The Marion Garden Group and Sippican Lands Trust are co-sponsoring a talk on Invasive Plants on Saturday, June 9at 10:00 am at the Sippican Woman’s Club, 152 Front Street, Marion.
Frederick “Bud” Sechler, Ecological Programs Coordinator at the New England Wild Flower Society, will be presenting a talk titled Invasive plants of New England: Identification, Ecology, and Management. Sechler has worked with the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program as an Ecological Information Specialist and County Inventory Ecologist, and with New York Natural Heritage Program as an Ecologist specializing in Natural Community Ecology and Vegetation Mapping. Sechler has 10 plus years 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/Nantucket. He holds a M.S. degree in Conservation Biology from Antioch New England University where he studied habitat modeling of Louisiana Waterthrush in southern New Hampshire, and a pre-medicine degree from the University of North Carolina.
The talk will be followed by a short walk to SLT’s Williams Wildlife Refuge on Front Street to observe some invasive plants. The event is free, but registration is required as space is limited. To register for this event, please send an email to info@sippicanlandstrust.org or call Sippican Lands Trust at 508-748-3080.