Name: Not All That’s Green is Good: How to Identify Invasive Plants and Reduce Harm
Start: 2026-03-15T14:00:00-04:00
Location: Church of The Saviour Episcopal

$Not All That\u2019s Green is Good: How to Identify Invasive Plants and Reduce Harm$

Presented by Mike Van Clef
Stewardship Director, Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space
Program Director, New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team
Mike is the FoHVOS Stewardship Director and also serves as the Invasive Species Strike Team Program Director. He joined FoHVOS in 2007 and co-founded the Strike Team in 2008 with the goal of bringing greater efficiency and effectiveness to invasive species management. Mike has a Ph.D. in ecology from Rutgers University and over 25 years of experience in land stewardship, planning and research, working extensively in the evaluation and management of rare and invasive species and deer management. He has consulted with over 30 organizations in NJ including the NJ Invasive Species Council for which he prepared the New Jersey Strategic Management Plan for Invasive Species.
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The Strike Team is most known for their work in eradicating invasive species for the protection and conservation of rare species, including plants and wildlife.
This talk includes a discussion of the problems that invasives cause in the ecosystem and their impacts in natural areas. It will cover ways to identify and control invasive species, including using their phone app to record and store data. They also discuss the creation of stewardship plans designed to most effectively and efficiently treat invasive species to protect biodiversity.
⭐Hosted in conjunction with the Denville Environmental Commission, Rock Ridge Plant, Animal, and Land Stewards, and Protect Our Wetlands, Water, and Woods (POWWW)⭐
🖥️Virtual Option available