This workshop is for landowners, foresters, land managers, pesticide applicators, and others interested in learning how to identify, manage and control common invasive plants in woodlands. The workshop consists of a classroom session in the morning and an afternoon field program. Presenters include: Kristen Puryear, Maine Natural Areas Program; Henry Jennings, Maine Pesticides Control Board; Nancy Sferra, The Nature Conservancy; Ronald Lemin, Crop Production Services – Timberland Division. Kennebec Land Trust’s Theresa Kerchner and Nicole Rhodes host the field session on a nearby property.

Please bring a lunch! Field session is rain or shine, please dress accordingly. Maine Licensed Forester and Pesticide Applicator CEUs are available.

WHERE: Morning – Winthrop Town Office, 17 Highland Avenue, Winthrop;  Afternoon -  Kennebec Land Trust’s Oatway Preserve, Winthrop.

FMI & PRE-REGISTER: Morten Moesswilde, 207-441-2895; morten.moesswilde@maine.gov. Space is limited.

Sponsored by: The Kennebec Woodland Partnership, the Maine Forest Service, and Kennebec Land Trust, with much appreciation to our speakers from multiple organizations.