[APWG] Fw: Forest Stewardship Workshop: Invasive Exotic Plants and Their Control

[Jil_Swearingen at nps.gov]

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Announcing:
Forest Stewardship Workshop:
Invasive Exotic Plants and Their Control
Wednesday, January 23, 2008; Jackson County Ag. Conference Center, Marianna
FL
Thursday, January 31, 2008; Lee County Extension Office, Fort Myers, FL
Thursday, February 7, 2008; Austin Cary Memorial Forest, near Gainesville,
FL

      Program: Of the over 4,000 known plant species growing in Florida,
      about 30% are not native to Florida or the Southeast. Some of these
      exotic plants are invasive weeds that form self-sustaining and
      expanding populations within plant communities with which they were
      not previously associated. These invasive exotic plants displace
      native plants and associated wildlife, and can alter processes such
      as fire and water flow. Despite the millions of dollars that have
      been spent on controlling the spread of invasive plants, the rapid
      and effective dispersal characteristics of these invaders make them
      extremely difficult to eliminate. This program will describe some of
      the more common and troublesome invasive exotic plants in Florida
      forests and current methods being used to control them.


      Register: Cost is $15, cash only, collected at the door. Continuing
      Education Units will be available for pesticide applicators and SAF
      Continuing Forestry Education credits will be available for
      foresters. Contacts for registration, directions and other details
      are online:
      Forest Stewardship Workshop Series: Invasive Exotic Plants and Their
      Control

      (drop me a line if the link above doesn’t work and I’ll email the
      announcement for the program you want)


                         This tour is a service of:
                         Florida Division of Forestry, Forest Stewardship
                         Program
      University of Florida, IFAS, School of Forest Resources and
      Conservation
      University of Florida, IFAS, Cooperative Extension Service
      University of Florida, IFAS, Department of Agronomy
      USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
      And others


      Funding for Florida’s Forest Stewardship Program is provided by the
      USDA Forest Service through the Florida Department of Agriculture and
      Consumer Services Division of Forestry and a grant from the
      Sustainable Forestry Initiative.









The Department of Environmental Protection values your feedback as a
customer. DEP Secretary Michael W. Sole is committed to continuously
assessing and improving the level and quality of services provided to you.
Please take a few minutes to comment on the quality of service you
received. Simply click on this link to the DEP Customer Survey. Thank you
in advance for completing the survey.
      Chris Demers, CF
      UF Forest Stewardship Coordinator
      University of Florida - IFAS
      School of Forest Resources and Conservation
      118 Newins-Ziegler Hall
      PO Box 110410
      Gainesville, FL 32611-0410
      ph: 352-846-2375
      SUN: 623-2375
      mobile: 352-514-0819
      fax: 352-846-1277

http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Extension/florida_forestry_information/index.html