Invasive Plants: Stop the Spread, Spread the Word!

Invasive Plants: Stop the Spread, Spread the Word!
A Presentation by Cheryl Hamilton
September 26, 2022
Recorded on ZOOM on September 26, 2022 at the September Chapter Meeting Texas Master Naturalist, Hill Country Chapter
Description: Invasive plants are wreaking havoc on the health of our ecosystems (below, right). They cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. Management of invasive plants includes prevention, identification and eradication. Removal of invasive plants and replacement with native plants is essential to restoring the biodiversity of our public and private lands. Invasive plants are causing economic and environmental harm and harm to human health.
Presenter: Cheryl Hamilton (above, left). Cheryl has been an Alamo Area Master Naturalist since 2007 and a member of the San Antonio Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas since 2009. Cheryl co-founded the Balcones Satellite of the Invaders of Texas Program in 2010. Since that time volunteers with the “Salsa Squad” have eradicated more than 200,000 invasive plants from city, state and national parks in Bexar County and adjacent counties above, center). Volunteers have also created demonstration native plant and pollinator gardens. Cheryl has presented more than 100 invasive/native plant workshops at the local, state and national level since 2009. In 2015, she received a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award for contributing more than 4,000 volunteer hours to the master naturalist program. Cheryl currently serves on the NPSOT Invasives Committee to build resources for NPSOT members.