Please join MBCA next Tuesday evening at a timely free lecture about the threat
of invasive plants (coming soon to your neighborhood), given by entertaining
speaker Josh Hoines of Joshua Tree National Park. It will be held at the Hi Desert Nature
Museum in Yucca Valley, Tuesday,
February 12, at 6:30 p.m. Hot
cider will be served!
FLOWERS
VERSUS WEEDS – A RACE FOR RESOURCES
Want
to know the difference between a weed, an alien plant, an exotic plant and an
invasive? Want to know the current threats to wildflowers at Joshua Tree
National Park? Join Josh Hoines, who will address invasive species and
their threat to biodiversity, the economy, and the direct threats to the
park. Invasive species are considered the largest threat to biodiversity,
second only to habitat loss. Invasive species and their consequences are
estimated to cost the American public an estimated $138 billion each
year.
Josh
is a vegetation ecologist with 12+ years of experience working with local,
state, and federal partners to protect and preserve habitats and open
space. Currently, he manages the vegetation programs at Joshua Tree
National Park including an active botany, restoration, invasive plant, native
plant nursery, and recreation management. Previously, Josh coordinated
interagency habitat restoration across federal boundaries in southern
Nevada.
