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Emerging Invasive Forest Pests Course

Event date and time
January 16, 2019 - 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County for this day course at BOCES Education Center in Canton to learn more about several invasive forest pests of emerging concern. Topics include identification, prevention & management of Asian Spotted Lanternfly, Asian Earthworms, Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, and Oak Wilt. Presentations throughout the day will be led by staff from CCE-St. Lawrence, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, and the New York State Hemlock Initiative at Cornell University’s Department of Natural Resources. 

Pre-registration required; please call (315) 379-9192. For information, email ph59@cornell.edu

Photo: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid at Detweiler Run Natural Area in Huntington Pennsylvania, by Nicholas A. Tonelli

Appropriate ages
Over age 18
Skill level
Medium
Address

St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES
St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES Education Center, 40 West Main Street
Canton, NY 13617
United States

Email
ph59@cornell.edu
Telephone
Contact person

Paul Hetzler