biological invasions IGERT
information: clhom@ucdavis.edu	BIBD Workshop at Cache Creek
	On Sunday, 27 April, symposium participants travelled to the Cache Creek Nature Conservancy to view management and restoration sites. At the Conservancey, staff and volunteers restore disturbed habitat with the dual goals of increasing biological diversity and providing culturally valuable plant resources for Native American communities. For more information on the symposium, see www.cpb.ucdavis.edu/bioinv/bibd.html.
	Shannon Brawley, workshop coordinator and IGERT trainee, next to the Tending and Gathering Garden, a collaborative native plant conservation project between the Cache Creek Conservancy and Native American communities.
	Jan Lowrey, Director of the Cache Creek Conservancy, outlining the extent of the Conservancy's invasive weed removal along the creek.
	Kevin Rice (UC Davis and an IGERT trainer) and Ray Carrouthers (USDA-ARS and UC Berkeley) holding up a map of GIS images that show the extent of tamarisk invasion along Cache Creek.
	Don Hankins, UC Davis graduate student in Geography, explaining parts of his dissertation research using fire ecology to restore riparian areas.
	Participants in the Cache Creek workshop.