It was a blustery icy cold night but we had a great meeting for those intrepid people who ventured out on Thursday Dec. 10th.
We enjoyed a high gear talk by Gary Popotnik of The Wilderness Center about some specific plant invasives, their effects on the native flora and fauna, and methods that have been used to control the invasives. He stressed to us how important conservation planning is, and the steps taken for this. Gary mentioned a couple of good resources for more specific information and these were :
Ohio D.N.R.---- www.ohiodnr.com
The Ohio Invasive Plants Council--- http://www.oipc.info ( I like this one as it has a species list)
and LEAP ---- http://www.leapbio.org/index.php
After Gary's talk, we had a quick break with some yummy dark chocolates shared by Bob Hopp and then we returned for a very short business meeting. One of the items Carrie shared with us during the meeting was another volunteer opportunity in the works called "Wilderness Watchers". More information will be coming after the details are worked out.
Next up on January 14th will be Chuck Jakubchak speaking on "Natural Behaviors, Common Birds and Uncommon Thoughts" Hmmm. This sounds intriguing!
Hope to see you all at the next meeting! We really did miss you!
Pat
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