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Subject:October 12 CIPWG Invasive Plant Symposium
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Forwarded from Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group:
The following agenda for the October 12, 2006 CIPWG invasive plant
symposium has been posted on the CIPWG website at
<http://www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg>www.hort.uconn.edu/cipwg
Registration information and the full program will be available in May.
Best Regards,
Donna Ellis
Extension Educator and Co-Chair, Connecticut Invasive Plant Working Group
(CIPWG)
University of Connecticut
Dept. of Plant Science, Unit 4163
Storrs, CT 06269-4163
Phone (860) 486-6448
FAX (860) 486-0534
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WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE LANDSCAPE OF TOMORROW
CONNECTICUT INVASIVE PLANT WORKING GROUP (CIPWG) SYMPOSIUM
October 12, 2006, Wallingford, CT
8:00 – 9:00 Check-In
9:00 – 9:05 Welcome - Donna Ellis and Betsy Corrigan,
CIPWG Co-Chairs
9:05 – 9:20 Message from former CIPWG Co-Chair - Les
Mehrhoff
9:20 – 9:40 Opening Speaker - Gina McCarthy, Commissioner, CT
Department of Environmental
Protection
9:40 – 10:20 What's
New
9:40 – 9:55 - Connecticut Invasive Plants Council
update
9:55 – 10:05 - Massachusetts regulations update – Brad
Mitchell
10:05 – 10:20 - Summary of cultivar issues – Mark
Brand
10:20 – 10:45 Poster Viewing and Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45 Plenary Speaker – Peter White, Director North Carolina
Botanical Garden
"Linking Ecology and Horticulture to Prevent Plant Invasions"
11:45 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 Breakout Sessions (Part A)
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 3:30 Breakout Sessions (Part B)
3:30 – 4:30 Panel Discussion
4:30 Social Hour & Final Poster Viewing
Breakout Sessions are 3 concurrent sessions during each time slot:
1. Alternatives to Invasive Plants
2. Restoration: Establishing a Native Landscape
3. Management: Planning and Control
Panel:
*Ann E. Camp – Lecturer and Senior Research Scientist, Yale School of
Forestry & Environmental Studies
*Paul Larson – Connecticut Invasive Plants Council; Sprucedale Gardens,
Woodstock, CT
*Christopher Mattrick – Forest Biologist, White Mountain National Forest
*Kristin Schwab – Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture, University
of Connecticut
*Mark Sellew – Prides Corner Farms Wholesale Nursery, Lebanon, CT
*Patricia Sesto – Inland Wetlands Agent, Wilton, CT
*David Sutherland – Connecticut Invasive Plants Council; The Nature Conservancy
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Lisa L. Gould, Senior Scientist, Rhode Island Natural History Survey
& Research Associate, URI Department of Natural Resources Science
101 CIK, 1 Greenhouse Road, URI
Kingston, RI 02881
Tel (401) 874-5822 Fax (401) 874-4561
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