Registration open for Illinois Invasive Species Symposium

Join us for the second annual Illinois Invasive Species Awareness Month (ISAM) Symposium at the University of Illinois Extension office, in Champaign, IL on Thursday, May 28^th from 9:30 am to 4 pm. It will be a great opportunity to learn more about what is happening on the invasive species front throughout Illinois.  The event will feature talks about invasive species ranging from snake fungal disease and white-nose syndrome in bats to aquatic invasive plants.  For more information see the attached announcement.  The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required (see below for details).  Please forward to this anyone that might be interested.

ISAM Illinois Invasive Species Symposium

May 28, 2015

University of Illinois Extension Office

801 N Country Fair Drive

Champaign, IL 61821 (Champaign County)

The Illinois Invasive Species Symposium is a one-day, all-taxa symposium that features talks on current and emerging issues surrounding invasive plants, diseases, insects, and animals in Illinois. Featured as the culmination of the 2015 Illinois Invasive Species Awareness Month, the event also includes the ceremony for this year’s Invasive Species Awareness Month Awards.

REGISTRATION

This event is free to the public, but space is limited. Registration is preferred. Save your seat at: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/units/event.cfm?UnitID=480&EventID=68615

DIRECTIONS

Detailed directions can be found on the University of Illinois Unit 13 website: http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/findus.html

Agenda