[APWG] Fw: Delaware Invasive Species Council meeting Oct. 26

[Jil_Swearingen at nps.gov]

----- Forwarded by Jil Swearingen/NCR/NPS on 10/16/2007 02:42 PM -----
                                                                                                                                 
                      "Hough-Goldstein,                                                                                          
                      Judith"                  To:                                                                               
                      <jhough at udel.edu>        cc:                                                                               
                      Sent by:                 Subject:  [ma-eppc] Delaware Invasive Species Council meeting Oct. 26             
                      ma-eppc at yahoogrou                                                                                          
                      ps.com                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                 
                      10/16/2007 01:14                                                                                           
                      PM AST                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                 



All are invited to attend the 8th annual meeting of the Delaware Invasive
Species Council, from 8:30 – 2:30 on Friday Oct. 26 at the beautiful
Grassdale Center of Fort Delaware State Park, Delaware City. The $20
registration cost includes lunch, breaks, coffee and educational exhibits,
plus an invasives species quiz/contest with cool prizes.  Please remit a
check payable to DISC and return to Cathy Martin, Sec/Treas., DISC, 4876
Hay Point Landing Rd, Smyrna, DE 19977.  Deadline is October 17, 2007.  If
you have any questions, call or email Cathy Martin: 653-2887 (
Catherine.martin at state.de.us) or Geri McClimens: 698-4577.

Program (with registration form) is attached, and reproduced here:

 Eighth Annual Meeting
They’ve invaded Delaware, they just keep growing, and
We’re not taking it anymore…
October 26, 2007
Grassdale Center, Delaware City
8:30 AM to 2:30 PM

      Dr. Jules Bruck (UD): Sustainable green spaces in public places
      John Graham (TNC): Recreating habitats
      Sally Boswell (Center for Inland Bays): Teach your children well:
      Schoolyard habitat programs
      Arron Guenzi (Pike Creek Civic Assoc): A Homeowners’ Association
      strikes back against invasives in the Pike Creek Valley
      Dr. Rob Naczi (Claude Phillips Herbarium) and Amanda Treher (DE State
      Univ): How to know one when you see one: a weed walk-and-talk
      Kendall Sommers (DE Parks & Rec, DNREC): DIST moves off Life support
      systems
      Business meeting/ Election of Officers

   Take the quiz!  Test your invasive species knowledge for some real
   aggressive prizes!

Directions

The Grassdale Center may be reached from the north by taking I-95 to exit 4
(Christiana, Rt 1 south).  From Rt. 1 south, *exit to 152 (Delaware City,
Rt. 9).  Stay on Rt 9 south through Delaware City (you will pass Kathy’s
restaurant on your right).  Right after you cross the small canal bridge,
the road will fork to the right (Polk Town Rd) which runs alongside the
bridge (DO NOT GO OVER THE REEDY PT BR).  You will see signs for Gov. Bacon
and Ft De/Ft DuPont State Park.  Go almost to the end of the road, the
center is on the right.  You will see red, white, and blue signs saying
“Fort Delaware State Park – Grassdale Center”.

From the south take Rt. 1 north to Del City exit and follow above *.
               (Embedded image moved to file: pic02073.gif)



Meeting displays will include: Butterfly Bush Project (Liz Barton), CAPS
(Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey), DISC (Bonnie MacCulloch), Gordon
Natural Area, West Chester University, Kudzu (Matt Frye), Mile-a-minute
(Ellen Lake), Phragmites Research (Harsh Bias), and Wildlife Habitat Garden
(Leslie Carter).

 (See attached file: discmtg notice07.doc)
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: pic02073.gif
Type: image/gif
Size: 139 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.plantconservation.org/pipermail/apwg_lists.plantconservation.org/attachments/20071016/8d98b625/attachment.gif>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: discmtg notice07.doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 68096 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.plantconservation.org/pipermail/apwg_lists.plantconservation.org/attachments/20071016/8d98b625/attachment.doc>