New York State’s Invasive Plant Species
Regulations: Impacts and How to Adapt
Effective March 10, 2015, these regulations are intended to help control invasive species, a form of biological pollution, by reducing the introduction or spread of new and existing populations of these species. This workshop will focus on plant populations.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Westchester County Center
198 Central Avenue, White Plains
Registration and Continental Breakfast:
8:00 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
Program:
8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
PROGRAM and SPEAKERS
New York’s Prohibited and Regulated Plant Species: What You Need to Know Leslie Surprenant, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and Christopher Logue, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Native Plant Alternatives to Invasive Species
Carolyn Summers, author of Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East
Genetic Integrity of Native Plants: Provenance is Forever
Thomas Knezick, Production Analyst, Pinelands Nursery & Supply, Columbus, NJ
*New York State-Approved for 3.0 CEUs for Landscape Architects; Approval Pending for NYS DEC Pesticide Applicators’ Recertification Credits
