National Capital PRISM’s Invasive Plant Professional Training

Registration is open.

Topics and Speakers will include:

Mistaken Identity – Andrejs Brolis, Biologist, NCRN Inventory& Monitoring, National Park Service

VA Pesticide Laws and Regulations (Regulatory Update) – Katelyn Chambers, Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services

DC Pesticide Laws and Regulations (Regulatory Update) – Alvin Harris, DC Department of Energy and Environment

Biological Control Agents – Patrick OBrien and Tina DeMariano, Fairfax County Urban Forest Management Division

Pesticide Application Tools and Equipment – Steve ‘Shaggy’ Darrow, Natural Resources Superintendent with Empire Landscape, LLC

Digital Data Collection and Mapping -Dan Adamiak, Scientist with Resources Environmental Solutions (RES)

Mechanical Removal Strategies -Damien Ossi, Wildlife Biologist, DC Dept. of Energy & Environment

Forest Health and the United States Forest Service -Dr. Kristen Wickert, Plant Pathologist with the US Forest Service

Aquatic Pest: Management of Trapa bispinosa -Scott Barron, Urban Conservation Specialist with the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District, and Erin Abrahams, Ecologist with Fairfax County

Participants can obtain CEUs for pesticide license applicators and technicians, ISA, and CBLP.

MD
(2, 3-A, 5, 6, 10, CORE)

VA
(2 (02), 3-A (23), 6 (06), 60 (60))

WV
(3-9, 6-9, 7-9, 10-9, 11-9, 13C-9)

DC (00, 3A, 5, 6).

CBLP 1 CEU for each hour of instructional time (do not count lunch or breaks)