Steven T. Manning, President, Invasive Plant Control, Inc.

Steven Manning has spent the past 30 years working on invasive species. He is the current President of the Pacific Northwest Invasive Plant Council and co-chair of the National Military Fish and Wildlife Association’s Invasive Species Working Group. Steven has an MBA from the University of Oregon, a Master’s of Science from the University of Utah and a bachelor’s degree from Western Kentucky University. He is also the founder and President of Invasive Plant Control, Inc. (IPC) www.invasiveplantcontrol.com. IPC was created to extend internationally its dedication to the control of invasive species utilizing a revised Integrated Pest Management approach and has successfully controlled hundreds of invasive species for a wide variety of land managers including federal, state, municipal and private landowners throughout the world.

Mr. Manning also designs and implements multiple training courses and workshops worldwide with topics ranging from Invasive Species in Ports of Entry to Innovations in Invasive Species Management. IPC invests heavily in educational and awareness activities annually and is also deeply involved with local, state and international industry development projects including Volunteer Based Early Detection Networks. He is involved in the development of Weed Wrangles in partnership with the Garden Club of America and is spearheading the Invasive Free USA initiative.

Steven is also a co-author on the publication; Miller, J.H.: Manning, S.; Enloe, S.F. 2010 A field guide for the management of invasive plants in southern forests which was published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. (https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/36915; http://wiki.bugwood.org/Invplantmgmt).