Invasive Species in the Landscape | Speaker Series at the Botanical Gardens

Name: Invasive Species in the Landscape | Speaker Series at the Botanical Gardens
Start: 2025-03-27T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-27T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 2655 South Park Ave, Buffalo, NY, United States, New York 14218

Schedule

Thu Mar 27 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

2655 South Park Ave, Buffalo, NY, United States, New York 14218 | Buffalo, NY

Join Andrea Locke, WNY PRISM Coordinator, to discuss the landscape impacts of invasive species and how managing invasive species at home can improve both your yard and the surrounding environment. Invasive species pose a significant threat to our environment, economy, and human health, but there are things each of us can do to help address these issues, starting in our own backyards. We’ll learn about some of the invasive species impacting our region, why they pose such a threat, how best to manage them, and other steps you can take to improve the ecological function of your backyard.

Meet your speaker, Andrea Locke.
Andrea Locke has over twenty years’ experience working in ecology, restoration and invasive species management and has served as the Coordinator for WNY PRISM (Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management) since the office was established in 2014. WNY PRISM works to improve, restore and protect local aquatic and terrestrial resources by improving the effectiveness of invasive species management efforts, increasing awareness of invasive species issues and engaging with partners and the public throughout the western New York region. Andrea’s time with WNY PRISM has seen the partnership grow to include 5 full-time staff, 20 seasonal staff and over 200 partner organizations with programs that focus on invasive species removal, community science, spread prevention and education.