Invasive Plant Management

Erik Sechler, Ecological Programs Coordinator, Native Plant Trust

Erik will give a presentation on invasive plant management, which will include early detection of invasive plants and invasive plant species most likely to move into New England within the next 10 years.

Prior to joining Native Plant Trust, Erik worked with the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program as an ecological information specialist and county inventory ecologist, and with the New York Natural Heritage Program as an ecologist specializing in natural community ecology, avian habitat ecology and vegetation mapping. He has more than 10 years of experience working for a Natural Heritage Program and NatureServe as an ecologist and has also worked with Manomet and The Trustees of Reservations on Martha’s Vineyard.