Invasive Plant Management Certification Program

What is a Certified Invasive Manager?

A Certified Coastal Invasive Manager (CCIM) is a green industry professional conducting work in the coastal zone who has completed the following:

Two-day URI / CRMC Invasive Plant Management Certification Program (IPMCP);
IPMCP examination;

Certification is granted for a two-year period. Recertification is required to maintain Certified Coastal Invasive Manager status, and can be earned by attending a URI Outreach Center Recertification training in July or January/February each year. It is the responsibility of the professional to maintain certification.

URI recommends that all green industry professionals conducting work in the coastal zone obtain a Pesticide Applicator License through DEM. Please click the link below for the 2010 Core Training schedule or contact Margaret at URI or Robin at DEM for more information.

2009-2010 DEM Pesticide Applicator Training

Margaret Siligato, Pesticide
Applicator Training Coordinator
URI Cooperative Extension
3 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881
p: 401.874.5997

Robin Mooney, Division of Agriculture
RI Dept. of Environmental Management
235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908
p: 401.222.2781, ext. 4513

Who should become a Certified Invasive Manager?

Landscape management business owners
Landscape management crew foremen
Landscape architects
Landscape designers
Land trust managers

Renewable Energy Siting Partnership Stakeholder Meeting #4

When: December 1, 2011, 6pm - 9pm
Where: Hazard Rooms @ URI Coastal Institute Bldg, Narragansett Bay Campus
Details: The focus of this meeting will be presentations on the acoustic impacts of wind turbines and project economics. Attendees must RSVP to Amber Neville at 401.874.6106 or amber@crc.uri.edu due to space limitations.
Directions

The meeting is open to the public, and all are welcome, as the goal is to have a diverse and well-rounded stakeholder process. A light dinner will be provided from 5:30-6pm.

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Holidays in the Park

When: December 10, 2011, 11am - 2pm
Where: Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, Providence RI
Details: Admission-free with donation of a nonperishable good to be donated to RI Food Bank

Escape from the cold outdoors and join us in celebrating the holidays! Activities will include demos on do-it- yourself decorations just in time for the holidays, exciting educational crafts for kids, live music, gifts for every gardener, a raffle and more surprises to come.

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Renewable Energy Siting Partnership (RESP) Wind Resource Assessment Lecture

When: January 24, 2012, 6pm - 7pm
Where: North Kingstown Free Library
Details: URI researchers will present their current work related to the wind resource assessment component of the Renewable Energy Siting Partnership.

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