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2011

Summer/Fall - Coordinator Comments, Program Director's Directions, Invasive Species Mapping Made Easy!, Guide helps weed out invasive plants, Spotlight on Flowering Rush, Albertans can take action on harmful
species, Parks Canada’s battle with invasive plant species continues, Stop the spread of Flowering rush and other aquatic invasive species in Alberta, Fort Macleod battles invasives in River Valley Wilderness Park, Purging the Spurge in Fish Creek Provincial Park…13 years running, The problem with the anti-pesticide movement, Evaluating the costs and benefits of alternative weed management strategies, Interactive identification key for seeds in birdseed, Teen inventor combats kudzu menace, Vehicles aid in weed seed dispersal, Wild Dakota TV, MRWC partner to bring invasive species message to sportsmen, Upcoming Events.

Spring - Coordinator Comments, Program Director's Directions, Invasive plants more common, damaging than people realize, Pretty not always popular if plants propagate profusely, Invasive plants choking out native species, Changes: 2011 AIPC Board Members, Aquatics plants pose a threat, Spotlight on...Yellow Flag Iris, Boost your weed IQ, They’re not weeds, they’re feed, Controlling prohibited noxious and noxious weeds, New and
Improved?, Letter introduces new Alberta Weed Control Act to growers and retailers, CABI: Its links to Canada & Alberta, Conservation in action, Research shows Russian Olive a potential threat for Southern Alberta, May is Noxious
Weed Control Awareness Month, Shards of green, Eradicating garlic mustard plants, Hopping the Fence.

Winter - Coordinator Comments, Program Director's Directions, The Search for an Insect to Control Common Tansy, Spotlight on Wild Caraway, Mountain View County Weed Control Bylaws, One Million Weeds Pulled and Counting, Manage Imported Hay to Reduce Risks, Online tool identifies potential effects of harmful species from outside Alberta, Rocky View County collected over
11,000 kilograms of obsolete pesticides, Letters to the Editor, New Saskatchewan Weed Control Act Proclaimed, Community flyer finds Salt Cedar in Saskatchewan, Weed scientists at U of Guelph continue research on Glyphosate-resistant Giant Ragweed in Canada, Invasive Plant Ecology book review, Will climate change hasten the spread of invasive plants?, Missouri River Watershed Coalition launches Early Detection Mapping System, Beetles offer effective weed control, but native vegetation hard to re-establish, Remembering a beloved botanist, Invasive vine choking plants along Mississippi River, Toxic council procedure kills proposed pesticide bylaw, Upcoming Events.

2010

Fall - Coordinator Comments, Program Director's Directions, Edmonton & Cosmetic Pesticides, Straight Talk About 2,4-D, Weed Eradication Tools for the Public, Letters to the Editor, Weed Alert - Salt Cedar,  Hawkweed Arrivals in Alberta, Parks Canada Battles Invasive Plants, Community Action Against Invaders, Hinton Invasives Workshop, Wetaskiwin Weed Agreement, Knapweed varieties, Tackling Invasives through Film, European Buckthorn, Connecticut phases out Barberrys, GM Crop Escapes, Spotlight on Orange Hawkweed, Upcoming Events.

Summer - Coordinator Comments, Program Director's Directions, Giant Hogweed - Big, scary alien on the move, New Weed Control Act & Regulations, Some plants aren't pretty, WAB Conference feedback, Capital Region Invasive Plants Working Group, Partnering for weed control in Crowsnest Pass, Garlic Mustard, Weed Warriors, AAAF 2010 Weed School, YIPI Summer Programs, Priority weed committee, Farmers & Round-Up resistant weeds, Yukon Invaders, Travels Inspire - Kew Gardens, UK, Spotlight on Garlic Mustard, Upcoming events, Codes of Conduct, AIPC Board changes.

Spring - Coordinator Comments, Program Director's Directions, Invasive species management in Australia, Invasive Plants Council of British Columbia Conference and AGM, Cooperative Weed Management area formed in Southwest Alberta, Calgary says “no” to ornamental invaders, Study on Big Hill Creek: Willows for battling weeds, Invasive plants added to
Milestone™ label for 2010, Lessons for Canada from International Conferences, Alien plants stalk B.C. agriculture& forestry, 10 defining characteristics of invasive plants, BI: War on Weeds, Invasive plant training across BC offers new skills for displaced resource workers, Researchers learn why invasive plants are spreading rapidly in forests, Mountain plants unable to withstand onslaught from invasive species, Spotlight on...
Sea Buckthorn.

2009

Winter - Coordinator Comments, Program Director's Directions, Cooperative Weed Management Areas, New Weed Act, Herbicide Ban, Waterton Knapweed Rodeo, On the Hunt for Spotted Knapweed, Purge the Spurge 2009, Yellowhead Invasive Plant Initiative, MULTISAR Battles Invasive Plants for Species at Risk, Vine Arrives from the south, Pulling Sweetclover, White Bryony, More Tamarisk Invasion, Colorado Beetles, Spotlight on Himalayan Balsam, News & events.

Summer - Coordinator Comments, AIPC's New Dynamic Duo, Program Director's Directions, Farewell to Vanessa, 4th National Stewardship & Conservation Conference, Biofuel as potential invasives, Annual Northeastern Invasive Plant Workshop, 1st Cypress County Weed Inspector School, Weed Free Weaslehead?, Synergy between pathogen release & resource availability, Reporting invasives in B.C. communities, Halifax Council & invasive aquatic plant species, Invasive plant in Point Pleasant Park, Sub-tropical plants move north, Remaining alert on aquatic invasives, Spotlight on Sulfur cinquefoil.

Spring - Coordinator Cogitations, Turning challenges into opportunities, Invading schools everywhere to get to the root, Parks in the classroom, Black henbane, The Victorian Weed Alert and Weed Spotter Program, Blooming This Year, Latest news from Friends of Fish Creek Park, Exotic species dispersal through Acclimatisation Societies, Upcoming Events.

2008

Spring - Coordinator Cogitations, herbicide test for Kootenay River, Tansy biocontrol research, Identify these aliens, Grassroots weed initiatives, Plant saskatoons not petunias, Beaver Hiils initiative, Upcoming events.

Summer - Coordinator cogitations, Cosmetic pesticide use in Calgary, Spotlight on Yellow clematis, Yellowhead County weed initiative, weeds Across Borders conference, Weevils at Clear Lake, Knapweed Rodeo at Waterton, Bad news for Biofuels,  NE Alberta Invasive Plant workshop, AIPC photo contest.

2007

Spring - Coordinator Cogitations, National Perspective, Biocontrol for Common Tansy, Spotlight on Blueweed, Mellow in Europe, AIPC Spring Workshop, Cooperative Weed Management in Alberta, AIPC's next steps.

Summer - Coordinator Cogitations, World Wide Weeds, Upcoming Events, Australia's garden escapes, WSSA announcement, Plains cottonwood's last stand, Spotlight on Salt-cedar, EDRR in Alberta, Council update.

Fall - Coordinator Cogitations, Botanical pollution, See weed spray weed, Spotlight on Downy brome, Interdepartmental invasive species working group, Wildflower seed mixes, Northeastern Alberta invasive plant workshop.