[APWG] Oct. 1, CT Invasive Plant Symposium

[Pyle, Charlotte - Tolland, CT]

Please feel free to forward the announcement below to all interested
parties. 

CIPWG SYMPOSIUM  -- GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT
On October 1, 2008, the Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG)
will present a symposium entitled Cherish Our Natural Heritage:
Managing Invasives to Promote Native Diversity.  The symposium, open to
the public, will take place from 8 am to 4 pm at the University of
Connecticut in Storrs, Conn.  Keynote speaker, Doug Tallamy, will
present "A Case for Native Plants."  Concurrent afternoon sessions will
cover habitat and management in grasslands; forest understories; aquatic
invasive plants; invasive control practices (including organic control);
and non-plant invaders.  Research posters and organizational exhibits
will be featured throughout the day.  The registration fee, including
parking and sustainable food, is $40 (postmarked by September 10) and
$55 if postmarked by September 24.  Student fee, with ID, is $25.
  The program agenda and registration information are available at
www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg.  For additional information, or to be mailed a
paper copy of the registration brochure, contact Donna Ellis at (860)
486-6448 or donna.ellis<at>uconn.edu

Charlotte Pyle, PhD
Landscape Ecologist
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
344 Merrow Road
Tolland, CT  06084-3917 

Telephone:  (860) 871-4066
Fax:        (860)  871-4054
e-mail:  charlotte.pyle at ct.usda.gov