The Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group is holding a virtual Invasive Plant Symposium Nov. 3.
Connecticut Invasive Plant Working GroupMembers of the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group are holding a Virtual Invasive Plant Symposium from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Nov. 3.
The 2022 symposium will be a full-day event, with some sessions directed to all attendees and others in concurrent breakouts. Recordings of all sessions will be available to registered attendees post-symposium.
This year's theme is Strategies for Managing Invasive Plants: Assess, Remove, Replace, and Restore.
The morning session will include a keynote presentation from Bernd Blossey, Cornell University: “Invasive Plant Management: What We Know, What We Do Not Know, and What We Must Know,” as well as presentations by Bryan Connolly, ECSU: “Online Tools and Apps for Identifying and Reporting Invasive Plants” and Diane Jorsey, CT DEEP: “Requirements for Pesticide Applications on Conservation Lands.”
The breakout sessions include Assessing the Land: Case Studies on What Works; What is Working Around the State; Managing in your Backyard: Failures and Successes; Limitations: Legal and Practical; Control Strategies for Mile-a-Minute, Water Chestnut, and Hydrilla; and Replacement and Restoration: Design, Propagating, and Sourcing Native Seed.
CEU's for organizations and Pesticide Recertification Credits are available. The cost to attend is $65 per person, and $25 for students.
For more information and to register, go to cipwg.uconn.edu/2022-symposium