Complicating Factors in Invasive Plant Management: Circumstances Beyond Our Control?

Complicating Factors
in Invasive Plant
Management:
Circumstances Beyond Our Control?

August 11 and 12, 2009
to be held at the
University of Pittsburgh
at Johnstown, PA

Managing non-native invasive species to mitigate the threat to the world’s biological diversity is getting more challenging. Our quality of life depends on the health of our natural resources, but limited funding, human development, introduction of new species and complicated species interactions combine to make the job tough.

In this seventh Mid-Atlantic conference attendees will not only obtain useful background on the issues surrounding this biological problem but will also learn:
Thresholds for action
Tools for effective and efficient removal
What the new administration has done and
plans to do to control invasive plants.
How deer make our job three times as hard
Get the most from your volunteer program
Techniques for preventing non-native
plant colonization

Who Should Attend:
Nursery and landscape professionals
Natural resource specialists
Managers of parks, preserves and
conservation districts
Invasive plant management and
restoration specialists
Extension agents and environmental
educators
Public and botanical garden managers
and supervisors
Researchers, students and gardeners
Garden and outdoor writers
Golf course and Recreational Land Managers
Volunteers who want to know more