This symposium was organized to solve the problems of the explosion of noxious weeds. We will find success when you feel empowered by the ideas that we generate. The success is in your hands. The weed problem is no longer seen as a one agency problem. It is our collective problem, and we should do what we can together to solve it.
Success is a combination of attitude and timing.
We are at a unique time to utilize the partnerships that we create on land management issues. Sometimes, there are folks that want to impose a top down solution. But, I think that the weed problem provides an opportunity for us to grow something that works. Don't look for a solution to come from Washington. You are the ones coming up with the solution, watershed by watershed, county by county, species by species.