Achievement
Prioritizing management of invasive species
Project
IGERT: Risk Analysis for Introduced Species and Genotypes
University
University of Minnesota at Twin Cities
(St. Paul, MN)
PI
Trainee Achievements
Prioritizing management of invasive species
Prioritizing management efforts for invasive species can be a controversial endeavor and is currently important because of limited government budgets. Recognizing that, Trainee Leah Sharpe has developed a method through which diverse stakeholders can reach agreement on prioritization. The organizers of an invasive species workshop in Bemidji, Minnesota invited Leah to present her decision-making tool to an audience of 75 natural resource managers. Leah presented her talk, Using Decision Support Tools for Improved Management of Invasive Species, at the Landscapes Lost: Unraveling Invasibility Workshop at Bemidji State University, in Bemidji, Minnesota February 19, 2009. Her decision-tool approach was well-received by managers, and Leah established herself as an authority on decision-support tools. In fact, she was invited by attendees to conduct a prioritization exercise at a future agency meeting.
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