [email protected]

VICE-PRESIDENTAnita DilleKansas State [email protected]

PAST-PRESIDENTScott SensemanUniversity of TennesseeInstitute of AgricultureDepartment of Plant [email protected]

CONSTITUTION/MOPSMark BernardsWestern Illinois [email protected]

SECRETARYDarrin DoddsMississippi State [email protected]

TREASURERPhil BanksMarathon [email protected]

MEMBERS AT LARGEDawn [email protected]

Bryan YoungPurdue [email protected]

EXECUTIVE SECRETARYEric Gustafson12110 N. Pecos St., Suite #220Westminster, CO 80234Telephone: (720) [email protected]

REGIONAL SOCIETYREPRESENTATIVES:

AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENTSOCIETY (APMS) REPRob RichardsonNorth Carolina State [email protected]

NEWSS REPRakesh ChandranWest Virginia [email protected]

NCWSS REPGreg [email protected]

SWSS REPJohn ByrdMississippi State [email protected]

WSWS REPMarty SchraerSyngenta Crop [email protected]

CWSS-SCMFrancois TardifUniversity of [email protected]

IWSS REPNilda Roma-BurgosUniversity of [email protected]

DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONSSarah WardColorado State [email protected]

NEWSLETTER EDITORCarl Libbey225 S. 10th StMount Vernon, WA [email protected]

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OFSCIENCE POLICYLee Van Wychen5720 Glenmullen PlaceAlexandria, VA [email protected]

CAST REPJill SchroederNew Mexico State [email protected]

GRAD STUDENT REPNick SteppigPurdue State [email protected]

NIFA FELLOWJim KellsMichigan State UniversityDepartment of Plant, Soil andMicrobial Sciences

[email protected]

EPA LIAISONGreg KrugerUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln402 West State Farm RoadNorth Platte, NE [email protected]


CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTSDATE EVENT LOCATION CONTACT

January 26–30, 2020 Southern Weed Science Society Beau Rivage www.swss.wsAnnual Meeting (SWSS) Biloxi, Mississippi

March 2–5, 2020 Weed Science Society of Hyatt Regency Maui www.wssa.net andAmerica (WSSA) and the Resort and Spa www.wsweedscience.orgWestern Society of Weed Maui, HawaiiScience (WSWS) JointAnnual Meeting

November 23–26, 2020 Canadian Weed Science Society Gatineau, Quebec www.weedscience.caAnnual Meeting (CWSS)

November 30–December 2, 2020 North Central Weed Science Society Minneapolis, Minnesota www.ncwss.orgAnnual Meeting (NCWSS)

Additional Weed Science Meetings and Events can be found at http://wssa.net/meeting/calendar-of-meetings/

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