Good Plants Gone Bad: Addressing Invasive Plants in Ohio
Public Welcome Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
Presenter Jennifer Windus will talk about the threats posed by invasive plants, the most problematic species in Ohio, control methods, and alternative native species that are appropriate replacements. She will also go over what OIPC is doing to address invasive plants.
Jennifer is currently the President of the Ohio Invasive Plants Council (OIPC), which she has been involved in since 2005, when it formed. For 31 years, she worked for three divisions of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, retiring in June 2014. Most of her work involved land management, invasive plant control, rare plant monitoring on nature preserves and wildlife areas, and prescribed burning.