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UID:239@newtonconservators.org
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200917T190000
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URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/webinar-why-care-about-invasive-
 plants/
SUMMARY:Webinar: Why Care About Invasive Plants?
DESCRIPTION:This program will begin at 7 pm and last approximately an hour.
  Please register in advance for this webinar since registrations will clos
 e at 3 PM on the day of the event. You will receive an email confirmation 
 after you have registered. If after registering\,  you cannot attend\, pl
 ease cancel your registration (as indicated on your confirmation) so someo
 ne else may use the slot.\nWhy Care About Invasive Plants?\n\nNewton is bl
 essed with dozens of forested parks\, and that means anyone can learn abou
 t New England's rich variety of plants\, insects\, and birds\, right here 
 in town.  The connection of plant-insect-bird is a crucial one\, holding 
 the ecology of our parks together\, since most birds feed on insects at so
 me point in their lives.  This is a central reason to care about invasive
  non-native plants: few insects can feed on non-natives\, and that means a
 llowing non-native invasives to proliferate does make our parks less vibra
 nt.  This presentation by ecologist Eric Olson will introduce the "Least 
 Wanted" six or so species of local problem plants\, illustrate the food we
 b connections that research has revealed\, and describe the ways citizen s
 tewards can help push back against these plant invaders.\n\n\n[caption id=
 "attachment_11202" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Japanese Knotweed[/cap
 tion]\n\nOur presenter is Eric Olson\, who recently retired from Brandeis 
 University\, where he taught Field Biology and other courses for many year
 s. Dr. Olson has a lifelong interest in insect-plant interactions\, with p
 articular interest in moth and butterfly caterpillars and their host plant
 s. He has led dozens of invasive plant control sessions in both Newton and
  Waltham.
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CATEGORIES:Online Event,Webinar
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