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

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ANNOUNCING:
Forest Stewardship Workshop: Invasive Exotic Plants and Their Control

January 23, 2008 (Wed.); Jackson County Ag. Conference Center, Marianna FL
January 31, 2008 (Thu.); Lee County Extension Office, Fort Myers, FL
February 7, 2008 (Thu.); 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