10th Annual Symposium of the Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council - May 20-22, 2008

GeoResources Institute
May 5, 2007

What: 10th Annual Symposium — Managing Invasive Plants in Disturbed Landscapes
When: May 20-22, 2008
Where: Imperial Palace Casinos, Biloxi, Mississippi

The 10th Annual Symposium of the Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council will be held at the Imperial Palace Casinos in Biloxi, Mississippi on May 20-22, 2008. The focus of the symposium is "Managing Invasive Plants in Disturbed Landscapes".

The symposium will offer a timely forum for considering how best to manage invasive plants in disturbed landscapes. Ecological disturbances, such as Hurricane Katrina and the 2007 wildfires in southern Georgia and northern Florida, should raise awareness of these events in the southeastern United States. Two important issues arise out of these disturbances:

• Understanding the responses of invasive plants to natural disturbances and associated recovery and salvage efforts.
• Coordinating ecological restoration of disturbance regimes with the management of invasive plants.

The program of the 10th Annual SE-EPPC Symposium will emphasize, but is not limited to, presentations addressing concerns about how invasive plants respond to natural and man-made disturbances and how local communities and stakeholders take action to anticipate and respond to the increased threats posed by invasive non-native plants following such disturbances. The symposium will include plenary sessions, workshops, and field trips.

The Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council is a regional 501(c)3 organization dedicated to controlling invasive plants and restoring natural ecosystems. SE-EPPC welcomes participation by all land agencies organizations, industries, and individuals working together to forge a solution.

Registration fees are $120 for early-bird, $140 for late registration, and $75 for students.

For more information, visit http://www.se-eppc.org/meeting.cfm.