2024 Events

When you are working to control invasive plants in forested plant communities is

there value in planting native species where the invaders have been removed? We will explore what is known about whether it might be effective to plant natives to compete with, and help to prevent the reestablishment of, invasive species. This is currently a topic of active research.

Jim Reinartz is the retired Director of the UW Milwaukee Field Station. Jim is a botanist and plant ecologist and taught courses on the vegetation of Wisconsin, wetland ecology, and several other topics. He is very active in the preservation and management of natural areas and the control of invasive species. Jim is currently the President of the non-profit Friends of Cedarburg Bog.

Kevin Doyle is a botanist with the DNR’s Bureau of Natural Heritage Conservation.  He also coordinates the Rare Plant Monitoring Program, which is a citizen science program aimed at training volunteers to search for and record data on rare plants. This talk will focus on the ecology and biology of Wisconsin’s rare plants, as well as how people can get involved and how volunteer data are used in rare plant conservation.

Dr Jill Hapner, Executive Director of SEWISC (Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Consortium) will present “Invasive Species Headed our Way: Local action to a global problem” . Learn how shifting climate conditions allow existing invasive species to expand their range while creating pathways for new invasive species to be introduced. Our control tools need to adapt to be more resilient to the changing climate.

Guided tour of spring ephemeral plants with Mary Holleback .  Please dress for possible mud , insects and rain.  Trails are unpaved and rolling.

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!