[MAIPC] Maryland Native Plant Society - Invasive Plant Talk - Tuesday July 27, 2021

[Jil Swearingen]

Hi,

Please go to mdflora.org to register.

*Speake**r**:* *Dr. Liz Matthews, Ecologist, National Park Service
Inventory and Monitoring Program*

This presentation will share highlights from the first 15 years of a
long-term forest vegetation monitoring program in eastern U.S. National
Parks. It will cover recent findings that illustrate the ecological value
and importance of National Park forests in the Mid-Atlantic and beyond,
despite their relatively small size when compared to National Parks of the
western U.S. The presentation will also describe the natural resource
challenges confronting these ecosystems, including invasive plants, deer
overabundance, and forest fragmentation.

Our speaker,  Dr. Liz Matthews, is an Ecologist and Program Manager for the
National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) program. The I&M
program conducts natural resource inventories and monitors the condition of
key “vital signs,” or natural resource indicators, in National Parks across
the U.S. to inform resource management in the parks. Liz first joined the
National Capital Area I&M office in 2013 as a Botanist, leading the forest
vegetation monitoring program in 11 National Parks in and around DC. Prior
to joining the NPS, Liz studied plant phenology in National Parks in
California and alluvial vegetation in the Piedmont region of North
Carolina.

The program will be presented online through Zoom, in webinar format. You
will not be able to share your own audio or video with other participants,
but you will be able to submit questions in writing during the program.

*Registration is required.* After you register, you will receive a
registration confirmation email with a link to the Zoom program.

The program is free and open to the public.
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