Non-native and Invasive Forest Plants Workshops for Landowners

The Non-native and Invasive Forest Plants Workshops for Landowners is a series of 6 one-day educational workshops featuring presentations by experts in non-native invasive plants that impact North Carolina’s forests. Each workshop will engage regionally based stakeholder groups in the planning and educational content.

What you will learn

• What are non-native and invasive species, and why should you care?
• Identification of specific problem species
• The impacts of these plants on forest communities (ecologic, economic and cultural)
• How non-native species are introduced
• What are the risks of the “do-nothing” style of management
• Gain exposure to organized NNI stakeholder groups and efforts currently taking shape, or ongoing, in your region
• Resources available to landowners and what steps you can take
• How your neighbors and local professionals are dealing with NNI challenges.

Workshop Regional Locations and Dates

• Sandhills, Lower Piedmont and Uwharries:
  August 19, 2011 - Moore County Extension Center
  707 Pinehurst Ave, Agricultural Center, Carthage, NC 28327
  
• Western North Carolina:
  September 13, 2011 - Crowne Plaza Tennis & Golf Resort
  One Resort Drive, Asheville, NC 28806
• Coastal Plain of North Carolina:
  October 18, 2011 - Duplin County Extension Ctr.
  165 Agriculture Drive, Kenansville, NC 28349
  
• Northeastern North Carolina:
  February 7, 2012 - Sen. Bob Martin Eastern Ag Center
  2900 NC Highway 125 South, Williamston, NC 27892
• Piedmont (includes urban forestry topics):
  May 1, 2012 - Bur-Mil Park,
  5834 Bur-Mil Club Rd., Greensboro, NC 27410
• Northern Blue Ridge:
  May 8, 2012 - Wilkes County Community College,
  1328 S. Collegiate Drive, Wilkesboro, NC 28697

Advanced registration for these workshops is required. Need more information? Online registration form CLICK HERE or Contact the NCSU Forestry and Environmental Outreach Program at 919-515-9563, or by email: forestry_outreach@ncsu.edu