Northeast Aquatic Plant Management Society Plant Camp

OTHER EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROJECTS
LFSWS supported FRWA staff to attend the Northeast Aquatic Plant Management Society (NEAPMS) Plant Camp in New Jersey. Plant Camp is a 3-day symposium to allow professionals hands-on learning about native and invasive aquatic plants. The week was split between classroom sessions and in-field workshops where attendees learned to identify the northeast’s common aquatic species. They also had training in how to conduct aquatic plant surveys, in invasive aquatics removal methods, and in other management techniques to help control invasives. FRWA staff can use this knowledge to determine areas of the river with invasive aquatic plants and to work on remediation using the safest and most effective approaches.