Native Thistles: Important and Misunderstood Plants for Conservation
Webinar Details
When:
Jul 25, 2017 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 00:59 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Jim Eckberg Ph.D., Plant Ecologist/Agronomist, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Woodbury, MN
- Eric Lee-Mäder, Pollinator Conservation Program Co-Director, The Xerces Society, Port Townsend, WA
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
- Society for Range Management (SRM) - 1 hour SRM Credit
- The Wildlife Society - Certified Wildlife Biologist®/Professional Development Certificate Program - 1 hour TWS Category 1 Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Learn about the value of native thistles to pollinators and other wildlife, the precarious conservation status of native thistles, and ways we can conserve the wide diversity of native thistles in North America.
Participate in this training to learn about native thistles and ways to conserve them. This webinar will highlight the wide diversity of native thistles and the 130+ pollinator species and other beneficial insects known to visit native thistle flowers. Learn how native thistles can be propagated and incorporated into conservation plantings, along with management practices to reduce intrusion of invasive thistles. Current biological control programs and other land management practices aimed at invasive non-native thistles threaten native thistles, with some at risk of extinction.
Photo: Monarch nectaring on tall thistle (Cirsium altissimum) at Konza Prairie Biological Station. Photo credit: Judd Patterson.
This webinar is presented by USDA NRCS Science and Technology.
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